Kari Harmon
Consultant
Fundamentally, businesses can vary from one industry to the next; from one group of products or services to another, but all depend on variations of the same processes and face similar business challenges. What often differentiates those that achieve their full potential from others that do not is the Leadership and Organizational adoption of Lean Principles to every part of their business to accelerate value and achieve uncommon results.
General Expertise
Kari is a consultant with extensive operational experience in strategic sourcing, lean supply chain management and business process improvement across diverse industry segments. Her strong leadership, organizational and analytical skills have resulted in a proven track record identifying, designing and executing improved business processes, cost reduction initiatives and process optimization projects that dramatically impact growth, margin, cash and organizational effectiveness.
Individual Areas Of Expertise
Global Sourcing and Commodity Management — Spend analytics; make versus buy analysis; domestic and/or low cost region sourcing.
Organizational Turnaround/Transformation — From identification of the strategic imperatives, to defining the business model required to achieve them, and linkage of the operational processes to deliver them.
Supply Chain Leadership — Optimizing tools and processes for planning, procurement, replenishment systems and logistics.
Lean Principles — Apply to all operational processes to eliminate waste and accelerate organizational results.
KPI Development and Visual Management.
Professional Background
President and Managing Director, Inflection Point Partners
Vice President, Global Sourcing & Procurement, The Gores Group, LLC
Group Director, Crane Aerospace & Electronics
Global Sourcing & Supply Chain Management
Component and Supplier Quality Engineering
Representative Clients
Therakos
Directed Electronics
Martin Archery
MeXX
Elo Touch Solutions
Sage Automotive Interiors
Stock Building Supply
Education And Associations
B.A., Business Administration, Western Washington University
National Association of Professional Women
Turnaround Management Association
