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Nox Metals is a technology-enabled supplier of aluminum plate, bar, and rounds to aerospace and defense manufacturers. The company combines software and automation to deliver metal products faster than traditional industry standards.
The Assistant General Manager role is a hands-on operating position reporting to the General Manager. You will drive disciplined daily execution across manufacturing, shipping, supply chain, sales, and people operations, serving as a key coordinator to ensure problems have clear owners and the business maintains momentum.
Key responsibilities include:
- Running the daily operating rhythm across production, shipping, quality, and customer commitments
- Translating company goals into clear priorities, owners, and deadlines
- Tracking safety, throughput, on-time delivery, quality, labor, and inventory accuracy
- Identifying constraints early and coordinating cross-functional teams to resolve them
- Building standard work, scorecards, and operating processes that scale
- Coaching managers and frontline leaders while maintaining high accountability standards
- Supporting hiring, onboarding, scheduling, and performance management
- Resolving urgent customer, supplier, and operational issues
You will spend significant time on the factory floor, use data to understand performance, and step into operational gaps as needed. This is a role that requires comfort moving between spreadsheets and hands-on manufacturing environments.
Required qualities:
- Hands-on operator comfortable moving between analytical work and factory floor presence
- Clear, organized, and calm when priorities shift
- Ability to translate ambiguous problems into practical action
- Strong interpersonal skills: hold people accountable while earning trust
- Proficiency with operating data, software, and written communication
- Deep commitment to safety, quality, and customer reliability
- Willingness to work from either Los Angeles or Detroit facility based on operational needs
Nice to have:
- Experience in manufacturing, distribution, logistics, or similar operational environments
- Experience leading multiple functions or frontline managers
- Familiarity with continuous improvement, capacity planning, or operational finance
- Background in a fast-growing company
- Comfort using AI tools to enhance productivity
