Continuous Improvement Leader - Whitehall, MI

Job Description

Job Description

This role requires full time travel to various locations with the Airfoils segment. Travel could include Dover, NJ, Morristown TN, Whitehall, MI and Acuna Mexico.

Job Role

• Improvement agent --provides guidance while contributing substantively to implementation and solutions; listens well to ensure the right interventions occur; maintains focus as an internal partner versus outside observer
• Sustainability support --understands plant and enterprise level strategy and prioritizes projects accordingly; creates follow up plans, provides support and accountability to ensure adoption and independent implementation
• Educational implementer --conducts planned events and responds to operational needs to create efficiencies that support strategies; manages projects and events efficiently and maximizes allocation of resources under time pressure
• Business acumen --creates compelling business case for events and interventions; understands and communicates the “why” behind efforts; measures success based on business performance
• Analysis and synthesis --seeks first to listen and understand; determines root cause with contributions from others; translates based on observation and input
• Influence --compels others without direct authority; provides business case and data-driven justification for events; appreciates the use of other leaders’ resources and people, holds those things in trust; creates a favorable brand for HBS and CI
• Coach --helps others grow their capability; motivated by teaching and improvement
• Creativity and innovation --challenges the status quo; networks internally to gather information; offers ideas and potential solutions based on observation and direct feedback from operators and supervisors
• Strategic perspective --driven to improve the plant to improve the business; prioritizes based on hoshin and collaboration with other leaders; identifies areas of greatest potential return and adds value at the decision making level; thinks about the business as it will be in the future when deciding what to do today.

Job Responsibilities

• Provide support to the business for effective and efficient implementation of HBS to employees and managers.
• Assess and diagnose problems from a process, quality, and cultural/people perspective
• Design and prioritize the development plan and metrics for closing the gap of current and target business change
• Teach and coach during execution of plan to help create a self-sufficient and continuous improvement culture.
• Work on HBS projects to increase productivity, capacity, and yield.

Job Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree from an accredited institution
• Minimum of 5 year's experience in program management and training
• Minimum of 1 year of leadership experience
• Employees must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Verification of employment eligibility will be required at the time of hire. Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

Howmet Aerospace, headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, is a leading global provider of advanced engineered solutions for the aerospace and transportation industries. The Company’s primary businesses focus on jet engine components, aerospace fastening systems and titanium structural parts necessary for mission-critical performance and efficiency in aerospace and defense applications, as well as forged wheels for commercial transportation. Howmet Aerospace is transforming the next phase of more fuel-efficient, quieter aerospace engines and sustainable ground transportation. For more information, visit