Operations Manager - IGT

We are seeking an experienced Operations professional to join our team in Hampton, Virginia. Are you an empowered Lead Team Partner with the drive to transform ideas into sustainable value? We are seeking individuals who have a demonstrated ability to achieve results in a manufacturing environment, as well as the passion to put that experience to work to lead activities and support plant/location team to achieve manufacturing excellence. Our organization is dedicated to rapid, profitable growth through operational excellence and career development. If you are an energetic professional that wants to be a part of a dynamic team we encourage you to apply.

Our Manufacturing Operations Manager will partner with the Plant Leadership Team to translate business strategy into actions that drive business results for one of our facilities. The primary purpose of the Manufacturing Operations Manager position is to lead the manufacturing organization to safely deliver or exceed the financial plan. You will be measured on both financial and non-financial indicators directly related to safety, profitability, quality, on-time delivery, and employee engagement.

Essential Functions: The Manufacturing Operations Manager position with Howmet Engine Systems includes both creation of strategic vision and tactical management and execution, examples include but are not limited to:

• Ensure a culture is in place that puts the safety and welfare of our employees ahead of all other goals. Leading and lagging EHS indicators need to be managed and linked to actions that will reduce risk in the workplace.
• Lead manufacturing operating plans in accordance with company policies, goals and objectives. Assessing process capability, improving process control and instilling a culture of accountability will be a primary goal for this position.
• Execute the vision for the organization by formulating and guiding the implementation of long-range and short-term plans, policies and programs associated with assigned business unit product offerings, within the broad framework of operating unit and corporate strategy and under the direction of senior management to achieve approved objectives.
• Leads a multi-disciplined plant team in meeting monthly forecasts and all appropriate business metrics in a continuous improvement spirit.
• Manages an effective team including hiring, motivating, evaluating, developing and counseling with career development.
• Develops and executes lean and flexible production systems based on Continuous Improvement principals, specifically TPM techniques across all manufacturing operations to lower plant breakeven point.
• Implement quarter-over-quarter improvement strategies to increase efficiency, spend performance, customer delivery and safety record.
• Lead the implementation of tactics to achieve improvement in on-time delivery, yield improvement, scrap reduction, and productivity.
• Executes plans for quality and process excellence that ensures consistent quality assurance and process excellence procedures, controls and feedback.
• Adheres to operational budgets and coordinates capital plans, appropriation requests, and project follow up. Ensures that effective systems, procedures and financial controls are established and maintained for Plant operations.
• Supports the development and maintenance of long-range operational forecasts regarding volume, financial requirements, human resource needs, organizational plans, etc., and monitors the projected effects of these forecasts on revenues, and the gross profit.
• Maintains an awareness of, and exercises sound business judgment in such areas as market conditions, competitive activities, general economic conditions and related matters.
• Champions a clear channel of communication and coordination between functional counterparts in the business - engineering, finance, manufacturing, operations, quality, procurement and human resources. Responsible for cross-functional coordination and specification of effective processes and standards for support departments.
• Sets a high standard for ethics and compliance, ensuring business processes adhere to our business conduct policies and procedures.
• Interfaces with union plant committee; maintains compliance with collective bargaining agreement.
• Lead by example that safety is a way of life and a passion for an injury-free workplace.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelors of Science degree from an accredited institution.
• 7 - 10 year's experience in plant operations and/or manufacturing
• 5 years leadership experience
• Employees must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Verification of employment. eligibility will be required at the time of hire. Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.
• This position entails access to export-controlled items you must be able to lawfully obtain access to such items.

Preferred Qualifications:

• 5 years minimum experience in aerospace and/or automotive manufacturing
• 2 years investment castings experience