General Manager
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Job Description
Ellwood Aluminum is a large diameter aluminum ingot and billet rectangular aluminum slab and cast plate manufacturer for customers worldwide. With our dedicated melting and holding furnaces and a casting pit capable of lengths up to 360 inches our mission is to be a world-class USA aluminum supplier and a true partner to our customers through our metallurgical expertise and cutting-edge technology.
Elwood Aluminum is seeking an experienced and motivated General Manager who will direct the Plant operations including but not limited to casting and finishing operations safety material procurement quality and logistics.
This individual will provide strategic leadership for operations with a lean customer-centric approach ensuring full compliance with all policies and procedures while driving the organizations success. The role involves collaboration with internal business units suppliers and customers. The ideal candidate is a hands-on results-driven and innovative leader committed to continuous improvement. This is an FLSA salaried exempt position reporting to the President of Ellwood Aluminum.
ELLWOOD Aluminum requires all team members to be either U. S. Citizens or provide appropriate unexpired documentation to establish both identity and employment authorization.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
- Lead all aspects of EA including but not limited to operations safety material procurement quality and logistics.
- Provide strategic and tactical leadership to achieve business goals/objectives to plan.
- Lead mentor coach and develop direct reports to be both tactical and strategic thinkers and doers.
- Supports EAs people strategy and positive employee relations efforts to maintain a union-free status including but limited to regular communication and consistent enforcement of values policies and procedures.
- Maintain ongoing dialog with all team members regarding safety productivity performance company goals and policies. Champion the companys mission values and policies. Maintain team member engagement.
- Identify operational bottlenecks and cross-functionally implement continuous improvement projects using lean/six sigma methodologies.
- Identify operational priorities by assessing and determining project objectives such as efficiency cost savings energy conservation operator convenience safety environmental quality; relevance time and costs.
- Develop operational solutions by defining studying estimating and screening alternatives; calculating economics; determining impact on total operational system.
- Directly drive operational metrics and individual KPIs that impact profitability charge cost planning inventory management operational expenses etc.
- Maintain safe and healthy work environment by directing and enforcing safety standards and procedures complying with legal regulations.
- Provides operational management information by collecting analyzing and summarizing operating and engineering data and trends.
- Maintain excellent customer relations by providing prompt and effective service and investigating to conclusion and resolution - all customer claims.
- Ability to travel regionally and nationally occasionally (10-25%); reliable transportation and valid drivers license required.
Educations and Experience
- BS degree in engineering preferably material science or metallurgy; masters degree preferred
- 15 years of operations experience in heavy manufacturing environment
- 7 to 10 years of progressive leadership roles within an organization
- 3-5 years experience with DC Casting Tables - Wagstaff Technology preferred
Skills Abilities Requirements
- Operations & Production Management o Lean manufacturing & six sigma knowledge o Work flow optimization o Capacity planning and resource allocation o Production scheduling
- Technical Knowledge of Aluminum Casting Process o Metallurgy of aluminum and alloy behavior o Quality control in casting (mold condition bleed out prevention alloy calculation) o Equipment knowledge (furnaces tables molds etc.) o Process troubleshooting and continuous improvement
- Leadership & People Management o Building teams and cross-functional leadership o Performance management o Workforce development
- Financial & Business Acumen o Budget and cost control o Capital investment planning
- Supply chain development and management o KPI tracking and ROI analysis
- Health Safety & Environmental Compliance
Physical Demands
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 20 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and ability to adjust focus. While performing the duties of this job the employee is regularly required to sit; stand walk use hands to operate equipment talk and hear. The employee is occasionally required to reach with hands and arms and stoop kneel or crouch. The work environment has exposure to both inside and outside environmental conditions including temperature changes and may at times be exposed to extreme heat (above 100 degrees) for periods of more than one hour. This position requires travel occasionally by land and/or air.
Equal Employment Opportunity Statement
All employment decisions are based on business and customer needs job requirements and individual qualifications without regard to race color religion sex (including sexual orientation or sexual preference gender identity pregnancy or marital status) national origin age disability or protected veteran status because of an individuals engaging in protected activities or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal or state law.
Required Experience:
Director
Employment Type
Full-Time
