Michael Stouffer Email & Phone Number

North East, Mid-Atlantic

Guide the maintenance and operations.

Waynesboro, Pa.

Evaluate the business through a Lean Six Sigma lens to determine the critical areas to focus improvement activities. Prepare and lead projects for transactional and manufacturing processes. Assist other companies within the corporate structure with learning LSS tools and methods.

Manitowoc, Wi.

Responsible for organizing major New Product and Operations projects into a structured system.• Created master resource pool and master project plan in Microsoft Project for New Product Development and Operations improvement projects. Result: Developed more objective view of resource requirements leading to improved project scheduling.• Facilitated due diligence for global growth opportunities and source of manufacturing. Result: Detailed project plans for implementation of required changes in selected regions.• Completed Sociogram activities at 3 major cranes facilities. Result: Delivered outline for Executive management to follow for making improvements to communication and support between departments.

Manitowoc, Wi.

Responsible for acting as project coordinator for strategic sourcing initiative that will evolve the sourcing process.• Collaborated with 8 different cross-functional sourcing teams, focusing on critical commodities, to improve overall performance of parts and suppliers. Result: Projected to produce up to $30 million in savings the first full year.• Provided supplemental training to commodity teams. Result: Translated methods and tools to an easy and understandable package of actionable items.• Demonstrated technical methods to teams for analyzing data. Result: Provided justifiable and concise presentation of results leading to accelerated decision making.

Manitowoc, Wisconsin

Responsible for developing vision for Operational Excellence in facilities worldwide.• Led assessment process to gauge Lean deployment progress at each facility. Created gap action plans with facility management. Result: Improved Lean path scores by 20%.• Managed OpX projects and provided guidance on facility project management. Result: Produced up to $50 million in savings over 3 years.• Trained 6 new Black Belts that were part of the management team. Result: Achieved up to 25% efficiency gains for each certification project completed by trainees.• Provided quick hit capabilities to Executive Team. Selected facilities to “right the ship“ and return them to profitability. Result: Moved facilities to positive results within 3 months.• Developed metrics and scorecard that Executive management used in decision making. Result: Facilitated improvement in productive behavior..

Shady Grove, Pa.

Responsible for acting as change leader for implementation of Lean and Six Sigma methodologies at Shady Grove facility.• Facilitated operations business planning cycle. Result: Reduced cycle time by 20% and overall budget by 5% through justification process.• Spearheaded Lean methods use in factory. Result: Increased capacity for Small Rough Terrain models from 4 units a day to 7, generating annual revenue gains of $116 million. Increased Boom Truck capacity by 27% with the same factory footprint, reducing cycle time by 30% and subcomponent build cycle time by up to 40%.• Implemented budget management training for Facility Managers. Result: Achieved 30% reduction in controllable costs.• Launched negotiation training for Manufacturing Engineers. Result: Produced cost saving of up to 35%.

Shady Grove, Pa.

Responsible for global deployment of Lean Six Sigma methods.• Trained 20 new Black Belts. Result: Delivered Certification projects that averaged $500,000 in savings per Black Belt.• Trained 220 new Red Belts. Result: Reduced new product development cycle time by 15%, using Design for Six Sigma (DFSS) methods and tools.• Developed additional levels of DFSS training material. Result: Reduced engineering changes in new models during initial production by 55%.• Mentored/coached an Advanced Leadership Development Program (new and future senior management) team on use of Lean Six Sigma methods for “New Financial Management System” project. Result: Added $12 million to the bottom line.

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Project Management

Actively pursuing the MBA degree.

B.S., Engineering Science