General Manager

Location Profile:

PCC Rollmet is a leading manufacturer of cold worked and annealed pipe for the petrochemical, energy and defense industries. We provide precision thin wall seamless cylindrical shapes, pipes and tubes across a wide range of materials, including nickel alloy, stainless steel, aluminum, and ferritic alloy. PCC Rollmet has pioneered our unique Cold Roll Extrusion process to manufacture precision thin wall tubes under 0.75" thicknesses. Strengths of our cold roll extruded, solid-solution alloy pipes are greater than those of conventionally manufactured pipe and tube, due to the fine-grain size achieved through cold working and recrystallization.

Position Summary:

The General Manager provides executive leadership, ensuring the business unit achieves or exceeds its established operational and financial measures. Determines the overall objectives of the business; formulates plans and policies and allocates resources for the achievement of business unit objectives. Exercises control to see that objectives are achieved in accordance with company policy. Is fully accountable for all business unit results.

Direct reports include functional leads for: Engineering; Environmental, Health and Safety; Finance; Human Resources; Operations; Quality; Sales; and Supply Chain.

Primary Duties & Responsibilities:

• Manages the P&L and all major site functions, which include operations, finance, sales, human resources, quality, and engineering. When misses occur, develops a credible recovery plan with the team.
• Responsible for: developing people; process improvement; cost controls, quality monitoring and improvements; and customer service optimization.
• Builds, develops, and mentors high-performing leadership teams.
• Drives succession planning, employee development, and organizational capability building.
• Prepares timely and comprehensive reports including analysis of financial data, statements, and audits covering daily flex, weekly battle plan, and monthly and quarterly business reviews. Presents information as required.
• Performs tactical and strategic planning, consistent with Division and Corporate objectives. Coordinates with appropriate corporate and divisional staff to identify organic and/or acquisition related growth opportunities.
• Develops and organizes the management resources necessary to direct the major functions of the business. Ensures that an adequate supply of talent exists to staff the short- and long-term needs of the business unit.
• Assesses the business implications and potential of identified marketing, legislative and financial trends; encourages innovations in testing development, marketing and technology; directs and participates in growth activities of the business unit.
• Represents the business unit as required on customer visits.
• Ensures that the business unit operates at the highest level of business ethics. Ensures that the business unit is in compliance with all federal, state and local regulations. Ensures that all reporting is accurate and consistent with appropriate accounting and financial standards. Ensures that all corporate requirements are met.
• Ensures that quality systems meet or exceed customer and industry standards.
• Ensures that the interests and welfare of employees are preserved and protected.
• Drive cost reduction and continuous improvement in the attainment of corporate goals.
• Establish and execute capital planning efforts supporting manufacturing.
• Performs other duties as assigned..

Measures of Performance:

• Safety Incidents
• Quality Incidents
• Budget forecast vs actual
• On-Time Delivery
• EBIT
• Operating Working Capital
• Cash
• Effectiveness of interpersonal communications and the ability to establish and maintain the trust and respect of customers, management, and employees.
• Quality of business decisions made.
• Maintains the integrity of confidential business information, conducts business ethically.
• Human Capital Planning

Required Skills:

• Proven analytical, problem solving, and process improvement ability.
• Strong customer relationship management skills.
• Strong financial acumen with experience managing operating budgets and profitability.
• Application of manufacturing tools, such as Six Sigma, 6S, Theory of Constraints, Lean Manufacturing, etc.
• Effective interpersonal, facilitation and presentation skills.
• Ability to inspire, motivate and lead people to achieve required results.
• Proficient in the use of MS Office: Excel, Word, PowerPoint and other pertinent software.
• Demonstrated ability to develop a strategic plan to meet key business objectives/metrics in the areas of Safety, Quality, Delivery, Inventory, and Cost.
• Demonstrated ability to develop, relentlessly execute and deliver results in conformance with action plans.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple tasks and priorities and easily adapt to changing situations and priorities.
• Proven ability to lead large organization in a fast-paced short cycle environment.

Required Experience:

• Minimum 10 years of progressive manufacturing leadership experience in businesses with over 50 million in annual revenue.
• Minimum 7 years in senior operational leadership roles with direct responsibility for manufacturing performance.
• Previous General Manager, Plant Manager, Director of Operations, or equivalent leadership experience preferred.
• Experience in forging, aerospace manufacturing, metals manufacturing, or heavy industrial operations required.

Level of Education:

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Operations Management, Manufacturing, Business Administration, or related field required.
• Master's degree preferred.

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.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to sit. The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 20 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, and ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment

• The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally exposed to airborne particles and vibration. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

PCC Rollmet is an equal opportunity employer. The company's policy and practice is to provide equal employment opportunities and to assure those opportunities, without regard to age, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding or related medical conditions, gender, race, color, creed, national origin, ancestry, sexual orientation including gender identity or gender expression, religion, (including religious dress and religious grooming), mental or physical disability, legally protected medical condition, genetic information, marital status, military or veteran status, reproductive decision making, or any other status protected by applicable local, state or federal anti-discrimination laws.

ITAR Requirements:

Our organization has a responsibility to comply with all applicable requirements set forth by International Traffic Arms Regulations ("ITAR", 22 CFR 120-130). As such, this position may have access to ITAR controlled information and must meet eligibility requirements to work in the United States.

Precision Castparts Corp. is an equal opportunity employer committed to recruit, hire, train, and promote in all job categories without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or other status protected by applicable law.

With more than 120 operations and approximately 20,000 employees worldwide, Precision Castparts Corp. is the market leader in manufacturing large, complex structural investment castings, airfoil castings, forged components, aerostructures and highly engineered, critical fasteners for aerospace applications. In addition, we are the leading producer of airfoil castings for the industrial gas turbine market. We also manufacture extruded seamless pipe, fittings, and forgings for power generation and oil & gas applications; commercial and military airframe aerostructures; and metal alloys and other materials for the casting and forging industries. With such critical applications, we insist on quality and dependability - not just in the materials and products we make, but in the people we recruit.

PCC is relentless in its dedication to being a high-quality, low-cost and on-time producer; delivering the highest value to its customers while continually pursuing strategic, profitable growth.

In 2016, Berkshire Hathaway, led by Chairman and CEO Warren E. Buffett, acquired Precision Castparts Corp.