Global Director, Growth and Operations Planning

Global Director, Growth and Operations Planning

Cleveland, OH, United States (On-site)

• Job Identification 118880
• Job Category Operations
• Posting Date 08/10/2026, 04:12 PM
• Locations 1600 Harvard Avenue, Cleveland, OH, 44105, US (On-site)
• Job Schedule Full time
• Export-Controlled Data This position entails access to export-controlled items and employment offers are conditioned upon an applicant's ability to lawfully obtain access to such items

The Global Director, Growth and Operations Planning, reports to the Vice President and General Manager of Howmet Engines IGT & Structural Castings division, and is located in Cleveland, Ohio.

This position is responsible for creating a seamless customer experience through collaboration with commercial account management, manufacturing organizations, and technical teams.

Primary Responsibilities

• Develop and execute strategy for maximizing scheduling, product placement and work transfer across the division to ensure customer delivery expectations are met
• Develop and lead implementation of a production rationalization strategy to optimize the methods within the company in terms of production, supplies, and transportation
• Assess and manage shipping plans by plant and/or customer to drive execution to customer turn time and delivery expectations while achieving internal revenue and profit forecasts
• Working in conjunction with key stakeholders, determine growth strategy for products in this market segment
• Support strategy preparation by ensuring thorough market analysis and accurate demand forecasting is completed
• Lead decision making for new production placement in this market segment across all global locations within the Business Unit
• Lead analysis to determine plant capabilities for future growth, working with Technology groups to determine when technology advancements and capital requests are needed.
• Ensure growth strategy alignment with key stakeholders across all Operational divisions in the Business Unit, along with the Commercial, Operations, Procurement and Quality teams at all levels
• Analyze Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) and planning processes and drive change and improvement
• Lead or participate in projects to improve S&OP process and MRP reliability
• Work in conjunction with other groups to advance our technical capabilities and reduce cost of manufacturing processes
• Leads initiatives with our customers to advance our technical capabilities while delivering added benefits to the customer’s design
• Contributes to the development of people in the organization through coaching and feedback
• Maintains high ethics and values in the workplace

Job Role s:

• Business acumen – understand production needs and lean principles and has high level of financial acumen
• Manage complexity – supply chain expert both in terms of external and captive suppliers and internal process; recognizes needs throughout the system and is able to plan accordingly for shared resources or materials; attends to multiple internal stakeholders and external customers with expertise on specific products and projects
• Data and rigor – invites multiple inputs, both qualitative and quantitative; makes adjustments from a data-informed perspective and communicates ramifications throughout the supply chain through to customer; partners with manufacturing and others to ensure schedule adherence
• Communication and relationships – proactive communicator; provides accurate and timely information and builds relationships by helping others know what to expect; insists on the integrity of doing what we say we will do
• Proactive and assertive – takes initiative; anticipates issues based on supply and forecasts; communicates regularly throughout the production cycle; asserts self as conduit between customer and production, representing both and finding ways to succeed; asserts business expectations while simultaneously protecting the need for adequate time and information to forecast and plan
• Responsivenes
  s – balances proactivity with understanding of factors that can affect the business; adapts quickly to unforeseen circumstances; manages changes to projects and timelines to create seamless experiences;…