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Kris Vess Location
North Carolina, United States
Kris Vess Work
Vice President Operations and Global Continuous Improvement @ (April 2025 - Present)
Vice President of Global Supply Chain and Continuous Improvement @ (October 2023 - March 2025)
Vice President of Continuous Improvement @ (January 2019 - September 2023)
Director of Continuous Improvement, Global Operations @ (February 2016 - January 2019)
Regional Leader and Senior Manager - TEOA Automotive Americas @ (May 2013 - January 2016)
North America Manager of TEOA - Automotive Operations @ (May 2012 - May 2013)
Plant Manager @ (November 2011 - April 2012)
Continuous Improvement and Lean Manufacturing Leader @ (December 2009 - November 2011)
Plant Manager @ (December 2005 - October 2009)
Factory Manager @ (November 2004 - December 2005)
Process Engineering Manager @ Collins and Aikman (August 2004 - November 2004)
Manufacturing Department Manager @ Collins and Aikman (November 2001 - August 2004)
Planning Manager and Master Scheduler @ Collins and Aikman (February 2000 - November 2001)
Kris Vess Education
Higher Ambition Leadership Institute
(Leadership)
2019-2020
Wake Forest University
Bachelor's degree (History)
Wake Forest University School of Business
Management Program (Business Administration and Management, General)
Kris Vess Skills
Lean Manufacturing
Kaizen
Continuous Improvement
5S
Strategic Planning
Manufacturing
Kanban
Value Stream Mapping
Toyota Production System
Manufacturing Operations
Operations Management
Automotive
Root Cause Analysis
Product Development
Operational Excellence
Six Sigma
Manufacturing Operations Management
MRP
Manufacturing Engineering
Supply Chain
Supply Chain Management
PPAP
Injection Molding
TQM
Process Engineering
Materials Management
JIT
Supplier Quality
Quality Management
Inventory Management
SPC
Materials
TS16949
Quality System
Plastics
Production Planning
Industrial Engineering
Supply Management
DMAIC
Strategy
Black Belt
Operating Systems
Leadership
Team Leadership
Team Building
Organizational Development
Cross-functional Team Leadership
Process Improvement
Material Flow
SMED
FMEA
APQP
TPM
ISO
OEE
Human Resources
Operations
Management
Customer Service
Change Management
Sales
Cross Functional Team Leadership
Kris Vess Summary
Kris Vess, based in North Carolina, United States, is currently a Vice President Operations and Global Continuous Improvement at La-Z-Boy Incorporated. Kris Vess brings experience from previous roles at Masonite® and TE Connectivity. Kris Vess holds a 2019 - 2020 Higher Ambition Leadership Institute. With a robust skill set that includes Lean Manufacturing, Kaizen, Continuous Improvement, 5S, Strategic Planning and more. Kris Vess has 4 emails and 4 mobile phone numbers on RocketReach.
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