What are the responsibilities and job description for the Metal Champion position at Constellium?
Job Summary:
Buy scrap of quality, condition, delivery, and chemistry in appropriate quantities that is suited to the needs and capabilities of the Ravenswood facility. Coordinate with Central Metals Procurement, Ravenswood Management, Operations, Finance, Sales, and Supply Chain to negotiate the best possible prices and fees for scrap and third-party tolling/processing. Maintain professional relationships with external suppliers, customers, processors and tollers to ensure that Constellium Ravenswood is regarded as a “first choice” for business relations. Work directly and closely with Ravenswood Operations and Supply Chain to ensure that scrap usage goals are met. Contribute to the forecasting, planning, and execution of strategic actions to achieve the goals set by Ravenswood and Corporate leadership.
Responsibilities:
With ~1,200 employees, Constellium’s plant in Ravenswood, West Virginia, is one of the world’s largest rolled products facilities, offering customers the most powerful plate stretchers in the world, as well as one of the largest cold rolling mills. Built in 1957, the plant houses 62 acres (about 250,900 m²) of production facilities, and is one of the top 50 businesses in West Virginia.
We produce plate, sheet, and coil products for aerospace, defense, transportation, marine, and industrial uses. As the global leader in aluminum aerospace technology, we specialize in high performance plates, sheets and extrusions that bring cost and performance benefits to space programs and military and commercial aircraft. Our advanced aluminum products manufactured in the US, France and Switzerland can be found in platforms manufactured by Airbus, Applied Materials, Blue Origin, Boeing, Bombardier, Dassault, Embraer, General Dynamics, LAM, Lockheed Martin, SpaceX and others. The Ravenswood facility is nestled in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains, along the Ohio River. It is the largest employer in Jackson County, and one of the top 50 businesses in West Virginia.
A culture of family, community, and hard work runs deep in Jackson County. Located in the western region of West Virginia, it is one of the most productive regions in the state, with Ripley as its countyseat and Ravenswood serving as its largest municipality. Ripley sits between the Parkersburg and Charleston metropolitan areas.
The region offers plenty of activities, both open-air and indoors, for a wide range of interests. These include parks, lakes, forests, Civil War trails, golf courses, historical landmarks (covered bridges, a heritage house, a castle), museums and galleries, conference centers, the Clay Center for the Arts and Sciences, the Charleston Light Opera Guild, and much more.
Constellium is an Equal Opportunity Employer :
Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.
The COO together with the BUs will be responsible for the CII program execution, while audit and tracking of the CII deliveries will department.
Buy scrap of quality, condition, delivery, and chemistry in appropriate quantities that is suited to the needs and capabilities of the Ravenswood facility. Coordinate with Central Metals Procurement, Ravenswood Management, Operations, Finance, Sales, and Supply Chain to negotiate the best possible prices and fees for scrap and third-party tolling/processing. Maintain professional relationships with external suppliers, customers, processors and tollers to ensure that Constellium Ravenswood is regarded as a “first choice” for business relations. Work directly and closely with Ravenswood Operations and Supply Chain to ensure that scrap usage goals are met. Contribute to the forecasting, planning, and execution of strategic actions to achieve the goals set by Ravenswood and Corporate leadership.
Responsibilities:
- Lead and manage change, relative to new metal unit usage (MOC)
- Increase alternative scrap and alloying element usage, safely, within environmental compliance limits
- Contribute insight, experience and industry knowledge to the development of processes, equipment, techniques, storage, and handling to be employed at Ravenswood and satellite facilities
- Customer / supplier visits to find and develop new or increased opportunities
- Contribute to development of onsite and third-party process capabilities to use available metal units and alloys
- Maintain up to date knowledge and explore new industrial processes, technology, and equipment to externally change the form of metal units which cannot currently be used by Ravenswood
- Reduction in prime usage, including high purity grades
- Participate in regular meetings and communications with Plant Teams and Management to ensure cohesion with initiatives and strategic plans
- Improve on existing processes so that the plant becomes more competitive, efficient, and profitable
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related discipline, required
- extensive experience will be consiered in lieu of formal education
- Minimum of 10 years of experience in melt and casting operations required
- Knowledge of metal procurement, charge planning, and execution required
- Continuous improvement / Lean training strongly preferred
- Knowledge of sales, supply chain, and operational interface with metal procurement strongly preferred
- Proven ability to work in a dynamic team environment required
With ~1,200 employees, Constellium’s plant in Ravenswood, West Virginia, is one of the world’s largest rolled products facilities, offering customers the most powerful plate stretchers in the world, as well as one of the largest cold rolling mills. Built in 1957, the plant houses 62 acres (about 250,900 m²) of production facilities, and is one of the top 50 businesses in West Virginia.
We produce plate, sheet, and coil products for aerospace, defense, transportation, marine, and industrial uses. As the global leader in aluminum aerospace technology, we specialize in high performance plates, sheets and extrusions that bring cost and performance benefits to space programs and military and commercial aircraft. Our advanced aluminum products manufactured in the US, France and Switzerland can be found in platforms manufactured by Airbus, Applied Materials, Blue Origin, Boeing, Bombardier, Dassault, Embraer, General Dynamics, LAM, Lockheed Martin, SpaceX and others. The Ravenswood facility is nestled in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains, along the Ohio River. It is the largest employer in Jackson County, and one of the top 50 businesses in West Virginia.
A culture of family, community, and hard work runs deep in Jackson County. Located in the western region of West Virginia, it is one of the most productive regions in the state, with Ripley as its countyseat and Ravenswood serving as its largest municipality. Ripley sits between the Parkersburg and Charleston metropolitan areas.
The region offers plenty of activities, both open-air and indoors, for a wide range of interests. These include parks, lakes, forests, Civil War trails, golf courses, historical landmarks (covered bridges, a heritage house, a castle), museums and galleries, conference centers, the Clay Center for the Arts and Sciences, the Charleston Light Opera Guild, and much more.
Constellium is an Equal Opportunity Employer :
Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.
The COO together with the BUs will be responsible for the CII program execution, while audit and tracking of the CII deliveries will department.
