Job Description

• Develop and maintain a robust innovation pipeline with inputs from competitive landscape, potential acquisition of intellectual property and organic development (patents, trade and manufacturing secrets)
• Implement purposeful innovation, by engaging with customers, suppliers, as well as internal stakeholders (sales, procurement, and operations), efficiently deploying engineering resources, on-time and on-budget
• Ensure projects are staffed, scoped, planned, designed, constructed, and initiated to meet business and operational objectives across all sites, while promoting a culture that embraces the highest level of quality and complies with all safety, health, environmental protection and technical requirements
• Monitor life-cycle of Howmet’s IP, introducing innovative upgrades, derivatives, as well as deliberately retiring IP as necessary
• Collaborate with key customers understanding their needs as a key input for technology advancement, fueling the innovation pipeline, creating business cases that allow adequate allocation of R&D resources supporting market growth and base business retention
• Expand Howmet Fastenings manufacturing qualification as an enabler of revenue expansion and mitigation of supply-chain risks
• Develop and provide full oversight of the strategy and day-to-day execution of the Technology and Engineering roadmap function and team, inclusive of all business activities within the lab
• Establish and maintain relationships with key suppliers, universities, and national laboratories to leverage their capabilities and resources to enhance in-house efforts.
• Oversee comprehensive and complex project workstreams including R&D, advanced new product introduction, engineering, equipment development, design and build, technology implementation and capital budgeting.
• Work in close partnership with operations across the business unit to meet customer expectations, capture market opportunities and enable growth objectives.
• Ensure that the roles, responsibilities, work processes, systems, procedures, and mutual expectations of the respective parties are clearly defined, communicated, understood, and effectively implemented by all.
• Assess and manage all project risks. Ensure and control the implementation of quality methods and risk management in processes and projects.
• Continuously assess talent and maintain the highest performing team possible. Attract, mentor, develop and retain the best possible leaders in all respective functional areas.
• Support other functions associated with technology, such as investigations of quality concerns, selection of manufacturing equipment and technologies, etc.

Engineering or Technology Management

Successfully led an engineering organization of comparable scale/complexity and global multi-site product oversight. Experience with businesses that manufacture highly engineered components and solutions for demanding industrial and transportation applications.

Proven hands-on leader who can set high-level strategy as well as dive into the details of a technically complex, highly competitive and challenging business in an international context.

Driving Profitable Growth through Innovation

History of delivering market-leading growth and sustainable profitability in complex and dynamic markets. Experience managing and optimizing complex go-to-market programs and channels, including direct to sophisticated OEM customers and Distribution. Evidence of growing organically and developing attractive value propositions in new markets. Evidence of successful “breakout” initiatives that set new industry standards and customer expectations.

Operational Excellence/Continuous Improvement

Operational experience within complex manufacturing environments, including experience driving process improvement and cost-saving initiatives. Experience collaborating with cross-functional teams to develop strategies and plans to optimize processes and drive improvements.

Strong knowledge of Lean Manufacturing theories, methodologies, standards, and tools. Demonstrated ability to utilize Lean tools to generate meaningful, quantified improvement including cost reduction, operational efficiency, reduced inventory, shortened cycle or lead times, improved quality and reliability, on-time delivery, and safety. Ability to evaluate systems and identify measures or indicators of system performance and the actions needed to improve or correct performance, relative to the goals of the system.