Russell Williams
Vice President Operations at Holcim Building Envelope
- Role
- Vice President Operations at Holcim Building Envelope
- Location
- Nashville, TN, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Russell Williams
An innovative and high energy, Six Sigma Lean Black Belt executive with over 30 years of progressive leadership experience in the manufacturing space. Assignments included technical, operations and business development roles in both mature and startup situations. Have successfully led multiple plant consolidation projects with no customer disruptions. Exposure to both domestic and international manufacturing sites, largely in the automotive and building products space. Especially adept at creating high performance work teams. A change agent well versed in employing Lean Manufacturing principles to dramatically enhance competitive positions through safety, quality, cost and productivity improvements. Led several turnarounds resulting in improved financial performance for stakeholders as well as dramatically improved customer satisfaction. Recently helped lead a $3.4B carve out that brought above expected returns for the owner. Winner of the prestigious 2005 Tennessee Shingo Prize for Excellence in Lean Manufacturing.Specialties: Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, High Performance Work Team Development, Customer Partnering, Leadership Development, Strategic Planning
Experience
Vice President Operations
May 2021 — Present · Nashville, TN, US
Leadership of Manufacturing, Engineering, Distribution, Procurement, Integrated Business Planning, and Lean Enterprise deployment for a $1.8B global commercial building products manufacturer. Part of the Holcim family of companies.
Education
The University of Alabama in Huntsville
Lean Certificate Series
2001
Cameron University
BBA, Management
1994
Oklahoma State University
Industrial Engineering
University of Virginia Darden School of Business
Executive Education Program
1996
Skills
- Spc
- Kanban
- Apqp
- Quality System
- Manufacturing Operations Management
- Iso
- Tqm
- Dmaic
- Operational Excellence
- Manufacturing Engineering
- Injection Molding
- Leadership
- Production Planning
- Six Sigma
- 5s
- Tpm
- Manufacturing
- Industrial Engineering
- Manufacturing Operations
- Toyota Production System
- Sustainability
- Mrp
- Root Cause Analysis
- Supply Chain
- Leadership Development
- Supply Chain Management
- Jit
- Automotive
- Strategic Sourcing
- Poka Yoke
- Ts16949
- Plastics
- Quality Management
- Ppap
- Strategic Planning
- Continuous Improvement
- Value Stream Mapping
- Process Improvement
- Iso/Ts 16949
- Product Development
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