About this opportunity
NOVELIS lists this Template/External Requisition Title Senior Manager, Logistics and Tolling opportunity in atlanta, Georgia. Review the employer’s description below for duties, qualifications and application requirements.
Job description
Position 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.
Responsibilities & Qualifications
The Sourcing & Procurement team, located in Atlanta, Georgia, is seeking a Senior Manager, Logistics and Tolling. Reporting to the Regional Procurement Director, the Sr. Manager, Logistics & Tolling is accountable to develop and implement the regional and global sourcing strategies for the group of categories of spend – Over-the-road (OTR) Transportation, Rail, Warehousing, and Tolling - with the goal to ensure supply security, the lowest total cost-of-ownership, generates sustainable savings and value creation through innovation, and risk management. The incumbent develops and drives Strategic Source Plans that assess supply markets, competing buyers, position of Novelis, portfolio analysis, supplier cost analysis, strategic options and source recommendations. The incumbent is accountable for value creation target on a total cost of ownership basis of a minimum of 3% of spend per year.
Responsibilities:
Develop and implement the regional and global sourcing strategies for the group of categories of spend – Over-the-road (OTR) Transportation, Rail, Warehousing, and Tolling
Ensure maintenance, security, and competitive supply of strategic non-metal demands in scope to feed the regional operations. Support growth and minimize cost for highly complex Novelis' operations.
Develop and maintain strategic supplier relationships in complex market environments. Cultivate strategic relationships and handle supply chain risk while maintaining Novelis' flexibility. Monitor market developments, international movements and tariff barriers that may create new challenges or new opportunities.
Negotiate and handle regional contracts as a framework for supply agreements. Carry out regional and local contract compliance where global agreements are in place.
Ensure that regional sourcing of non-metal demands for products and services improves Novelis’ leverage in the global market despite of credit constraints and supports profitability and working capital objectives through anticipating and adapting to industry consolidation and market developments.
Collaborate with global and other regional Procurement organizations and collaborators to improve value for Novelis.
Partner with the Purchasing Team, as required, to ensure Production Supplies and Services are delivered on time and in a quality-conformed manner.
Develop an extensive knowledge of the supplier base and the respective value chains to ensure continuity of supply.
Support implementation and roll-out of the Supplier Quality Relationship Management Framework
Influence and engagement to support cross-functional key collaborators from across Novelis, including commercial, manufacturing, technical, engineering, manufacturing excellence, R&D, Finance, IT, Legal, etc.
Technical Know-how of the major materials and supply flows into and out of the plants/regions with focus on costs, supplier options, and vulnerabilities that can impact the efficiency of operations. Drive risk mitigation efforts in collaboration with other cross-functional teams to address these vulnerabilities.
Partners with Value Stream Leadership, Plant Management, Regional & Global Procurement teams, to meet or exceed the Plants’ Savings Targets with a TCO mindset
Excellent communication skills that allow the Procurement Leadership to get the “voice of the Customer” & to understand the company Culture and how to best communicate Procurement’s value to it.
Recommend incorporating supporting NNA Cost Reduction Project (McKinsey), Responsibilities related to IT/Digital enablement initiatives, team/people development (generic but needed for a young team), and leadership of large-scale strategic supplier relationship and negotiations (eg. Penske, Page, CSX, RJC…)
Lead external consulting engagements and cross-functional transformation initiatives by defining and prioritizing workstreams, validating savings opportunities, challenging methodologies to ensure operational feasibility and alignment with total cost of ownership objectives
Serve as business owner for logistics sourcing technologies by partnering with IT, Enterprise Architecture, Cybersecurity, Procurement Excellence, and business stakeholders to define requirements, evaluate solutions, develop business cases, and lead implementation, adoption, and continuity of strategic initiatives
Build and sustain team capability and continuity through coaching, role clarity, workload planning, contractor oversight, onboarding, cross-training, succession planning, and adoption of sourcing, analytics, automation, and AI-enabled tools
Lead complex, high-value strategic supplier relationship , sourcing and commercial negotiations, developing innovative commercial models, optimizing total cost of ownership, mitigating supply risk, and securing long-term value through executive stakeholder alignment and supplier partnerships, including major transportation, rail, closed-loop, warehousing, and tolling initiatives.
Minimum Qualifications:
BS/BA Degree in Business, Engineering, Supply Chain, or similar
5-10 Years of Sourcing or Procurement Experience
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 Office; SAP experience is a plus
Preferred Qualifications:
MBA a Plus
Broad Strategic and Applicable Experience in an Industrial or Manufacturing Organization
Experience with SAP
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:
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
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!
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Location Profile
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.
Disclaimer
We encourage all potential candidates to follow the protocols below and to be diligent when sharing any personal information:1. Check the job posting is live and valid via our careers page: Careers - Novelis2. Verify any communication with us by contacting our talent team at Careers - Novelis
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Worksite address
atlanta, GA, 30383, US
Who can apply
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