Kim Williams Email & Phone Number

West Richland, Wa, Us

Richland, Wa

• Oversaw PMO team of eight, managing innovation project portfolio valued at $300MM, with launch success rate of 90%, resulting in incremental growth of $125MM and 150MM pounds and additional $6MM of annual cost savings.• Spearheaded Lamb Weston product lifecycle management (PLM) team of six, maintaining data integrity of product specifications across multiple SAP and legacy systems, while maintaining defined business processes across organization.• Launched company’s first product lifecycle management (PLM) team and innovation project management office. • Established PMO in five months, leveraging innovation design team output and consultant. Filled eight positions with top talent, building strong, cohesive team.• Delivered stage gate process, structure, and governance in seven months through cross-functional engagement of stakeholders.• Maintained continuous improvement culture with frequent stakeholder feedback while being mindful of change fatigue.• Guided development of DOMO & PowerBI analytical and reporting tools for innovation KPIs, portfolio & program metrics as well as analytics regarding data integrity.

Richland, Washington, United States

• Established standard processes and KPIs; achieved 95% on-time for NPD tasks, reduced errors by 40%, and drove $3MM annualized cost savings each year, partnering with procurement team.• Facilitated stakeholder discussions to develop vision for packaging, resulting in initiatives to refocus plant support and enhance sustainable packaging strategy, as well as capital investment in R&D packaging room.• Championed capital projects to attain required manufacturing capability impacting on-shelf quality. • Partnered with supplier to develop recycling option for food service paper / poly packaging.• Collaborated with marketing and sustainability managers as well as supplier for university pilot testing before launching to market (“Lamb Weston unveils sustainably optimized food packaging.” Rick Lingle, Packaging Digest, January 31, 2018).

Kennewick, Wa

Successfully rolled out transformation initiatives in five plants, each implementation consisting of 4-5 months of on-site training and support of operators, team leaders and management team in order to install standardized processes, tools and behaviors. Led high-impact, cross-functional, cross-platform project teams to drive behavior change as well as financial and operational results. Led a "Give Away Reduction" project across five plants, coordinating plant Industrial Engineers, Platform Packaging Engineers, and R&D SMEs that generated an annualized savings of $489k. Led a plant packaging project bringing together team members from multiple departments, internal and external, top to bottom, driving organizational structure change as well as team member ownership of equipment and processes on the pack floor. Initiated program for change management through Autonomous Manufacturing Development (AMD) across 15 plants, developing team proficiency for the implementation of AMD projects across the platform. Member of Lamb Weston Women’s Network steering committee, supporting the development of a world class work environment for women. Focused on recruiting, retaining and advancing women professionals through education, leadership and business development. Personal focus was on recognizing and supporting women in our manufacturing locations.

Boise Packaging - Wallula, Washington• Transformation Project Manager – an agent for change, plant facilitator and team mentor/coach. Significant breakthrough results achieved and sustained, including On-Time-Delivery improvement from below 50% during peak to better than 95% year round. • Led process improvement initiatives to improve quality, increase productivity and implement process standardization.• Developed and implemented training for a variety of topic areas, including Frontline Leadership, Leading Teams, Managing Projects, Quality Processes and Environmental compliance.• Built and maintained models to identify capacity-demand imbalances and develop short and long term strategies to address these issues based on market forecasts.• Provided data analysis to support a variety of production, quality, and customer service needs, for both local and division management.• Supervised Production Scheduling & Planning functions for the plant.• Ensured plant environmental compliance to state and federal regulations.

Boise Cottonwood Fiber Farm - Wallula, Washington• Responsible for financial analysis and strategic planning, including linear programming models and growth & yield analysis.• Developed the farm budget module of the corporate Adaytum budgeting system, coordinated the budgeting process, generating a $20 million annual budget.• Provided training and expertise on inventory, data analysis and computer use.• Managed an annual inventory process relying on collaborative efforts of entire staff.• Managed Information Systems for activity tracking and reporting.• Conducted process improvement activities involving staff and suppliers. • Responsible for an annual budget of $275,000.

Timberland Resources, Boise, Idaho/Wallula, Washington• Led a three-tiered, corporate-wide project to develop and implement standards for analysis and reporting of Timberland Key Measures. Teams were composed of members from three divisions, seven regions, and multiple functional areas.• Facilitated the development and implementation of standardized data as well as process and reporting standards for timberland information systems.• Coordinated the implementation of standard software for company timberlands.• Coordinated the consolidation of timberlands data in preparation for divestiture activities, responded to questions from investors and collaborated with region personnel to develop and implement process improvements.• Reported to Boise’s Chief Financial Officer, Vice President of Timberland Resources, and Timberland Managers.• Managed a project budget of $1,000,000.

• Facilitated process improvement for existing systems and collaboratively developed and implemented new processes.• Developed system manuals, process documentation, wrote technical bulletins and conducted staff training.• Supervised harvest operations with an annual production valued at $1,000,000.• Contract negotiation, administration and supervision.• Team Leader and Facilitator for recommendations on achieving department objectives.

Mba, Business Administration

Master'S Degree, Forest Management/Forest Resources Management

Mf, Forest Management

Ba, Biology