The Manufacturing Manager is responsible for providing leadership in manufacturing excellence, ensuring customer satisfaction and continuous improvement of plant performance measurements (quality, productivity, cycle time, delivery and cash flow). This position provides direction for hourly and manufacturing support employees.

Job Responsibilities

Follow Safety Regulations along with all department specific safety requirements

OEE (Overall Equipment Effectiveness)

Production Value Added by department

Daily targets for shipments

Profit/Revenue

Ensure the safety of all employees by promoting a clean and safe work environment

Improve manufacturing planning, execution, and shop floor discipline

Provide leadership for Plant ABS and lean manufacturing initiatives

Provide leadership to identify and remove non-value-added waste

Improve product flow and/or implement method improvements to reduce labor content

Develop and train for the professional and personal growth of team leaders, cell facilitators, supervisors and other manufacturing support personnel

Address any safety issues or non- compliances immediately

Promote Injury Free Event (IFE) reporting

Accountable for applicable department budgets

Maintain good relations and communication with Howmet customers.

Develop with plant manager and staff budget, strategic plans, team goals and objectives that align with BU objectives

Flow down goals and objectives to the entire organization

Contribute to other location specific and corporate teams

Maintain excellent delivery performance

Conduct capacity analysis to drive standard work and ensure accuracy of standards

Drive cost reductions to improve profitability

Use lean manufacturing tools to reduce WIP and cycle time

Communicate all relevant information to Staff, customers and management

Understand constraint management, OEE and apply techniques that exploit constraints to improve OEE

Provide leadership in implementing continuous improvement methods and ideas

Consults with engineering personnel relative to modifications to the process in order to improve production and quality of the products

Provide leadership in a safety and continuous improvement initiatives

Job Roles

Empowering talent--identifies and removes obstacles to productivity at individual and systemic levels; inspires and equips people to perform; understands direct link between people and measurable performance; provides cross-training opportunities.

Flexibility--responds readily to a variety of stimuli in an environment where every day can be different; capable of multitasking and moving quickly from one topic to another; employs different mindsets or perspectives situationally

Organized and time conscious--manages time well; does what is needed efficiently; understands how long processes require and manages expectations accordingly; navigates the tension between availability and proactivity

Business-minded--aligns people and resources to demand; forecasts need and synthesizes input to anticipate focus areas on a time and project basis; thorough understanding of business enables quick decisions where appropriate

Interpretation and synthesis--makes sense of multiple inputs quickly and efficiently; generates action plans from available information; interprets data and qualitative information to provide justification and purpose; rationalizes decision making with substantive reasoning; understands relevant numbers and trends

Rigor--participates in audit processes; utilizes existing systems extensively

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