Chris Williams

Chris Williams

Senior Vice President, Global Manufacturing

As the head of Global Manufacturing, Chris leads a diverse team around the world, managing procurement, supply chain, logistics, and manufacturing operations. 

He developed deep manufacturing experience through progressively responsible roles at Baxter, including rebuilding facilities and launching countless engineering and continuous improvement programs. He led Baxter’s European manufacturing operations, delivering dramatic cost, quality, and customer service improvements.

Chris’s experience building lean, customer-focused manufacturing organizations also enabled him to transform the manufacturing infrastructure for Salter Labs and Santa Cruz Nutritionals before serving as Vice President of Manufacturing Operations at PharMEDium Services. His foundation of process improvement and ability to build cultural bridges are skills he is using to enable teams to further Terumo Blood and Cell Technologies’ continued growth.

Chris holds a bachelor’s degree in industrial engineering from Mississippi State University. He is an avid tennis player and loves to travel in his free time.