Supply Chain Manager

Job title: Supply Chain Manager

Company: Howmet Aerospace


Job description: Job Category: Supply ChainResponsibilities:Howmet Aerospace is searching for a Cleveland Supply Chain Manager to join our Howmet Wheel Systems (HWS) business unit in Cleveland, OH.Howmet Aerospace (NYSE: HWM) creates breakthrough products that shape industries. Working in close partnership with our customers, we solve complex engineering challenges to transform the way we fly, drive, and power. Through the ingenuity of our people and cutting-edge advanced manufacturing techniques, we deliver these products at a quality and efficiency that ensure customer success and shareholder value. Howmet Wheel Systems (HWS) is a business unit with a rich tradition and a bright future. We invented the forged wheel in 1948 and have remained the global leader in providing safe, strong, lightweight, and innovative aluminum transportation products ever since. ALCOA® Wheels are highly engineered products operating in challenging environments with significant product liability risk and wide diversity of end use applications ranging from passenger cars to heavy-duty trucks to commercial and military vehicles. HWS employs 1,700 people at 14 locations worldwide and produces over 4 million aluminum wheels globally with annual sales more than $800 million. Our customers trust us to deliver a wide range of great looking and dependable products that improve fuel economy and increase payload to address their customer’s business needs. Our Commercial Vehicle Wheel products lead the world in market innovation and truck, trailer, and bus customers recognize our LvL ONE®, Dura-Bright® and Ultra ONE® wheels as the current innovative products in this market.Job Dimensions:
Under the direction of the North American Supply Chain Manager, this position is accountable for:

• Coordinating across Cleveland sites to most effectively utilize scrap, ingot, and production capacity.
• Optimize Cleveland flow path to minimize cost, working capital, and customer delivery risk.
• Support inventory management within all manufacturing plants/outside sources within the Cleveland flow path to align inventory with business needs.
• Manage logistics movements between manufacturing plants/outside sources within the Cleveland flow path.
• Develop and implement the overall Supply Chain strategy of Cleveland flow path to align with organizational goals.

Major Activities & Key Challenges:

• The principal challenge of this position is quickly adapting to demand changes and adapting the Cleveland flow path to quickly respond to these changes in a manner that minimizes cost, working capital, and customer delivery risk.
• This position typically provides informal leadership across the entire Cleveland flow path for detailed production planning, supply chain management and logistics functions. The exact reporting relationships and number of employees supervised change based on business needs and organization design.
• The incumbent shall take such steps as necessary to assure that all employment practices under his/her control, including hiring, firing, promotions, and discipline, are conducted in a nondiscriminatory fashion and without regard to race, sex, religion, national origin, age or physical disability. Incumbent recognizes that accident prevention is equal to quality, production, delivery, and cost control and accepts the responsibility to work safety while promoting safety conscious among fellow employees.

Environment, Health & Safety Requirements:

• This position reports directly to the North America Supply Chain Manager
• This position provides (i.e. support to organization, service, etc.) Marketing, sales, warranty, quality, production and engineering.
• Internal contacts and external contacts include: HWS BU and business management, regional management, including location management of facilities worldwide, Management personnel of other Howmet Business units and Resource units, and management representatives of suppliers and customers.

Qualifications:Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited institution; This position requires an appropriate engineering or business degree or equivalent, coupled with manufacturing and supply chain experience.
• 7 years of supply chain experience
• Employees must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Verification of employment eligibility will be required at the time of hire.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor of Engineering, Supply Chain, Logistics or Finance
• Incumbent must possess excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• For this position to be successful, the incumbent must also possess a high degree of people skills as he/she must motivate and influence others including those not under his/her direct supervision.

About Us: Howmet Aerospace Inc. (NYSE: HWM), headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, is a leading global provider of advanced engineered solutions for the aerospace and transportation industries. Our primary businesses focus on jet engine components, aerospace fastening systems, titanium structural parts and forged wheels. With $7.4 Billion in revenue in 2024, our products play a crucial role in enabling fuel efficiency and lightweighting, contributing to our customers’ success and making a positive impact on the world. To learn more about the way Howmet Aerospace Inc. is advancing the sustainability of our customers, markets, and communities where we operate, review the 2024 Environmental Social and Governance report at . Follow: , , , , and .Equal Opportunity Employer:Howmet is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.If you need assistance to complete your application due to a disability, please email TalentAcquisitionCoE_Howmet@howmet.com

Expected salary:

Location: Cleveland, OH

Job date: Thu, 28 Aug 2025 07:17:19 GMT

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