Project Porfolio

Independent Consultant & Property Manager

Hamburg & Spain | 2017 - Present

  • Managed and promoted holiday rental apartments, coordinating suppliers, international clients, and daily operations. 
  • Led and organised family and community and school projects, including sports and social activities for children, with a focus on motivation, well-being and resilience. 
  • Continuous development of leadership, organizational and intercurtural communicacion skills. 

Freelance Project Manager Consultant - Airbus Projects

Xpuls Business Solutions & BPOut Gmbh | Airbus Getafe, Finkenwerde, Broughton |

2007-2017 

  • Recruited and trained a team of engineers from scratch, equippping them with Airbus tools. 
  • Led the visualization and standardization of production process (SOI, MTM), achieving a 20% and reduction in lead times. 
  • Implementing a rotating observation system, ensuring complete data collection without delays. 
  • Overcame internal resistance throgh negotiation and gender-balance team comosition, building collaboration and commitment. 
  • Prevented critical delays in a 12 month project by reorganizing task and solving tecnical issues. 

A380 Progam-Electrical Engineeriing

2010 - 2012

  • Contributed to the international team (Spain, Germany, UK, France) tasked with reducing production cycles from 24 to 18 months; achived 20 month, recognized as a sucess by Airbus leadership. 
  • Managed projects within the Electrical Department, monitoring workflows, risk, and bottleneks. 
  • Defined and presented strategic documentation to the international committee, applaying airbus gobal PMI - LBIP-based methodology. 
  • Collaborated with Accenture and KPMG, gaining direct exerience in high-level internatinal consulting enviroments. 

A350 Program-Finkenwerde & Broughton

2012-2015

  • Ensured on-time delivery of the first A350 prototype, streamlining validation processes and removing workflow bottlenecks. 
  • promoted to coordinate the Visual Management Board Airbus subcontrctors, enhancing transnational communication and executive trust. 
  • Personally recognized by the A350 Director of Operations: "It is Diana who makes it possible". 

A320 Program - Broughton

2015-2017

  • Reduced bottlenecks and optimized planning, achieving a 40% efficiency improvement. 
  • Defined and standardized process flows across functions for the first time, involving the entire team to ensure clarity and ownership. 
  • Introduced a 12 month KPI plan and integrated key departments cross-functional collaboration. 
  • Transformed a long-established change-resistant team into a motivated and engaged group, praised by leadership: "thank you for giving the team back their motivation - you achived this on you own". 

Earlier Career Highlights

1991-2007

 

Roles in consulting, supplying chain, sales, and retail at organizations including Deutsche Carportfabrik, Grupo Damm, General Electric, Harrods and others.

  • Implemented logistics optimization projects and cost-reduction initiatives. 
  • managed supplier relations and international negotiations in multicultural context. 
  • Early leadership of teams, driving improvements in sales efficiency and cusotmer service.