About Us: Our People: Managing Associates:
Kimberly A. Davenport, Managing Associate
Kimberly Davenport joined ScottMadden in April 2005. Prior to joining the firm, she worked more than four years as a LEAN coordinator for The Gillette Company in its Duracell Batteries division. During her 10- year tenure at Gillette, Ms. Davenport held a variety of positions, including mechanical engineer, quality engineer and production manager. Ms. Davenport graduated with a B.S. in manufacturing engineering from Central State University in Ohio and earned an M.B.A. from Goizueta Business School at Emory University.
Recent Assignments
- Conducted a current state activity and cost analysis for the human resources organization of a large telecommunications service provider. Designed a leading practice future state human resource service delivery framework and developed an associated business case to ensure its financial feasibility. Partnered with functional V.P. to communicate to key stakeholders in order to gain buy-in and project approval
- Managed a multi-phase project specially designed to standardize and optimize the preventive and predictive maintenance tasks conducted on equipment within a large organization with nuclear facilities
- Supported the development of an organization created to launch a new product for an internet service provider. Worked directly with the V.P. of Business Operations on a variety of project management tasks
- Conducted an evaluation of administrative processes for an investment management firm. Modified the existing organizational design and created new job descriptions in order to better support the overall focus of the organization. Made recommendations for reallocation of job responsibilities based on skills and organizational design
- Assessed the processes of a private online university against the requirements of Sarbanes-Oxley. Identified control gaps within the processes, roles and responsibilities and assisted the management team in determining action items to establish compliance
- Managed plant-wide LEAN manufacturing activities focused on eliminating waste in processes, increasing productivity, and reducing costs
