Thomas Diaz

General Manager @Latecoere

Garden Grove, CA, US

Builds and cultivates positive relationships with customers to guarantee proper oversight of stakeholder views for the delivery of best solutions. Provides strategic management of business goals, deadlines, schedules, budgets, needed resources, and team member coordination across LATCOERE plants worldwide to ensure key milestones are met. Leads efforts in managing all maintenance processes and operations of a new plant, while collaborating with top management and creating strategic plans for operational activities. Drives initiatives in executing cost control and defining methodical initiatives to address losses, while generating timely and accurate financial performance reports and closely collaborating with key participants on budget compilation. Exemplifies efficiency in rendering direct supervision to 12 team members; developing comprehensive action plans; and implementing and strictly complying with production, productivity, and quality standards. Demonstrates effectiveness in coordinating information and commentary related to deliberations, as well as suggesting key inputs regarding options and courses of action and facilitating directives. Exhibits a high level of expertise in handling a five-year growth plan revenue with allocated resources and expected revenue and EBIT.Notable Accomplishments: Played an integral role in producing $3.5M by formulating strategic plans and timelines that boosted customer base. Served as the driving force in enhancing overall efficiency of the organization by 20% through implementation and oversight of operational plans. Succeeded in achieving cost reduction by streamlining purchasing strategy and establishing more competitive supply chain initiatives, which resulted in productivity improvement of 20%.

Ecole Nationale d'Ingénieurs de Tarbes - ENIT

Master of Science - MS, Mechanical Engineering and Industrial Management