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 Sourcing & Procurement team, located in Novi, Michigan, is seeking a Program Lead, Automotive Closed Loop Recycling. This role can be based out of our Novi, MI office or our Atlanta HQ. The position will work with the various stakeholders 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 execute mutually beneficial agreements to purchase scrap the scrap required by Novelis to produce new aluminum coil.
Responsibilities Directs implementation of commercial agreements to fulfil and resolves 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 CLR programs. Ensures the successful launch of new CLR and scrap purchase agreements and continuously seeks 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. Work closely with Manager and Auto Commercial team to create OEM specific CLR scrap acquisition plans to support NNA targets. Establishes deep plant relationships at each OEM and tier to facilitate changes. Acts as the Automotive Recycling contact to the CLR Steering Committee to develop and maintain a holistic 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. Be SME, providing full end to end understanding of Novelis' CLR value stream for OEM and providing support to NNA Commercial Auto to leverage this advantage in closing CLR agreements. Responsible to understand technical aspects of OEM's scrap segregation and handling systems including alloy fair share. Proactively identify opportunities to leverage our commercial relationship with OEM through recycling, driving decisions to take advantage of our contract to achieve objectives beneficial to Novelis Work with commercial and technical service to understand changes in job routings that influence scrap flows Perform scrap BOM recycling analysis to support Fair Share calculations 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 working with Ford to obtain build rate 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 discipline 3-5 years in relevant experience, scrap industry experience preferred Strong analytical, written and oral communication skills with solid Microsoft Office computer skills Customer service driven Automotive and SAP experience a plus Valid driver's license and ability to travel up to 30% of the time 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.
Novelis' Novi office is located twenty-five miles northwest of the heart of the motor city. Its 50+ employees provide dedicated commercial technical and recycling teams for Novelis' growing automotive customer base. Novi is also the location of the company's newly announced Customer Solution Center which will accelerate innovation between Novelis and automakers for the next generation of vehicle design. As one of the fastest growing cities in Michigan Novi offers a host of destination shopping and specialty expos fine dining options and outdoor recreation activities. Our Novi team is a key sponsor to community events such as Habitat for Humanity and local schools with its FIRST Robotics team and STEM education programs.
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