Kimberly Harper-Gage

About Kimberly Harper-Gage

Executive manufacturing, operations and supply chain leader with experience in improving profitability, quality and culture across global operations, privately held businesses and family businesses. Influential leader and valued business partner with a record of delivering superior business results across multiple industries. Successfully directed and optimized global manufacturing and supply chain operations. Experienced in leading manufacturing and supply chain footprint expansions and optimizations. Private-equity business optimization. Led acquisitions, greenfield start up locations and divestures within the operational strategy to support strategic growth of the organization and improve long term profitability. An effective problem-solver who combines a strong technical background with solid business acumen to analyze complex problems and deliver innovative solutions to business challenges, while meeting critical and aggressive timelines for best customer satisfaction.

Experience

1. Chief Operating Officer

   Wsa-Usa, Llc

   Jan 2023 — Present

Education

• University of Michigan

  Finance

  2008

• Northern Kentucky University

  Bachelor

  1989 — 2005

Skills

• Hoshin Kanri
• Integrity and Trust
• Coaching
• Six Sigma
• Integration
• Business Strategy
• Customer Focused
• Spend Management
• Hoshin Planning
• Change Management
• Business Process Improvement
• Supply Chain
• Cost Reduction
• Hiring / Staffing
• Project Management
• Management
• Team Building
• Building Effective Teams
• Value Stream Mapping
• Process Improvement
• Kaizen
• Mergers
• Merger and Acquisition Integration
• Ethics and Values
• Strategic Planning
• Action Orientation
• Creative Problem Solving
• Quality Management
• Forecasting
• Continuous Improvement
• 5s
• Team Leadership
• Strategy
• Operations Management
• Manufacturing
• Product Development
• Managerial Courage
• Senior Level Reliability and Engineering Leadership
• Lean Manufacturing
• Organizational Development