Michaela Haugen, PMP

Experience

• 

  Groninger Farm and Ranch

  Jan 2004 - Jan 2011

  Farmhand

  Utilized teamwork and communication skills while performing tasksOperating equipment when neededUsed hard work ethic while aiding with seeding, spraying, and harvest operations/tasks, and movement of cattle

• 

  Homesteaders Restaurant

  Apr 2008 - Aug 2009

  Server

  Established appropriate customer relations Coordinated teamwork in stressful and relaxed environmentsPerformed service in a timely manner

• 

  Trail King Industries

  Apr 2010 - Dec 2010

  Manufacturing Intern

  Assisted in current state mapping and root cause analysis for a leading international custom trailer manufacturer with two locations Develop independent and team management projects skills while increasing confidence and problem solving skills Collected data and created presentations for company executives to solve production deadline misses eliminating the need for a full time rapid response employee

• 

  Boston Scientific

  May 2011 - Aug 2011

  Industrial Engineering Intern

  Assisted with hands on Lean Training workshops with overhead staff and product builders increasing operator awareness of continuous improvement Deployed a Kanban pull system which discovered 80,000 units of extra product resulting in a company savings of $200,000 and rescheduled manufacturing production Applied company tools to map current state of production line and proposed a new future state resulting in decreased idle time and 25% increase in labor efficiency

• 

  Boston Scientific

  May 2012 - Aug 2012

  Industrial Engineering Intern

  Working under a production supervisor to assist the production lines with understanding and implementing lean principles such as standard work, line balancing, eliminating waste, and sustainment plans

• 

  Border States Electric Supply

  Nov 2012 - Apr 2013

  Strategic Services Intern

  Assisted supply chain operations by creating databases and tasks for more efficient inventory controlResponsible for running monthly analyses for review

• 

  3M

  Jun 2013 - Mar 2018

  Supporting the site by leading and participating in lean and six sigma projects to improve material flow from the warehouse to production and increase warehouse utilization site wide. Leading projects to improve material flow within the plant using Lean Six Sigma principles.

  • Lean Manufacturing Engineer

    Jun 2014 - Mar 2018

  • Optimized Operations Engineer

    Jun 2013 - Jun 2014
• 

  Steffes

  Mar 2018 - now

  Aligning all areas of the business working with the ERP system with corporate strategies. Prioritizing and leading focused improvements of the ERP system with all business groups across multiple value streams. Internal Project Manager for upcoming ERP implementation responsible for coordinating efforts between external and internal resources to meet project milestones on scheduleResponsible for implementing and maintaining corporate lean strategies in one of the four manufacturing facilities.

  • System Integrator & Project Manager

    Mar 2021 - now

  • Continuous Improvement Leader

    Mar 2018 - Mar 2021