Patrick Downey
Business Process Improvement | Operational Excellence | Innovation Management
- Role
- Marketing Strategy & Operations Specialist at Kimberly-Clark
- Location
- Neenah, WI, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Patrick Downey
Proven improvement specialist with a cross-functional background, taking on progressively challenging leadership responsibilities across career span. Skilled talent builder at all levels, from the operating floor through senior leadership. Committed to transforming business processes and delivering value-added results via elimination of waste, challenging inefficient and non-value-added steps, leadership coaching and involvement, and implementing visual management. Strong leadership skills, highlights include strategic thinking and business acumen, driving collaboration across functions and across levels, and decisiveness while keeping business objectives in the forefront. Respected for calm yet decisive approach to crisis management and for easy-going manner, particularly in response to change.
Experience
Marketing Strategy & Operations Specialist
Jan 2019 — Present · Neenah, WI, US
Leading execution of annual cross-functional business processes, ensuring high-quality deliverables meet critical timelines for effective customer planning to drive growth- Led the Annual Operating Plan process across multiple business units, delivering quality Go to Market plans to customer sales teams, enabling strategic growth planning- Designed engaging communications to build clear connections between business strategies and results, via Town Halls across N. American Personal Care- Facilitated market assessment, strategy creation, and coordinated completion of deliverables in annual Strategic Business Planning process with a multi-year view- Built personal capability with a special assignment in Digital Commerce, driving org design strategy, strengthening team processes, and improved digital content accuracy- Pressure-tested brand strategies and innovation plans against potential competitive scenarios by designing and facilitating wargame sessions, resulting in stronger tactical execution plans and investment shift decisions
Education
The George Washington University
Master of Science (M.S.), Project Management
2003 — 2008
Michigan Technological University
Bachelor of Science (BS), Chemical Engineering
1996 — 2001
Skills
- Consumer Products
- Business Process Improvement
- Change Management
- Six Sigma
- Operational Excellence
- Supply Chain
- Value Stream Mapping
- Process Improvement
- Kaizen
- Continuous Improvement
- 5s
- Manufacturing
- Lean Manufacturing
- Process Engineering
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