Senior business savvy professional with more than 10 years of end-to-end Global Supply Chain and S&OP experience encompassing Strategy, Operations, and Organizational Structure driven by hands-on execution. Proven leader with a track record for leading complex programs and reaping positive change. Expert in streamlining business processes, technology, change management, and continuous improvement to balance market realities with internal capabilities and financial goals. Strong program manager, negotiator, communicator, planner, and team leader. Specialties: Sales & Operations Planning, Demand Forecasting & Capacity Planning, End-to-end Supply Chain Optimization, Inventory Management, Project Management, Business Analytics Systems, and Lean and TOC initiatives.

S&OP Consultant (Sr. Manager, Strategy & Operations) @ 1-Leading teams and managing a comprehensive program including S&OP implementation, Inventory Management, Demand Planning & Forecasting, Supply Planning, technology, continuous improvement, and process and systems governance and control. 2-Leading the implementation of the S&OP systemic solutions to propel the implementation of the S&OP collaborative platforms, analytics, dashboards, and optimization. 3-Serving as the Demand Planning & Forecasting center of excellence. From December 2013 to Present (2 years 1 month) Global S&OP & Supply Chain Leader of Americas @ 1-Leading an array of global S&OP projects and teams, Demand Planning & Forecasting, Inventory Management, and Customer Service across four plants in the US and one plant in Mexico. 2-Managing Financial Reconciliation gap analysis and management of commercial and operations performance including sales margins, product pricing, raw material and manufacturing costs, and SG&A cost. From 2013 to Present (2 years) Supply Chain Manager @ • Built and optimized the supply chain business units to play a cross-functional, central, and strategic role among the demand and supply teams. • Managed complex projects and programs simultaneously with a high degree of team integration, goal orientation, time sensitivity, central liaison, and formal discipline. • Developed, drafted, audited, managed, and controlled strategic contracts including upstream suppliers, downstream customers, transportation services, warehouse leases and rentals, 3-PL, and other service providers. • Negotiated strategic (domestic and international) competitive agreements and contracts with suppliers and transportation providers. From 2011 to 2012 (1 year) Global Supply Chain Manager @ Led an E-commerce supply chain operation as part of a global value network and set the standard for an innovative and world-class operational excellence and customer value. Architected, deployed, and executed comprehensive strategy to gain visibility and agility, boost top line revenue, reduce operational cost, and increase working capital efficiency. From January 2010 to 2011 (1 year) Knoxville, Tennessee AreaStrategic Distribution Analyst @ Improved the strategic business partnership among the upstream suppliers, operations, planning, sourcing and supply, and logistics by transitioning from a local process analysis to a global systems perspective. As a result, we were able to improve visibility and information transparency along the supply chain, remove constraints and create flow, shorten the overall lead time, lean out the suppliers spectrum, and reduce inventory for the entire system. From March 2007 to December 2009 (2 years 10 months) Knoxville, Tennessee AreaSenior Strategic Demand Forecasting and Planning Lead @ Lead strategic manufacturing and distribution foot print designs to balance operations, strategy, and resources with the overall financial and strategic plan. • Re-designed Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) process by jointly working with University of Tennessee (MBA). This change required an organizational change, process improvement, and a successful implementation of an integrating technology solution. This viable continuous improvement change generated a Net Present Value of 1.2 million dollars over the five years project life. • Supported a new strategic Mfg. and Sourcing & Supply plans that changed the supply network structure to improve speed, quality, service effectiveness, and asset management efficiency. This strategic network redesign extended the downstream flow beyond manufacturing plants and reached the customers shelves, controlled the behavior of the supply chain, and generated a total of $12.7 million in cost savings. • Audited, analyzed, and improved the demand planning process including functional integration, forecasting approach, techniques and systems, and performance measurement From January 2002 to March 2007 (5 years 3 months) Customer Logistics Analyst @ From 2001 to 2003 (2 years) Logistics Analyst @ From February 1996 to November 1999 (3 years 10 months)

MBA, Logistics, Materials, and Supply Chain Management @ University of Tennessee-Knoxville - College of Business Administration From 2007 to 2008 Graduate Studies, Physics @ The University of Bonn From 1996 to 1998 Samad Assal is skilled in: Strategy, Project Planning, Business Strategy, Leadership, Supply Chain Management, Change Management, Management, Process Improvement, Supply Chain, Analysis, Forecasting, Logistics, Program Management, Cross-functional Team Leadership, Lean Manufacturing