Tomas Puky

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About Tomas Puky

SUMMARY Strategic executive manager with 25+ years of global experience leading and transforming business processes to deliver multi-million-dollar capital gains. Expertise in overseeing end-to-end operations, from planning and process enhancement to project management, sales and contract negotiation. Recognized for fostering strong customer relations and crafting innovative business strategies to achieve organizational objectives. Thrives in dynamic environments, excelling in leadership roles within multinational corporations. Committed to driving continuous improvement while cultivating a team culture. Key contributions include: • Planned and implemented operational enhancements that generated increased revenue, cost savings, and fostered maximum results and performance. • Provided strategic guidance to operations staff, ensuring alignment with organizational vision, goals, and objectives. • Deep dives into understanding business units' intricacies to drive continuous improvement, integrating business efficacy and human dynamics associated with running a business. • Served as part of the company’s leadership succession plan, propelling organizational success. • Worked in Europe, South, Central and North America, collaborating with multi-cultural individuals to understand/adapt to various cultures and communicate insights for advancing shared organizational goals. • Acquired expertise in the intricacies associated with project development cycles across varying legal frameworks. • Maintained forthright communication throughout the corporate chain in different languages including Spanish, English, and German to develop and test execution strategies. • Executed tasks relentlessly alone or in a team setting to deploy action plans and ensure timely project closure. • Turned around a fledgling customer/market perception by improving customer relations and changing the corporate image. • Achieved and closed contentious claims and drove customer satisfaction to recover measurable margin, including an instance that converted from a $5M loss into a $2M profit. • Coached direct reports to drive long-term employee success, yielding staff succession into managerial positions. • Conducted peer-reviewed research for 2 articles in Journal for International Business Studies with list available upon request.