• by Karl Greenberg , April 15, 2013

On Monday Nissan today announced that the CEO of Chrysler LLC's Ram Truck brand is heading to Franklin, Tenn. to take on the new role of divisional VP, Nissan Sales & Marketing for the U.S. Diaz will report to Jose Munoz, SVP, sales & marketing, customer quality and dealer network development, for the Americas. 

Diaz will assume full responsibility for the day-to-day operations of the Nissan Division in the United States, including all sales, marketing, fixed operations, parts and service and administration functions, per the company. Besides handling marketing for Nissan's U.S. marketing light commercial vehicle and fleet sales, parts  service and regional operations report to him.

Diaz started at Ram Truck in 2009. In 2011, Diaz was appointed as the chief executive of Chrysler's Mexican operations where he was the corporate representative responsible for all of the company's business brands in Mexico, including Chrysler, Jeep, Dodge, Ram and Mitsubishi.