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Howmet Aerospace · 1 month ago

Vice President and General Manager, Industrial Division

Waco, TX

Full-time

Onsite

Director/Executive

Howmet Aerospace is seeking a Vice President and General Manager for their Industrial Division. This role involves developing and implementing commercial and manufacturing strategies for Industrial products, optimizing investments, and leading initiatives to drive operational excellence and market share growth.

AerospaceManufacturingTransportation

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

The position will develop and implement the commercial and manufacturing strategy for Industrial products

Deliver targeted annual productivity improvements

Ensure innovation process result in New Product Development projects

Manage a project pipeline identifying business opportunities that will help drive Operational Excellence, Market Share Growth, and Productivity

Develop and document a 'best-in-class' structured process for assessing the efficiency and effectiveness of the operations processes

This assessment will include driving metrics and analytics to mitigate risks to current EBITDA as well as the opportunities to significantly improve EBITDA

Lead ongoing deployment and implementation of Lean Manufacturing techniques assigned operations and ongoing deployment of Process Productivity initiatives

Lead, along with Quality, reduction of Waste in processes. (scrap, rework, attrition)

Develop annual business plans in consultation with other senior-level unit leaders to ensure proper deployment of resources to achieve required results

Ensures full compliance with EHS standards, policies, procedures and processes as they apply to area of accountability

Confirms that incidents are thoroughly investigated and root causes are identified and remedied on a systematic basis

Fosters a safe and healthy work environment for all employees

Drive Commercial Margin improvement, maximizing pricing opportunities

Ensure business profitability is protected of inflationary pressures driven by commodity price increases (raw material, services, utilities, tariffs, etc.)

Drive introduction of new products and technologies that support customer needs, opening or expanding markets and further develop and expand Howmet’s Intellectual Property

Continue to diversify customer base in relevant markets such as renewable energy, material handling minimizing share of revenue of individual customers

As the key leader of the Industrial Lead team, participate and lead the annual strategic planning process including facilities, location & consolidation; strategic sourcing, both global and domestic; operations organization assessment

Develops and presents to the senior leadership team organizational, strategic, financial and operational proposals aimed at continually advancing manufacturing effectiveness

Provides positive leadership

Ensures open communication and responds to employee concerns appropriately

Seeks to improve the knowledge, skill and ability of people

Deals proactively with substandard performance

Analyzes and directs the preparation of Capital Appropriation Requests to secure required capital equipment for projects meeting or exceeding capital return targets

Interfaces directly with key customers, in concert with Sales & Marketing Management and Account Managers to resolve problems related to delivery, quality and other issues

Qualification

Lean ManufacturingOperational ExcellenceNew Product DevelopmentCapital Appropriation RequestsEHS ComplianceMarket Share GrowthInnovative ThinkingLeadership SkillsInterpersonal SkillsOrganizational Skills

Required

Develop and implement the commercial and manufacturing strategy for Industrial products

Deliver targeted annual productivity improvements

Ensure innovation process results in New Product Development projects

Manage a project pipeline identifying business opportunities that will help drive Operational Excellence, Market Share Growth, and Productivity

Develop and document a 'best-in-class' structured process for assessing the efficiency and effectiveness of the operations processes

Drive metrics and analytics to mitigate risks to current EBITDA as well as opportunities to significantly improve EBITDA

Lead ongoing deployment and implementation of Lean Manufacturing techniques assigned operations

Lead reduction of Waste in processes (scrap, rework, attrition)

Develop annual business plans in consultation with other senior-level unit leaders

Ensure full compliance with EHS standards, policies, procedures and processes

Drive Commercial Margin improvement, maximizing pricing opportunities

Ensure business profitability is protected from inflationary pressures driven by commodity price increases

Drive introduction of new products and technologies that support customer needs

Continue to diversify customer base in relevant markets such as renewable energy

Participate and lead the annual strategic planning process

Develops and presents to the senior leadership team organizational, strategic, financial and operational proposals

Provides positive leadership and ensures open communication

Analyzes and directs the preparation of Capital Appropriation Requests

Interfaces directly with key customers to resolve problems related to delivery, quality and other issues

Strong leadership skills are required

Must be a proven and influential manager capable of driving results across the organization

Outstanding organizational skills and discipline

Ability to think through complex development projects and identify gaps in plans, risks and opportunities

Must be self-driven with an acute sense of urgency

Hands-on approach but capable of raising to the occasion

Demonstrated ability to work successfully within a matrix organizational structure

Innovative thinker that challenges the historic approach

Inflexible on matters of safety, compliance, and the fostering of a healthy work environment

Unquestioned ethics and integrity

Company

Howmet Aerospace

Glassdoor3.3

Howmet Aerospace produces jet engine components, aerospace fasteners, and forged wheels for aerospace and defense applications.

Founded in 2020

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

10001+ employees

https://www.howmet.com

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