Kimberly Edmonds Email & Phone Number

Help drive organizational efficiency through comprehensive process analysis, requirements gathering, and process modeling. Create test scripts and assist with developing training materials to ensure seamless implementation of process improvements. Collaborate to optimize workflows and enhance operational performance.

I was responsible for actively pursuing emerging start-up health-tech companies to partner with and evaluate cutting-edge medical technologies to determine what value they could add to our health system. I developed relationships with several medical device start-ups and continually introduced new technologies to executive leadership and to internal.

Wilmington, Delaware, United States

Clark, New Jersey, United States

• Managed development project portfolios for three product development teams within Research and Innovation, leading to successful global launches.
• Created portfolio management strategy, by coordination with lab management, operations, and marketing, ensuring products developed were brought to market on time.
• Allocated 60 full-time chemists (13,500 resource days) to multiple projects based on project resource needs.
• Coordinated implementation of efficiency processes reducing project cancelation rate from 48% to less than 30% over two years.
• Created reporting for a variety of stakeholder groups across the organization, highlighting key quality indicators (KQI) per project and for the entire portfolio.
• Authored SOP documents around increasing project administration efficiency.

Clark, New Jersey, United States

• Developed training plans for all 7 core in-house applications utilized within the Research and Innovation division.
• Authored training manuals and user guides for all in-house applications
• Created training plan for all new hires and existing employees.
• Planned and implemented the first series of online learning modules within the division. This included vendor selection, overseeing development and go live of the modules.
• Collaborated with international business partners to develop application enhancements to meet the needs of the business users.
• Documented user challenges and technical issues, and communicated change requests to international development team.

Clark, New Jersey, United States

• Conducted application analysis, provided training and support.
• Coordinated 5 major proprietary software application releases locally, including communication, roll-out and training.
• Coordinated level 2 (second line) application support.
• Analyzed needs of the business and ensured software met those needs by collaboration with international business partners.
• Organized application training for all new hires.
• Promoted to Application Training Manager in May 2009.Quality Assurance (QA) for product launch dossiers and laboratory assistance.

Clark, New Jersey, United States

• Analyzed product development workflow and proposed ways to improve efficiency.
• Authored workflow analysis document and presented summary to international steering committee.
• Reviewed commercial software packages to assist with formula management.
• Conducted fact finding discovery phase for effective platform creation by interviewing lab personnel, including chemists and managers.
• Coordinated local analysis efforts as part of an international team.
• Promoted to Technical Information Services Manager in July 2003.