Kim Williams

About Kim Williams

Leadership and Facilitation - Lead and facilitate through collaboration and teamwork, knowledge of team roles, the use of effective delegation, excellent communication skills, positive attitude, honesty and integrity. Successfully manage projects to achieve positive results through coordination, effective use of resources and persistence. Process Improvement - Experience with a variety of process improvement systems including Toyota Production System (TPS), LEAN, Six Sigma, Theory of Constraints, TQM. Proficient with a variety of process improvement tools including kaizan, kanban, value stream mapping, 5S, production leveling, constraint identification and buffer management. Success with involving employees at all levels to develop ownership in achieving results. Analysis and Problem Assessment - Extensive experience creating and using a variety of data analysis and reporting tools (Excel, Minitab, Microsoft Access, etc) and Root Cause Analysis methods for issue resolution and change management. Capacity Planning - Extensive experience conducting throughput analysis and building planning models to address production capacities through each stage of the value stream. Short-term and strategic analysis and planning to balance capacity with forecasted demand and develop long-term capital planning and budgeting. Communication - Excellent verbal, written, listening, training and presentation skills. Specialties: Building and developing teams with vision and strategy. Driving development of standardized processes and tools. Focus on balancing process and business execution.

Experience

1. Director of Project Management, Innovation

   Lamb Weston

   Sep 2017 — Present · Richland, WA, US

   Successfully stood up a new PMO focused on managing Innovation projects - product, package, cost savings & risk mitigation. Led team to develop standard processes and tools, define cross-functional roles and responsibilities related to Innovation Projects, and manage project programs and portfolios. Led development of analytics for project status, pipeline health and overall success metrics. Lead Stage Gate Meetings for project decisions and participate in Innovation Council representing Project Pipeline and Resourcing needs. Developed Innovation PMO Strategy and Journey Map.

Education

• Duke University

  MF, Forest Management

  1984 — 1986

• Earlham College

  BA, Biology

  1980 — 1983

• Washington State University

  MBA, Business Administration

  2000 — 2009