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The Operations Manager will report to the Vice President of Operations at Arconic's Davenport facility. The position is responsible for coordinating and optimizing parts and departments of operations within our facility (casting through shipping aluminum). This includes direct supervision of several Lead Area Managers and indirect supervision of hundreds of hourly and salaried employees. The operational departments directly supervise their own safety, maintenance, engineering, and metallurgy resources.

Main Responsibilities Include:

• This is the key role in the organization that provides leadership as well as an interface to translate objectives between upper management and the shop floor.
  • The target is to engage people to build business owners at all levels of the organization (manager, superintendent, supervisor, crews).
  • Ability to translate the big picture into actions that are meaningful at the floor level
  • Data driven approach. This individual needs to have some edge and be willing to defend decisions and needs with data.
  • Measure results and provide feedback.
  • Requires focus on disciplined execution with a bias for Operational Excellence
  • Daily continuous improvement mindset and implementation
  • Determine the key priorities and focus areas for operations on a weekly basis.
  • Will need understanding of the difference between stability and improvement and how to problem solve each of these.
  • Practical application of Theory of Constraints
• Communicate up and down the organization in language that is appropriate to the level.
• Effectively interface with staff organizations (e.g. finance, quality, SCM, EHS) - understand the needs, translate needs into actions and communicate back what has been accomplished.
• Develop long term/strategic/CAPEX plans
• Work closely with plant manager, supply chain, and finance to develop strategic plan for operations, and develop manufacturing plans to achieve capacity increases to meet this plan.
• Practical application of SandOP cycle with linkage to improvements
• Implement or improve standards and processes that provides a system that shows KPIs with visibility to shop floor through management.

Equal Opportunity Employer - minorities/females/veterans/individuals with disabilities/sexual orientation/gender identity