Novelis is one of the world leaders in aluminum recycling and rolling and a leading sustainable aluminum solutions provider. Driven by our purpose of shaping a sustainable world together, we work alongside our customers to provide innovative solutions to the aerospace, automotive, beverage packaging and specialty markets. Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, Novelis has approximately 13,000 employees in 32 operating facilities on 4 continents.

The North America Metal team is seeking a Program Lead, Automotive Closed Loop Recycling. The position will work with the various partners in the automotive and OEM scrap value stream to secure annual CLR agreements with OEMs and Tiers, implement, manage, and improve the business processes required to maintain a continuous flow of automotive and OEM scrap from the various automotive stamping plants and tiers back into the Novelis manufacturing plants. The position requires working closely with all automotive OEMs, Tier 1 suppliers as well our internal business partners in automotive sheet sales, sustainability, product development, supply chain, logistics, scrap tolling, recycling operations, procurement, and finance to implement mutually beneficial agreements to purchase scrap the scrap required by Novelis to produce new aluminum coil.

Responsibilities

• Implement commercial agreements to fulfil and resolve disputes connected with CLR contracts and scrap purchase agreements.
• Work across functional lines within Novelis and OEM to identify and implement business and operational process improvements to the existing programs.
• Ensure the successful launch of new CLR and scrap purchase agreements and continuously seek out process improvements throughout the value stream.
• Optimize existing and future auto CLR programs to achieve annual plan for delivering required scrap units to Novelis plants and tolling partners in North America at plan volumes and spreads.
• Collaborate closely with Manager and Auto Commercial team to create OEM specific CLR scrap acquisition plans to support NNA targets.
• Establish deep plant relationships at each OEM and tier to facilitate changes, scrap movements, and monthly reconciliations.
• Develop and maintain a well-rounded view of the delivered cost of metal units, identifying and implementing opportunities for cost reductions and program improvements by working with Novelis plants, logistics, supply chain, EPO, and scrap tolling partners.
• Providing full end to end understanding of Novelis’ CLR value stream for OEMs and providing support to NNA Commercial Auto to use this advantage in closing CLR agreements.
• Responsible to understand technical aspects of OEM’s scrap segregation and handling systems including alloy fair share.
• Work with commercial and technical services to understand changes in job routing that influence scrap flows.
• Manage commercial aspects of quality and scrap claims for OEM purchased scrap units.
• Assist Manager in the launching of new CLR agreements; work to support relationship with other program suppliers.
• Provide supply chain forecasts for CLR and other contracted business by analyzing build rates, supplier forecasts and historical data.
• Support Auto Fact Base and support NNA and Corporate efforts to understand automotive scrap generation, flows, and mill consumers of automotive scrap.

Qualifications

• BS in process engineering, business, or related field
• 3-5 years of relevant experience, scrap industry experience preferred
• Strong analytical, written, and oral communication skills with solid Microsoft Office computer skills
• Customer service oriented
• Automotive and SAP experience a plus
• Valid driver’s license and ability to travel up to 20% of the time

What We Offer:

This role offers a hybrid schedule with a minimum of three days in the office. Novelis values the need for flexibility and balance for employees and is committed to a Flex Work approach that empowers employees to maintain work-life balance while enjoying the benefits of a collaborative office environment.

Novelis benefits say a lot about how we care for each other. Our employees and their families have many different needs. As a result, our benefits offer choices on many levels and are high in quality, competitive in the marketplace, and affordable. These are a few of the benefits we offer to support you and your family’s well-being:

• Medical, dental and vision insurance
• Health savings accounts – Company Funded Health Savings Account (HSA) and Health Reimbursement Account (HRA)
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
• Company-paid basic life insurance and Additional voluntary life coverage
• Paid vacation and competitive personal time off
• 401(k) savings plan with company match
• Retiree Medical Plans – medical and prescription drug coverage through Novelis sponsored Retiree Health Access
• Retirement Savings Account
• Employee assistance programs – available 24/7 to you and your family
• Wellness and Work Life Support - career development and educational assistance!

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Novelis’ Global Corporate Headquarters is located in the Buckhead neighborhood of Atlanta Georgia and employs approximately 250 people. It is co-located with Novelis’ North America regional office which employs approximately 225 people. Supporting its 24 operations worldwide Novelis’ corporate office is home to the executive leadership team and global functions that support the automotive beverage can and high-end specialties value streams. The City of Atlanta provides a diverse and family-friendly place to live with countless museums cultural organizations and educational institutions including the Georgia Aquarium Woodruff Arts Center CNN Center Georgia Tech and Mercedes-Benz Stadium. In the Atlanta area Novelis has strong community partnerships with Atlanta Habitat for Humanity GeorgiaFIRST and Agape Youth and Family Center in addition to many local museums and community groups.

Novelis recognizes its talented and diverse workforce as a key competitive advantage. Novelis provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants. All terms and conditions of employment at Novelis including recruiting hiring placement promotion termination layoffs recalls transfers leaves of absence compensation and training are without regard to race color religion age sex national origin disability status genetics protected veteran status sexual orientation gender identity or expression or any other characteristic protected by federal provincial or local laws.

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