David J. Diaz Email & Phone Number

California, United States

West Palm Beach, Fl, Us

56 Rue Charles Martel, Lu

Managed 6 co-packing facilities responsible for shop floor scheduling requirements, leading daily plant calls. Collaborated with operations, buyers, sales and CSRs to resolve myriad master scheduling issues. Planned and managed finished goods inventories at serviceable and economical levels while still maintaining service delivery targets. Completed draw down of all 6 underperforming co-pack facilities during management reorganization.

Walnut Creek, Ca, Us

Developed and maintained weekly/monthly production schedule for global chilled Produce and Center Store Fruit business (reporting two levels above me in the absence of a direct report), comprising over 125 SKUs. Led production requirements with foreign co-manufacturers to include Mexico, China, Chile, Peru, Philippines, and Thailand adhering to seasonal pack and supply constraints. Planned rolling 13 week and 18 month production volumes in SAP APO, issuing POs, and creating stock transfers in SAP ECC. Partnered and collaborated with Sales, Marketing, QA, Finance, DC Ops and R&D, to support several new product introduction (NPI) launches as well as maintaining ongoing business. Teamed with Demand Planning to ensure improved accuracy on monthly forecasts for various SKUs. Partnered with company owned warehousing as well as 3PLs for various cost saving initiatives, capacity relief, old age stock risk mitigation, etc. Deployed finished goods to cold chain and ambient warehousing maintaining optimal transportation modes while maintaining service goals of 99%.

Walnut Creek, Ca, Us

Supported Vegetable and Broth Sales and Marketing by accurately maintaining monthly forecasts at the SKU and DC level. Championed consensus building and issue resolution during strategic demand planning meetings. Successfully supported new S&OP process for Vegetable SBU. Responsible for ensuring tactical volume is input and reflected accurately in the advanced planning system. Utilize statistical modeling in volume planning.

Washington, Dc, Us

Gulf War era veteran completing active duty service obligation (Honorable Discharge) as a 1st Lieutenant supporting the Commanding Officer as Legal and Personnel Officer of a Marine Corps Artillery Regiment, prior to which a Forward Observer for an artillery battery, attached to 5th Marine Regiment. Continued Marine Corps Reserve Duty as Captain, Executive Officer for an Artillery Battery, responsible for the training, health, and welfare of a 120-person COMBAT READY team in an ever changing environment and relentless operations tempo. Managed and led various groups under high stress environment. Also performed duties as Platoon Commander responsible for the health, welfare, management and training for a 60-person artillery platoon.

Morristown, New Jersey, Us

Managed installations of complex telecom solutions to include VoIP applications. Presented project plans and lead customer status meetings and customer reviews. Developed timelines and deliverable dates for multiple concurrent projects. Provided decisive project leadership to global implementation teams including: status reporting, client/team coordination, and problem resolution.

92707 Colombes, Fr

Planned new product introductions through account marketing and product line managers. Managed a $375M inventory. Responsible for minimizing P&L from excess and obsolete inventory. Created and maintained monthly forecast by partnering with sales, engineers, business development and operations minimizing product re-designs. Compiled and presented monthly Wireline Access subscriber data and forecasts for marketing press releases.

92707 Colombes, Fr

92707 Colombes, Fr

Master Of Arts - Ma, Anthropology

Combat Arms, Fleet Marine Force, Advanced Leadership

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Anthropology

Associate Of Arts - Aa, Anthropology