1. Assef Abi-Rached Meza
Personal Data:
Place and Date of Birth: Córdoba, Veracruz, México January 2nd
, 1976
Marital Status: Married
Nationality: Mexican.
Address:
Ontario #924 interior 102-D Office: 52(33) 15380250
Col. Italia Providencia Mobile: 52(33) 15380250
Guadalajara, Jalisco Home: 52(33)
E-mail: assefabi76@gmail.com
Languages:
Spanish Native language
English Advanced. Capable to establish a business conversation.
Education:
Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering.
Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, Campus Central Veracruz, ITESM
CCV. June 1999.
Experience:
July 1999 – Actual Job
TENARIS TAMSA. Tubos de Acero de México, S.A.http://www.tamsa.com.mx
July 2008 –
Chief Office National Sales Guadalajara
• Sells products and services of the line under my responsibility in the National Market,
according to annual sales target.
• Maintains and increases technical and commercial regular relationships with
Engineering Companies (clients), owners (Oil Companies) and TAMSA official
distributors to meet their requirements
• Provides information on final quotation based on management requirements.
• Develops opportunities of sales and services.
• Complies with Tenaris policies, procedures and management standards, and ensures
adherence with all laws and regulations that apply to the area of responsibility.
• Collaborate with IT management and staff to develop, define and document technical
systems and operational requirements and critical success criteria, focus in Tenaris
Tracking System and SAP (Sales Offers) System.
Achievements
• Annual Agreement with National Mining Company for 1700 tons
• Decrease the offer time, since 3 weeks to 1 week.
• Compliance the projects annual Goal and throw over for 10%
• Maintain Marginal Margin and growing up 5%.
• Mota Engil First Agreement for 1,500 tons for Structural Market.
December 2002 – June 2008
Tenaris Automotive Center, Programming and Planning Coordinator
• Planning and programming leading of Component Center Plant.
• Team leader of Implementation for programming system based in Kan-Ban.
• Team leader for “Capability Increase Investment” project.
• Team leader for the “New build Movement – 100% compliance” project.
• Plant Load coordination for currently and news projects.
• Annual Production budget definition.

2. Achievements
• Raw material stock administration, reduction of 50%
• Increase compliance with Autoliv costumer since 60% to 98%.
• Dimplings Machines Change Over time reduction based in production Sequencing.
• Kan-Ban System Implementation in Autoliv Lines (1-2-3), process stock reduction to
0%.
• Delivery Compliance of 100% for GKN Costumer during the years 2005-2006
July 1999 – November 2002
Industrial Cost and Management Control (Cold Draw plant, Premium plants, Couplings
Plant and Automotive Component Center)
• Develops homogeneous industrial models that ensure coherence of decision in all
processes and production units.
• Prepares the annual operation and industrial cost budget carrying out the analysis of
monthly costs per area in the monthly closing, reviewing the Cost System on a regular
basis.
• Analyzes the best investment options, participating in investment economicoperating
assessment processes for the investment project “Increase capability for the Cold Draw
plant” and “Automotive Component Center”
• Identifies best practices and generates improvement opportunities, performing
continuous benchmarking across Tenaris plants and interacting with Operation area.
Training Programs:
Ÿ Policy in business Conduct ŸProblem Solving and Decision
Making
ŸSAP Offer documents Authorization ŸSAP Commercial Offer Management
ŸSAP Offer creation ŸSAP Supply Chain Offer Management
ŸSAP Basics ŸBusiness Ethics
ŸHuman Resources Management ŸCommercial Front End
ŸAdministration and Finance ŸCommercial Cycle Procedures
Ÿ Effective Presentations Ÿ Stock Management I
Ÿ Stock Management II Ÿ Supply Chain Planning: Production
Planning.
Ÿ The effect of total Quality Management (TQM) Ÿ Creating an agile Supply Chain.
on Corporate performance
Ÿ Capacity Management: Aggregate Planning, Ÿ Master of SC: Direction in SCM
Flow line Analysis and Line balancing. Ÿ Supply Chain Leadership and its
impact on business performance
ŸSupply Chain Performance Measurements ŸAllocation and order Promising
ŸProducts ŸSupply chain management
ŸTechnology ŸProcurement
ŸQuality ŸProduction Processes
ŸTransportation ŸBUSINESS GAME
ŸManufacture Resource Planning (MRP II) ŸForecasting and Inventory in a
Manufacture
ŸProduction Schedule for Industries ŸJust in time (JIT)
ŸWarehousing ŸHeijunka/ Kan-ban/ Pull System
ŸCurse Kanban (ITESM MONTERREY) ŸCurse in UTAH-Autoliv (Toyota
Production System)
ŸFinance for non Financials ŸInternal Customer Service
Ÿ SOX IT
Professional skills
Ÿ Multi-cultural and multi-disciplinary project team leadership and management
ŸCustomer-oriented management
ŸCost reduction
ŸProcess efficiency