Kimberly Schelcher

ASQ CSSGB, Production Manager, Printpack

Kimberly is a production manager at Printpack's Grand Prairie Converting facility in Texas, where she leads daily operations in a large manufacturing environment with approximately 200 associates across 18 converting machine centers and multiple departments. She is a Certified Green Belt in Lean Six Sigma methodologies and leads cross-functional teams to achieve significant process optimizations and cost reductions. She leads with the philosophy that operational excellence starts with listening. She believes that engaging associates in identifying process deficiencies and developing practical solutions creates a culture where safety, efficiency, and continuous improvement become everyone's responsibility and shape how work is done. She has over 10 years of manufacturing experience across different functional groups like quality, finance and operations, including 5 years of plant leadership where she has been the champion and owner of the site's safety culture and, most recently, the sponsor of the site's SafeLead initiative.