Assistant General Manager

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

• Develop new applications and processing of products.
• Oversee the testing and analysis of physical properties, ensuring product quality.
• Ensure a safe operation.
• Responsible for overseeing the day-to-day and long-term operations.
• Develop project plans, including defining the problem/opportunity, scope, objectives, deliverables, risks, strategies, timeline, budget, resources required, project sponsor/team.
• Participate in the development of processes, procedures, and operating guidelines.
• Establish staffing and equipment requirements and oversee facilitation.
• Manage and oversee daily operations including product/process development, engineering, operations, supply chain, sales, quality and administration.
• Perform review and validation of system layouts and equipment.
• Develop lead time schedule and coordinate production planning following through to ensure that product ships per schedule.
• Provide daily management and direction for business unit staff. Includes leading the team, conducting meetings, participating in decision making, gaining approvals, and resolving conflicts.
• Manage and oversee the implementation of continuous improvement and LEAN concepts to improve productivity and efficiency of the business unit.
• Afford assistance in developing and annual forecast and budget.
• Afford assistance in developing capital project list, projecting expenditures.
• Enforce quality standards and policies to ensure compliance with customer requirements.
• Establish harmonious and productive work environment. Includes overseeing the hiring, training, developing, mentoring of staff and ensuring effective performance.
• Help to maintain strong customer relationships.
• Create and maintain business cadence by establishing pace and actions – ensure projects are on-time and on-budget, understand critical path impacts and solve for challenges along the way – while considering timing or customer ramifications.
• Collaborate across departments.
• Full managerial responsibility for Plant Operations, ultimately assuming management responsibility for Operations and overall business aspects of company location.

Education And/or Experience

• Minimum 5 years’ experience overseeing multi-disciplinary departments, including operations and business.
• Prior experience with metal alloys is required.
• Four-year degree in Materials Science, Mechanical Engineering or related discipline.