CEO with strong background in packaging / manufacturing industry. Looking for a new serious career opportunity.
Ireland
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- Founder at World Citizen Program
- Past
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- Director Development at Exclusive distribution for a famous French Brand
- CEO Consultant at Restaurant Ireland
- CEO at Pho-tex Ltd Ireland
- CEO at Marion Foam Ltd Ireland
- Manager ( 15 years / 25 years ) at Sapronit Group France www.sapronit.com
- Manager at Hotels & Restaurants experience
- Education
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- Lycee Alexandre Dumas
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Eric Kastler’s Summary
Experienced CEO , strategist and leader having a strong passion for the future technologies.
Trained and Successful in all business domains : Pricing and methods, H.R & Team Management, IT and Web, Purchasing, Quality, Sales, Recycling, Just in Time ...
Management Experience with companies : company takeover, saving a company from bankruptcy in one year (starting with 1million$ debt), start-ups...
"Take time to THINK slowly but ACT quickly"
·Leitmotivs : Think Bigger, Just Do It ! ...
·What I like : Out of the Box,Strategy, achieving goals.
·What I need : Autonomy and challenge.
·What I want : Responsibility - "the more the better"
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I am actually looking for a new challenging career opportunity.
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1 ) I have a strong background as a CEO in packaging & plastic manufacturing industry ( polyethylene foam extrusion ). I worked as a supplier for famous industries such as Hewlett Packard, Dell, Loréal, Baccarat, Lalique, Décathlon, Diagnostic Pasteur, Bull, Thomson, Alcatel, Schlumberger, Essilor, Valeo, Illbruck …
2) I can run Hotels and Restaurants ( owned and run 3 restaurants in my life )
3 ) I also pioneered in IT and WEB technics. Some good experience in programming.
I can start, develop and run companies in this 3 fields or even study a new challenge. Feel free to contact me for details. I am ready to move anywhere in the world.
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You work in Human Resources / Executive Search / Head Hunting please don't hesitate to contact me.
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Eric Kastler’s Specialties:
CEO , entrepreneur , leader , founder,
business,strategy,B2B,B2C,HR,purchasing,relationship,key,customers,pricing,methods,quality,IT,networking,international,
partnership,project,communication,recycling,JIT,Just In Time,20 years packaging,sapronit,induspack ivex,marion foam
Eric Kastler’s Experience
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Founder
World Citizen Program
(Non-Profit Organization Management industry)
September 2007 — Present (1 year 11 months)
I am founder of a worldwide project that draws on all the exciting opportunities offered by web 2.0 / e-learning, working through a not-for-profit organizational model.
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Director Development
Exclusive distribution for a famous French Brand
(Cosmetics industry)
May 2008 — April 2009 (1 year)
I spent my last year developing exclusive distribution for beauty products for a whole country in Europe.
For very PERSONNAL reasons this project is in stand-by mode.
Here are key actions already done:
- Tariff negotiation with the manufacturer,
- Contract is signed & account is open (ready to order & to ship),
- B2C (for direct sales): Networks with thousands of members have been developed for e-commerce and direct sales.
- B2B (resellers): Hundreds of potential contacts (Spas, Luxury Hotels...). Only 1 of those contact I did a meeting with and who is interested in the products can bring 15 000 potential customers PER DAY to the project.
- Some other "structural" contacts have been made: retail & distribution (for B2C), professional schools (beauticians) etc.
This project was a multi-million project (not MLM). -
CEO Consultant
Restaurant Ireland
(Restaurants industry)
February 2007 — March 2008 (1 year 2 months)
Teaching management (business development).
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CEO
Pho-tex Ltd Ireland
(Packaging and Containers industry)
October 2005 — January 2007 (1 year 4 months)
Established this new polyethylene foam manufacturing start-up (A2Z).
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CEO
Marion Foam Ltd Ireland
(Packaging and Containers industry)
February 2002 — October 2003 (1 year 9 months)
Saved this factory from bankruptcy: dealt with a debt of $1000000 and made it highly profitable in just over 1 year.
Increased production and sales by 2.5 (8 figures)
Reduced staff by 2
HR: Established a strong leading team. Trained and motivated staff at every level.
Purchasing: Negotiated with suppliers (prices, payment terms). Invested in new machinery.
Customers: Established strong relationships. Decreased dependence to main customer (DELL Computers Limerick IRELAND) and developed new markets.
Manufacturing activity: Polyethylene foam extrusion (rolls); Lamination in planks; die cutting; welding; recycling; JIT delivery ... -
Manager ( 15 years / 25 years )
Sapronit Group France www.sapronit.com
(Packaging and Containers industry)
April 1987 — January 2002 (14 years 10 months)
Pricing and Methods Manager: Pioneered computerised price quotations. Fully and successfully developed Bar Code GPAO (Computerized Production Management). Appreciated new markets leading to new methods and machinery.
IT Manager: Initiated big IT systems (IBM Unix) and pioneered communication by modem with sister companies. Developed all necessary IT tools.
Quality Manager: Successfully trained people at all levels. Established quality tools.
Strategy Advisor: Negotiated with all main customers. Improved group strategy.
Group sister companies: Obtained CEO’s “Carte Blanche” for financial audit at handover. Implemented full organization and trained staff.
B2B customer relationship: HEWLETT PACKARD, BULL, SIEMENS, MILLIPORE, ALCATEL, DECATHLON, LOREAL, DIAGNOSTIC PASTEUR, MERLIN GERIN , ESSILOR, ILLBRUCK AUTOMOTIVE, MESSIER BUGATTI etc.
Since 2007 SAPRONIT is now part of the group INDUSPAC - IVEX PACKAGING -
Manager
Hotels & Restaurants experience
(Restaurants industry)
August 1982 — March 1987 (4 years 8 months)
Some great managing experiences in the hospitality, food & beverage industry.
Development of my managing skills on the field.
B2C experience.
Eric Kastler’s Education
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Lycee Alexandre Dumas
B.T.S Brevet de Technicien Superieur , Management , 1977 — 1982
- Activities and Societies:
- Advanced training courses : IT, Quality, Communication (PCM Taibi Kahler)
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Eric Kastler’s Interests:
management strategy, new technologies, business, web 2.0 biking, traveling, reading / learning, communication, honest & faithful people
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