Raw Materials Analyst

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 Novelis team in Bay Minette, Alabama has an opening for a Raw Materials Analyst. This role reports to the Supply Chain Leader – Raw Materials. The Raw Materials Analyst is responsible for the report development , data analytics, and schedule /inventory coordination for Bay Minette’s Casting Lines . You will partner with operations , procurement, logistics , quality teams, and technical customer service departments to drive supply chain cost improvements and excellence. The day-to-day decisions made by the Raw Materials Analyst have a direct impact on customer centricity (especially OTIF). This role also requires being cross trained across all Bay Minette planning, scheduling, and logistics functions.

Responsibilities

• Supporting world class safety culture.
• Maintain and support a safe working environment in the plant.
• M onitors daily raw material flow from inbound through the casting process, including evaluating metal inputs and balancing scrap types to support production schedule.
• Supports initiatives to improve raw material process flows, helping to eliminate bottlenecks and identify obstacles to production.
• Provide order administration support from a scheduling perspective including rotating coverage .
• Possess e xpertise on the interaction and flow of Supply Chain related information between SAP, Quintiq Scheduler and Level 2 systems. Resolve transactional errors to ensure system accuracy.
• Work closely with plant operations to be part of the discussion chain regarding raw material and inventory issues.
• Facilitate the transformation of manual reporting tools into a well-rounded business intelligence environment automating manual work & improving efficiency.
• Review capacity assumptions with operations leadership periodically to gain alignment.
• M onitor s critical operating materials, such as production consumables, metal inputs, or scrap, to always maintain adequate levels. Failure could result in plants shutting down or unsafe operating conditions.
• M onitors processes focused on inventory control and productivity levels.
• Provide input and frequently interact with the plant to ensure awareness of raw material or inventory issues within a timeframe , which allows for reaction.
• Acquire and communicate improvement ideas from crew members, management, or self-directed.
• Participate in improvement projects initiated by plant management that impact raw materials.
• Consistently seek out training and learning to improve performance and to be data driven in all endeavors .
• May be asked to perform other supply chain duties such as scheduling, planning, forecasting, and supporting production .
• Special projects and other tasks as assigned.
  
  

Qualifications

• Associates degree and 2 years of experience or a b achelor’s degree and exposure to supply chain management through experience and/or course work .
• 2 years of analytical experience preferred .
• Experience in aluminum or metals casting preferred but not required .
• Excellent communication (oral and written) skills; ability to communicate with all levels in the organization
• Ability to work in an active manufacturing environment and maintain a strong sense of safety.
• Must be flexible and able to operate in a fast-paced environment .
• Advanced or higher Excel Skills :
• Ability to manipulate, cleanse and analyze large amounts of data in Excel .
• Experience utilizing VBA
• Strong analytical skills. Ability to learn new software programs quickly .
• SAP experience strongly preferred.
• Must also possess leadership skills to direct, lead and develop other personnel to accomplish department , plant , and corporate objectives .
  
  

Physical Requirements

• Ability to meet the physical requirements of the job with or without reasonable accommodations
• Must be able to move materials of up to 35 pounds.
  
  

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, 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)
• Company-paid basic life insurance and Additional voluntary life coverage
• Paid vacation and competitive personal time off.
• 401(k) savings plan with company match
• 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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Location Profile

Novelis' newly announced Bay Minette facility will be located 35 miles northeast of Mobile AL and 45 miles west of Pensacola FL and is expected to create approximately 1000 high-paying advanced careers in modern manufacturing. This highly advanced rolling and recycling facility will be the first of its kind. It will primarily serve our customers in the beverage can and automotive markets. Novelis is committed to the community and will actively build partnerships in Baldwin County focused on recycling STEM education and workforce development. At Novelis we believe our culture of collaboration is our competitive advantage and we would love for you to consider building a career with us.

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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