Metal & Inventory Manager

constellium

17h • Onsite

About The Position

The Metal & Inventory Manager’s primary purpose is to strategically manage the procurement and inflow of raw materials (primary metal, rolling ingot, scrap, RSI) into the plant in a way that ensures on-time casting and hot rolling of customer orders, manages the risk of material supply shortages for Casting and Hot Rolling departments, controls plant-wide metal inventory (working capital minimization), and minimizes metal costs by minimizing the usage of primary metal and maximizing the usage of 3rd party scrap. This position is also responsible for continuously monitoring and managing plant-wide metal inventory levels, while leading and/or coordinating all inventory-related activities which fall within the Supply Chain group. The Metal & Inventory Manager is a highly visible position, with interaction with all levels of plant leadership, including the plant CEO, CFO, operations leadership teams, as well as Constellium’s procurement organizations.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree (or higher) in Engineering, Supply Chain Management, Procurement, Business or Finance.
• 5-10 years relevant work experience (raw materials procurement, metal trading, supplier management, supply chain management, financial controlling) in an industrial setting.
• Advanced spreadsheet development and data analysis capabilities using Microsoft Excel (or similar).
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to influence across organizational levels.
• Proven process-driven and continuous improvement-oriented problem-solving capabilities.

Nice To Haves

• Prior people‑leadership experience, including direct supervision of employees.
• Demonstrated negotiation and conflict‑resolution skills in cross‑functional or supplier‑facing environments.
• Metal industry experience.
• Relevant experience with SAP S/4 Hana.

Responsibilities

• Generate long-range and near-term forecasts of raw material needs for casting production based on the monthly Ravenswood S&OP, sales forecasts and casting schedules. The raw materials to be forecasted include primary metal (by grade), scrap & RSI (by alloy), as well as alloying elements.
• Insure the timely and cost-optimized procurement of raw materials in coordination with the Constellium Central Metal Procurement group (CMP).
• Monitor actual raw material inventory inflows and inventory levels vs. plan and insure timely follow-up with suppliers and CMP to address deviations.
• Own the supply contracts and relationships with 3rd party secondary remelters responsible for processing of dross and scrap generated by Constellium Ravenswood or procured from 3rd parties.
• Monitor and actively manage plant-wide metal inventory levels on a weekly and monthly basis.
• Lead the annual plant-wide physical inventory process and insure the timely execution of quarterly partial inventories.
• Provide strategic direction and day-to-day leadership for the Metal Flow Coordinator and assigned temporary employees handling metal delivery scheduling, trucker & vendor interactions, rail logistics and receiving documentation.
• Ability to serve as backup for the Metal Flow Coordinator and assigned temporary employees.
• Drive metal management and delivery scheduling process improvements using Continuous Improvement methodologies.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level