Associate Category Manager - Transportation - Novelis North America HQ

Company Overview

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.

Position Overview

The Novelis North America Procurement team, located in Atlanta, GA, is seeking an Associate Category Manager, Transportation. The Associate Category Manager must have excellent negotiation skills; monitors/anticipates trends in supply, market, and industry to support the implementation of strategies, and gain alignment with collaborators. They support the execution of Strategic Sourcing Plans.

The jobholder is accountable, within the Transportation category, for the spend management and reporting, regional RFP processes, negotiation of regional or local frame contracts, supplier relationship management, contract compliance and risk management, and implements supplier scorecards.

The Associate Category Manager delivers balanced and considerable year on year savings through innovative cost savings solutions of a minimum of 4% of spend and implements state-of-the art sourcing strategies for the transportation category. The Associate Category Manager has very good collaborator engagement skills.

Responsibilities:

• Develop and maintain a dynamic fact base database and content as part of the regional Source Plan in support of implementing a sourcing strategy.
• Develop an extensive knowledge of the supplier base and the respective value chains to ensure continuity of supply.
• Proactively challenge the status quo in both the needs of the business and the efficient means of meeting those needs including the consideration of alternative materials, transportation modes, services, processes, and/or vendors.
• Assist in developing and facilitating efficiency, innovation, and cost savings workshops within the region – both internal and with supplier support.
• Lead cost savings projects (Project Management) and fiscal year savings and/or value capture.
• Conduct effective supplier relationship management in line with the Transportation category needs including performance metrics and use of supplier scorecards to demonstrably improve customer centricity (OTIF), or cost savings initiatives
• Apply professional project management skills and regularly present status updates to the Sr. Manager and/or steering committee.
• Support Novelis’ safety goals through supplier standard methodology sharing, critical metric tracking, and industry standard methodology benchmarking and process implementation: including but not limited to: accident reduction YoY, driver site recordable injury YoY reduction, etc.
• Support organizational sustainability goals by reducing Novelis’ emissions and fuel usage through efficient transport mode exploration and transition, alternative fuel vetting and implementation, MPG improvements, Smartway carrier growth, etc.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Minimum of 3-5+ years in Procurement
• Prior experience owning the strategic sourcing and commodity management
• Experience with a multi-national organization.
• Experienced with supply base management, logistics, and supply chain management.
• Ability to work at all levels of the organization
• and/or Supply Chain.
• Strong Leadership, Interpersonal, and Communication skills
• Experience in Negotiation and Commercial Terms Management
• Strong quantitative, project management, and data analysis skills
• Highly effective communications in all levels of the organization
• Able to influence and thrive in a Team environment
• High degree of proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Office, Power BI; SAP experience is a plus
• Able to work cross-functionally within a Manufacturing environment
• Experience with development of Category/Commodity Strategy
• Communication, alignment, and management of metrics to support flawless cooperation between plant procurement teams and business objectives
• Able to influence Teams through Projects, Challenges, and Opportunities in a matrix Organization
• CPM and Green Belt certification

Preferred Qualifications:

• Negotiation experience in a dynamic market is a plus.

What We Offer:

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, driven by the marketplace, and affordable. In addition to core benefits, we provide these unique to the industry benefits:

• Family Growth Programs: Paid parental Leave, Adoption Assistance, Fertility Treatment, Childcare Discount and Nursing Mom Support
• Employee Assistance Programs: free resources available 24/7 to you and your family in the areas of mental health, family life, and career and financial guidance
• Wellness Programs: incentives for wellness activities, wellness spending account, programs for building healthy habits, virtual physical therapy for joint, back, and pelvic health, health management programs and more.
• Diabetes Management Program
• Pet insurance
• Identity Theft Protection
• PerkSpot Discount Program
• Tuition assistance and career development programs

This role offers a hybrid schedule. Our hybrid approach is designed to foster employee work-life balance and powers connection, collaboration, and a sense of community among our teams. 

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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, state, or local laws.

We encourage all potential candidates to follow the protocols below and to be diligent when sharing any personal information: 

• Check the job posting is live and valid via our careers page:https://www.novelis.com/careers/
• Verify any communication with us by contacting our talent team at interviews@novelis.com