Automotive Order Delivery Specialist
About the role
Davenport Works is the country’s largest aluminum rolling mill, opened in 1948 and currently employing over 2,000 people. Located in Riverdale, the Quad Cities, it serves as a focal point of the global aluminum industry, with 25% of its revenues coming from exports. Nestled on the banks of the Mississippi River, the plant is a key player in the aerospace, automotive, and commercial transportation sectors.
Responsibilities
- Provide systems, written, and verbal communication within the Supply Chain, Manufacturing, and Shipping areas to prioritize activities that drive customer delivery performance while balancing operating efficiencies, costs, and inventory impacts.
- Improve delivery performance by increasing focus on connections of downstream Production Centers to their suppliers.
- Interface regularly with external customers, including conference calls and plant visits.
- Create plans to react appropriately to urgent customer requirements and communicate actions required to the operating departments.
- Cook changes to customer orders between Sales, Operating, Metallurgical, and Supply Chain Management.
- Maintain metal allocation for depot orders, planning material flow to supply metal to customer orders on time with the appropriate lead time.
- Facilitate order identification, order entry, and flow path management for outside processing on the orders and flow paths assigned to them. Provide direction to outside processors as needed.
- Act as a change agent within SCM to drive systemic delivery solutions for the plant.
- Support scheduling of production centers as-needed.
- Occasionally cover weekend SCM duties in a rotation with other team members.
Qualifications
- Basic Qualifications: Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited institution. Minimum of 1 years’ experience in a manufacturing environment. Employees must be legally authorized to work in the United States.
- Prior experience within Supply Chain Management, as well as a working knowledge of fabricating and administrative processes in the plant order fulfillment process, is preferred.
- A high level of understanding of the capabilities of the production equipment in the plant. Working knowledge of ABS tools or lean manufacturing principles is preferred.
About Davenport Works
Davenport Works is the country’s largest aluminum rolling mill, opened in 1948 and currently employing over 2,000 people. Located in Riverdale, the Quad Cities, it serves as a focal point of the global aluminum industry, with 25% of its revenues coming from exports. Nestled on the banks of the Mississippi River, the plant is a key player in the aerospace, automotive, and commercial transportation sectors.
About Arconic
Arconic Corporation (NYSE: ARNC) is a Fortune 500 company that provides aluminum sheet, plate, and extrusions, as well as innovative architectural products, advancing the automotive, aerospace, commercial transportation, industrial, and building and construction markets. Arconic is committed to sustainability, employee growth, and community involvement, with 77% of its employees being happy working for the company and 80% of its employees recommending their managers to others.
Arconic EEO Statement
Arconic Corporation is an equal opportunity employer. We take action to ensure equal opportunity for all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, Veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics.