Shannon Walton

Cultural change agent and continuous improvement enthusiast!

Greensboro--Winston-Salem--High Point Area

About

Skilled at teaching and coaching black belts and green belts in Lean Six Sigma methodology and Design for Lean Six Sigma. I have developed and customized training materials for LSS and DFLSS as well as SPC, Reliability, Visual Factory Management and Total Quality Commitment. I am currently employed as the Director of Quality for the component team. The scope of my responsibilities includes lumber drying, dimensioning, component build, and flat stock processing for cabinets. Specialties: Quality management, purchasing, coaching and training, certified quality engineer (ASQC), project management, contract negotiation, Research and Development of materials, manufacturing process controls, statistical process control, process auditing, quality systems development.

Experience

  • Smurfit Westrock (Full-time · 2 yrs)
    • Retired
      Feb 2025 - Present · 1 yr 5 mos

    • Senior Director Performance Improvement
      Jul 2024 - Feb 2025 · 8 mos

  • WestRock Company (Full-time · 8 yrs 5 mos)
    • Senior Director Global Operational Excellence
      Sep 2022 - Jul 2024 · 1 yr 11 mos

    • Director Operational Excellence
      Sep 2019 - Sep 2022 · 3 yrs 1 mo

    • Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt
      Mar 2016 - Sep 2019 · 3 yrs 7 mos

      Merchandising Displays Division leader.

  • American Woodmark Corporation (6 yrs 9 mos)
    • Quality Director Component Team
      May 2014 - Mar 2016 · 1 yr 11 mos

      Quality assurance, continuous improvement, process control and client/ provider relations for cabinet box components.

    • Director Six Sigma
      Jul 2009 - May 2014 · 4 yrs 11 mos

      Responsible for multi-site deployment of six sigma.

  • CoorsTek (11 yrs 7 mos)
    • Master Black Belt
      Feb 2005 - Apr 2009 · 4 yrs 3 mos

      Coach and train black belts, green belts and all company employees. Run LSS and DFLSS projects.

    • Black Belt
      Jun 2004 - Feb 2005 · 9 mos

      Full time project manager for Lean and Six Six Sigma projects. Certified by the George Group, Dallas, TX.

    • Technical Services Manager
      Dec 1999 - Jun 2004 · 4 yrs 7 mos

      Manager of purchasing, scheduling, and quality. Responsible for implementing ISO-13485, TS-16949, ISO 9000:2000 quality systems along with managing the supply chain.

  • Quality and Engineering Lab Manager at The Lancer Group
    May 1995 - Oct 1997 · 2 yrs 6 mos

    Supervised quality and engineering technicians, conducted stress tests, reliability tests, and organic growth tests. Maintained the quality system and recommended improvements. Diagnosed failures and implemented design improvements.