Casting Sales Representative

Howmet Aerospace Inc.; Exeter; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 64,000; Full time

Job summary

Howmet Aerospace Inc. in Exeter is seeking a commercially minded professional to join our site team. You will research and develop forecasts, manage production planning, and coordinate with internal departments to ensure compliance and timely quotations.

The role involves maintaining customer relations, preparing quarterly reports, and supporting long-term contracts while driving cost reduction and efficiency across the site.

Qualifications

• Commercial acumen with ability to translate customer needs into plans
• Excellent organisational, communication and people skills
• Knowledge of import/export controls and compliance processes
• Ability to work under pressure to meet targets and tight deadlines
• Strong attention to detail and problem-solving mindset
• Experience in a manufacturing environment is desirable

Responsibilities

• Researching and developing intelligence that leads to new business
• Producing forecasts for internal and external stakeholders
• Coordinating production planning to optimise capacity and inventory
• Ensuring compliance with credit control, export licenses, and HMRC procedures
• Managing quotations, delivery commitments, and cost-reduction activities
• Preparing information for long-term contracts and complex quotes
• Maintaining customer relations and communications across functions
• Regular reviews with internal teams and customers
• Maintaining order demand system and updating Oracle data
• Supporting quarterly reviews and site visits
• Liaising with corporate credit teams and accounts receivable
• Participating in audits (Financial and Quality)
• Ensuring timely contract reviews and order acceptance

Skills

Commercial knowledge

Organisational skills

Communication skills

People skills

Microsoft Excel

Data analysis

Problem solving

Time management

Self-starter

Interpersonal skills

Education

Degree education or equivalent

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Data analysis tools

Job description

• Locations Alcoa Europe, Exeter, DEV, EX2 7LG, GB (On-site)
• Job Schedule Full time

Responsibilities

Researching and developing intelligence and relationships that lead to generation of new business

Producing short and long-term forecasts for internal and external business, including production planning which ensure the sites are optimizing capacity and managing inventory levels

Working with corporate departments to ensure compliance for credit control, export licensees, HM Revenue and Customers and internal procedures

Responsible for day to day communication with the customer relating to new and existing quotations, delivery commitments, cost reduction activities, timescales audits, testing compliance and certifications

Preparing information in support of long- term contracts, complex quotes, budgets and long- range capacity planning, budgeting and monthly forecasts

Advise and direct correct requirements to enable good customer relations both internally and externally

Regular meeting reviews with customer, Plant Manager, Engineering, Quality, Account Managers, Casting Sales Manager

Maintaining the order demand system weekly

Quoting for new and current parts, liaising with engineering, quality, NPI team

Preparation of Quarterly Review Presentations

Hosting site visits, visit to customer premises

Weekly accounts receivable reviews and liaison with Corporate credit team

Weekly expedite reports and Oracle system maintenance for changes

Participation in audit’s (Financial and Quality)

Customer survey internal reviews

Credit control procedures for order acceptance/ completing contract review.

Qualifications

• Commercial knowledge, as well as the ability to work on immediate operational issues and establishing longer term objectives/goals for the business
• Excellent organisational, communication and people skills along with drive and resourcefulness
• Knowledge of import/export controls
• Strong Microsoft skills, specifically excel and data analysis
• Degree education or equivalent
• Capable of working under pressure to achieve set targets and strong time management skills
• Ability to solve problems and a ‘can do’ attitude to get things done internally and for the customer
• Strongly developed interpersonal, influencing and communication skills
• Experience of a manufacturing environment
• Enthusiasm and commitment with a tenacious approach
• Strong sense of integrity and credibility
• Strong attention to detail
• Self-starter with the ability to identify problems and find solutions
• Have enough technical background to understand customer requirements and in- house limitations
• Ability to build strong professional relationships with colleagues across differing functions
• Ability to work self-sufficiently and independently prioritise tasks and to work to tight deadlines