Director IT BRM - Novelis Corporate 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 Information Technology team, located in Atlanta, Georgia, is seeking a Director IT Business Relationship Manager! Reporting to our VP IT, Enterprise Solutions, the individual will be relied upon to build strong relationships in all four of our global regions with a focus on the Commercial, Research & Technology, and Corporate Strategy functions globally!

Novelis has four main value streams: Beverage Packaging, Automotive, Aerospace, and Specialties. The leader in this space will work collaboratively with value stream leaders along with regional and global IT leaders to develop and implement global/regional IT initiatives in each of these functions globally.

A deep understanding and knowledge of both the current commercial and R&T systems landscape and commercial practices in the manufacturing industry is ideal, along with a passion for people and Novelis’ customers. This person will lead the design of our roadmaps that will expand our proven capabilities and incorporates modern technologies, enabling Novelis’ Corporate Strategy focused on the Commercial an R&T functions globally with a vision of a highly connected, customer focused, data driven, operationally intelligent functions. This is an exceptional time to become part of our growing, sustainable, innovative organization!

Responsibilities

• Partner with essential team members in Corporate Strategy, Commercial, R&T, and IT (global and regional) to solve for art of the possible commercial strategies providing end-to-end technology support to ensure value is delivered and sustained.
• Advise and influence leadership and commercial/R&T teams on technical solutions, standard integration methodologies, and business and technology alignment.

Customer Relationship and R&T Platforms (ie. Salesforce, LIMS, Multiscale, ERPs)

• Help to define Commercial strategy and roadmap with focus on benefits, consistent processes, data quality, customer relationship management, sales forecasting and actuals, configure/price/quote, savings, and the critical metric measurement process.
• Understand technology requirements and design a playbook to deliver the results.
• Collaborate with leadership and cross-functional teams to enable competitive advantage through the definition and implementation of the technology components.
• Help to identify, develop, and coach Commercial function regional champions.
• Establishing agile, multi-year strategic IT roadmap of tools to advance the Commercial and R&T strategies.
• Measure and track site, regional, and global results.

Digital

• Develop and handle progress against the detailed digital roadmap by coordinating with cross-functional teammates and external partners.
• Research emerging commercial customer centric technologies to address critical business and customer challenges.
• Discover, experiment, lead, coordinate, and deliver digital initiatives globally.
• Champion change and look to improve processes by systematizing simplicity, agility, and sensible risk-taking.
• Responsible for the deployment and continuous improvement of portfolio and project management and accelerated continuous improvement practices aligned with transformation goals.
• Develop, implement, and continuously improve the structure and processes, related to Commercial transformation ensuring a clear path forward.
• Proactively identify, handle, and advance risks across projects, work streams, and programs.

Transformation Management

• Define an approach for managing change across the business in coordination with the delivery of technology projects.
• Work with key collaborators to develop a communication strategy, approach, and plan; including, but not limited to content guidelines and delivery cadence.
• Promote learning in others by building relationships with cross-functional partners; listening and responding to, seeking, and addressing performance feedback; adapting to competing demands and new responsibilities; creating and executing plans to capitalize on strengths and improve opportunity areas; and adapting to and learning from change, difficulties, and feedback.

Minimum qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a technical field (Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field).
• 10+ years of experience leading and deploying large, sophisticated multi-national IT transformations and strategic projects in a manufacturing environment (or similar) with a strong focus on commercial technologies.
• Experience managing a team; preferably 5 years or more, including leading teams across the operations ecosystem within a global matrixed organization.
• Proficiency in SalesForce CRM and ERP systems (preferably SAP S4/Hana, Oracle EBS)
• Proficiency in lab systems (LIMS/ELN), high performing computing technologies and applications (ie. Multiscale, advanced analytics, machine learning models, etc.)
• Leadership experience in digital strategy deployment and use of new technologies.
• Ability to operate and communicate at a strategic level yet focus on details to drive successful execution and deliver value.
• Ability to decompose problems and opportunities when they may not be clearly defined.
• Proven success delivering projects in Agile, Waterfall, or SDLC environments, and effectively managing multiple large-scale, high-risk projects across a portfolio.
• Strong facilitation skills lending to effectively guiding the business to identify needs and evaluating alternative solutions as required.
• Understanding of various technologies including applications and databases.

Preferred qualifications

• MBA or related advanced degree and 8+ years of leading strategic IT projects.
• SalesForce CRM certification(s)
• Experience in the metals manufacturing industry.
• Validated ability to build and influence teams, mentor, and coach while proactively recognizing and removing obstacles on behalf of the teams.

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 provincial or local laws.

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