Kimberly Sweet
Johns Creek,GA
Summary
Organized Manufacturing Professional with 33 years of operations, quality, technical and L&D experience. Expert in operations and quality control training with extensive experience in leading teams and mentoring individuals. Proven leader ready to make hard decisions and counsel companies to long-term success.
Overview
34
34
years of professional experience
Work History
Learning and Development Leader
Georgia Pacific
11.2022 - Current
- Develop and implement adult learning techniques integrated with immersive, virtual, and augmented technology tool.
- Created cross functional L&D team that enables 30+ facilities to successfully execute skills management, technical development and supervisory development programs.
VP Quality and L&D Leader
Georgia Pacific
08.2020 - 11.2022
- Leadership of 2 capability teams that support 10,000-employee division of pulp, paper, and consumer products manufacturing across 34 facilities.
- Manage systems for process and product control with customer focus
- Develop and implement adult learning techniques integrated with immersive, virtual, and augmented technology tool.
- Spearheaded cross-functional initiatives across departments to achieve business goals for bottom-line profits.
VP Quality
Georgia Pacific
09.2018 - 08.2020
- Quality Leadership of 10,000-employee division of pulp, paper, and consumer products manufacturing across 34 facilities with management systems for process and product control with customer focus.
- Established improved quality measures and reporting to improve customer satisfaction.
VP Manufacturing (Mill Manager)
Georgia Pacific
12.2015 - 09.2018
- Responsibility and accountability for full facility operation with 350 employees
- Includes safety, environmental, financial, quality and labor relations (unionized facility)
- Applied strong leadership that was dedicated to team development, bringing calm environment to facility.
Operations Manager
Georgia-Pacific
11.2014 - 12.2015
- Responsible for paper and product converting with 5 paper machines and 50 converting lines, with approximately 400 employees
- Managed safety, productivity, and quality for operational area
- Applied strong organizational and team building skills, during constantly challenging environment, focused on continual improvement in all areas of responsibility.
- Developed and implemented systems and procedures to improve operational quality and team efficiency.
- Developed systems and procedures to improve operational quality and team efficiency
- Established positive and effective communication among unit staff and organization leadership, reducing miscommunications, and missed deadlines
- Identified and resolved unauthorized, unsafe, or ineffective practices
Quality Manager
Georgia-Pacific
09.2013 - 11.2014
- Responsible for quality management and assurance for 50 converting lines and 5 paper machines of paper and product
- Applied strong quality management and change management skills during transformation of quality processes to improved performance level.
- Evaluated quality problems and performed assessments to identify and resolve issues.
- Updated quality control standards, methods, and procedures to meet compliance requirements.
Quality and ISO Manager
Sappi Fine Paper North America
01.1995 - 01.2013
- Managed laboratory, quality, product performance, and certifications, (including forestry) for industry leading pulp and printing paper manufacturer.
- Achieved and maintained quality complaints at 0.5 complaints per 100k tons.
- Supported printing customers with paper technical expertise.
- Responsible for laboratory, quality, product performance, and certifications, (including forestry) for industry leading pulp and printing paper manufacturer.
- Applied diverse system leadership and management skills including union and technical crew leadership, SPC, Auditing, customer relations, forestry, environmental.
- Tracked quality issues with external customers, suppliers, and internal plant operations.
- Scheduled and chaired quality review meetings to review effectiveness of performance mitigating risk, improving throughput and achieving customer satisfaction.
- Recorded, analyzed, and distributed statistical information.
- Reported production malfunctions to managers and production supervisors.
SR Process Chemist
Sappi Fine Paper North America
01.1990 - 01.1995
- Analyzed and studied technical and laboratory results across paper machines and mill environmental systems.
- Lead and executed process measurements and experimental trials.
- Applied chemical, math, and science disciplines, along with strong communication skills across many levels of organization, from union operations employee to mill manager.
- Improved key quality characteristics like water damage and non-flat paper characteristics and measurements.
- Managed technical staff for 3 world class coated fine paper machines.
- Contributed to team discussions and new project initiatives to advance progress and optimize profitability.
- Skilled at working independently and collaboratively in team environment.
- Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written
- Proved successful working within tight deadlines and fast-paced environment.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Biochemistry
University of Maine
Orono, MESkills
- Inspirational people leader and mentor
- Learning and Development professional
- Operations, Technical and Quality professional
- Organizational development and strategy
- Presentation, Facilitation, and Communications expertise
- Project and change management
- Quality, Safety, Environmental auditing experience
- Attention to Detail
- Teamwork and Collaboration
- Virtual and Classroom Learning leader
- Self-Motivated
Timeline
Learning and Development Leader
Georgia Pacific
11.2022 - Current
VP Quality and L&D Leader
Georgia Pacific
08.2020 - 11.2022
VP Quality
Georgia Pacific
09.2018 - 08.2020
VP Manufacturing (Mill Manager)
Georgia Pacific
12.2015 - 09.2018
Operations Manager
Georgia-Pacific
11.2014 - 12.2015
Quality Manager
Georgia-Pacific
09.2013 - 11.2014
Quality and ISO Manager
Sappi Fine Paper North America
01.1995 - 01.2013
SR Process Chemist
Sappi Fine Paper North America
01.1990 - 01.1995
Bachelor of Science - Biochemistry
University of Maine
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