George Karahalios Resume

1. GEORGE KARAHALIOS
1709 Juliet Ln., Libertyville, IL 60048
224.656.4914
karahgx@gmail.com
www.linkedin.com/in/georgekarahalios
PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
Supply Chain Manager… Project Manager, Supply Chain… Bringing successful leadership
to global supply chain process, capable of gaining buy-in, resources, and collaboration across
all levels and functions within scientific manufacturing environments. Expertise in business
modeling, capacity planning, demand planning, financial strategy, risk management, FDA
cGMP, training, and cost control to help organizations grow the bottom line.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE AND SELECTED ACCOMPLISHMENTS
ABBOTT LABORATORIES, Nutritional Division, Abbott Park, IL 2008 – 2015
$6 billion division of global health and research company.
Business Modeling Program Manager - Nutritional Division
Responsible for oversight of strategic direction of supply chain capacity and volume
analyses, contingency planning and business modeling for the medical, pediatric, and
performance liquid lines, as well as leading cross-functional teams of up to 20 marketing,
logistics, product development, quality, purchasing, processing engineering, and operations
professionals for several key projects.
• Improved margins by $1 million by redesigning product and in-sourced adult nutrition
product from a third party manufacturing (TPM) plant to an internal bottle plant.
• Increased production capacity by reconfiguring plastic bottle and modifying formulation
of pediatric and adult nutritional products generating $120 million in incremental sales.
• Led site selection and business modeling for $240 million construction of a state-of-the-
art facility specializing in aseptic bottling technology expanding manufacturing capacity
by more than 400 million units annually.
• Generated more than $2 million in cost savings by transferring 28 million units from TPM
to the Zwolle plant in the Netherlands.
• Created quarterly S&OP management presentations to senior supply chain management
(VIPs) and staff.
• Spearheaded division’s first-ever 10-year bottle demand plan collaborating with three
domestic and international commercial units projecting future capital demands.
ABBOTT LABORATORIES, Diagnostics Division, Abbott Park, IL 1991 – 2008
$5 billion division of global health and research company.
Senior Project Manager, Systems (1998 – 2008)
Responsible for major projects in materials management, strategic relocation, inventory
management and planning/execution systems.
• Selected to lead $250 million four-year initiative transferring 80% of division’s
manufacturing operations from Abbott Park to three primary European sites in Germany,
Ireland and the U.K.
• Modified existing MRP system adding advanced planning system Factory Planner (FP),
increasing efficiencies and reducing labor costs by $1.8 million within 24 months.

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• To avoid double stocking in European facilities, developed inter-plant transfer strategy
saving more than $2 million in Rare Reagent inventory.
• Reduced incomplete orders 80% within six months by working with cross-functional
team.
• Used continuous improvement to improve the on-time shipments of affiliate non-finished
goods from 80% to over 95% by developing and implementing a real-time tracking,
communication and reporting system leveraged across four locations.
• Increased forecasting accuracy 20% by designing and implementing manufacturing
models for the Factory Planner (FP).
• Developed and implemented a comprehensive production planner training program for a
team of 28 planners leveraging planning expertise (MRP/ERP).
• Critically analyzed bills of material for more than 900 individual raw materials within six
months to avoid FDA consent decree touch points.
• Executed highly sensitive inventory management strategy, including organics and
polyclonals, to avoid costly start-ups overseas to replicate components.
• Developed and executed a comprehensive plan establishing and tracking KPIs. of
optimal inventory metrics, including inventory mix, turns, distressed levels and inventory
reduction.
• Secured certificates of analysis for more than 1,800 individual components for European
sites ensuring future product sourcing would meet all specifications and pricing
agreements.
• Designed and implemented two web-based visibility and reporting tools, Pelyco
WebPublish and Cognos Impromptu Web Reporting, increasing issue resolution 20%.
• Successfully led $5 million project for installation of Factory Planner with existing
demand planning systems managing all upgrades, troubleshooting and ongoing
maintenance for the system.
Rare Reagent Planner (1993 – 1998)
Manager Multiscreen (1992 – 1993)
Supervisor Bulk Solutions in Manufacturing Facility (1991 – 1992)
PFIZER, Terre Haute, IN 1987 – 1991
Global pharmaceutical manufacturer.
Pfizer Process Engineer in Manufacturing Facility
EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS, Champaign-Urbana, IL
B.S., Chemical Engineering 1987
INDIANA STATE UNIVERSITY, Terre Haute, IN
B.S., Finance 1991
CERTIFICATIONS
Project Management Professional (PMP), 2014
Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Certification, 2007
American Production and Inventory Control Society Cert. 1994
TECHNICAL EXPERTISE
Advanced MS Excel

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MRP
MS Word, PowerPoint and SharePoint
Familiarity with SAP, SQL data pulls, MS Project and PlanView