What are the responsibilities and job description for the Focus Factory Manager position at Howmet Fastening Systems Aichach GmbH?
Responsibilities
Howmet Aerospace Niles is looking for a Focus Factory Manager to lead operations in one of the key areas: melt and forge, flat, or finishing. This role involves enhancing the site’s Continuous Improvement (CI) strategy while driving safety, quality, production, and cost performance metrics. The Focus Factory Manager will also oversee a team of supervisors and hourly staff, ensuring cohesive leadership and efficient teamwork.
Responsibilities:
Howmet Aerospace Niles is looking for a Focus Factory Manager to lead operations in one of the key areas: melt and forge, flat, or finishing. This role involves enhancing the site’s Continuous Improvement (CI) strategy while driving safety, quality, production, and cost performance metrics. The Focus Factory Manager will also oversee a team of supervisors and hourly staff, ensuring cohesive leadership and efficient teamwork.
Responsibilities:
- Ensures the operation metrics in the area are well known. Utilizes Tier 2 and Tier 3 meetings to evaluate operational trends and topics.
- Monitor financial performance through assigned financial metrics.
- Provides guidance to the development of the area’s process plan, including: personnel requirements, material needs, facility needs, and equipment needs.
- Sets expectations, provides corrective action, coaches, drives tempo to exceed operation goals.
- Manage cost reduction and capital project implementation, as assigned.
- Maintains a productive relationship with the Union.
- Partners with Niles leadership to develop Continuous Improvement strategies.
- Utilize lean principles and best practices to establish new work standards for machines, processes, and people, to drive cost savings.
- Develop metrics and dashboard measures that enable the entire plant population to understand key performance indicators and business gaps.
