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George Abdul Hak

Strategy & Operations
São Paulo

Summary

Entrepreneurial and driven Strategy & Operations professional with experience in leading companies to growth and operational efficiency. Willing to take next step in career, by taking a C-level role within growing startups.

Overview

14
14
years of professional experience

Work History

Head of Strategy & Operations

Otter
09.2022 - Current

Lead a team of specialists that helped LATAM business to become contribution margin positive in 2 years by:


  • Taking bureaucratic work from sales team and helping them to grow revenue by 117%
  • Redesigning all post-sales processes, making operations 50% more efficient, both in time and cost.
  • Corrected some gaps in the invoicing process and established an active collection process what helped reducing bad debt expense by 70%.


Given the good results obtained in LATAM operations, since May 2024, I became Otter’s revenue operations outside in all International markets (excludes US and Canada).

Strategy and Planning Manager

Loft
10.2021 - 09.2022

Led a team in charge of designing the whole commercial medium- and long-term strategy for the financial products (mostly mortgage) business unit. Through the work developed we were able to organize sales process better and:


  • Improve clients purchase experience
  • Avoid conflicts in commercial team
  • Reach the milestone of BRL 2 billion in mortgage provisioning
  • Hit breakeven in a 2 year-period

Research Lead

Bain & Company
10.2017 - 10.2021

Led a team of researchers that conducted secondary research to help case teams on answering important business questions from clients in several industries (Technology, Media, Telecom, Industrial Goods and Natural Resources). During this period, the team main achievements were:


  • Put up more than 10 new data sources, as a result of research and data collected over year (i.e.: Transportation concessions list for Brazil)
  • Got to participate in more than one case (all of them in Technology or Telecom) directly as expert consultant, due to specific knowledge in the industry
  • Had case teams demand raised by more than 50% since got responsibility over team, what proves consultants trust in our work.

Partner and CMO

Floid Menswear
03.2017 - 10.2021

Personally responsible for designing and implementing digital strategy plan for the store. Through partnership with marketing agencies, we were able to:


  • Improve lead generation by 80%, by using new channels
  • Grow sales volume by 30%
  • Grow average ticket by 15%
  • Raise revenue by 20%


Store closed due to not having all structures ready to thrive in e-commerce arena when COVID pandemic hit.

Senior Regulatory Strategy Analyst

Telefonica Brazil
09.2012 - 02.2017

I was part of the team responsible for composing business models and strategic analysis on sensitive issues that supported negotiations with government authorities.

Strategy & Operations Consultant

Deloitte
09.2010 - 09.2012

Participated and led several projects related to process management in the following industries: metal & mining, automotive and healthcare. Through process mapping and improvement and financial analysis, we were able to mitigate risk and bring cost efficiencies to our clients.

Education

Master of Science - Economics

Fundação Getúlio Vargas
São Paulo, Brazil
05.2001 -

Bachelor of Arts - International Relations

Pontifícia Universidade Católica De São Paulo
São Paulo, Brazil
05.2001 -

Skills

    Operational Efficiency

    Business strategy

    Financial & data analysis

    Marketing & sales strategy

    Data-driven decision-making

    Problem-Solving

    Leadership and team building

Software

Microsoft Office/GTools

Phyton

Tableau

Languages

English
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
Spanish
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
Portuguese
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
Italian
Intermediate (B1)
French
Intermediate (B1)

Timeline

Head of Strategy & Operations

Otter
09.2022 - Current

Strategy and Planning Manager

Loft
10.2021 - 09.2022

Research Lead

Bain & Company
10.2017 - 10.2021

Partner and CMO

Floid Menswear
03.2017 - 10.2021

Senior Regulatory Strategy Analyst

Telefonica Brazil
09.2012 - 02.2017

Strategy & Operations Consultant

Deloitte
09.2010 - 09.2012

Master of Science - Economics

Fundação Getúlio Vargas
05.2001 -

Bachelor of Arts - International Relations

Pontifícia Universidade Católica De São Paulo
05.2001 -
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