Metal Manager, Auto Recycling

Novelis•Atlanta, GA

4d•Hybrid

About The Position

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. The Sourcing & Procurement team, located in Atlanta, Georgia, is seeking a Metal Manager, Auto Recycling! This role is responsible for providing strategic business and market insight as they relate automotive scrap procurement and processing including crafting new and leading existing closed loop agreements with our suppliers. The position will also develop comprehensive knowledge of the competitive automotive aluminum market to understand and exploit scrap opportunities. To position Novelis as a global leader in the market by remaining connected to the voice of the customer, being engaged with industry associations as well as Novelis within the external marketplace!

Requirements

Ability to travel up to 25-50% of the time
BS in business, engineering, finance, or related subject area
5-10 years of related experience
Experience in leading and inspiring change
Metal industry experience
Excellent written and verbal communications skills with a history of influencing outcomes
Excellent negotiating skills
Proven leadership skills, critical thinking and team building experience
Conflict resolution skills and the ability to manage stressful situations

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree in relevant field
10+ years of experience
Scrap procurement or metal supply chain experience
Automotive OEM experience

Responsibilities

Work to gain a strategic understanding of emerging trends in automotive scrap processing equipment and alloy segregation technologies, identifying those with commercial viability to the industry and Novelis
Lead the development of the Auto Fact Base, understanding the market flows and capabilities of processors, scrap tollers, other industry service providers and competitors is a key to gain competitive edge in the marketplace and improve performance and profitability throughout the organization
Guide automotive CLR and scrap procurement opportunities and identify optimal remelt and recycling opportunities
Understand the remelt and recycling capabilities of other FRPs to discover vulnerabilities that provide market opportunities for Novelis
Support key Corporate, Regional and Plant based initiatives as they relate to the growth of Auto Sheet
Find opportunities within the automotive value stream to reduce prime usage by crafting cross functional relationships with remelt and recycling operations and using market knowledge to secure low-cost prime replacements
Development and implement key reporting, analysis, tools and metrics for greater business relationships of scrap benefits, opportunities and risks
Develop and standardize the form of the return scrap and quality specifications
Direct a team of Supply Chain, Operations, Scrap Tolling, Logistics and Finance to optimize and improve closed loop programs by creating targeted program metrics.
Lead a team passionate about identifying and implementing process changes to optimize existing programs and launch new ones
Attract and develop new personnel into the NNA Recycling Team; provide growth and development opportunities for currant staff members
Collaborate with Auto Value Stream, Supply Chain and Commercial personnel to price and secure scrap and meet quality requirements for the ingot demand signal in support of growing NNA and auto sales and closed loop recycling
Support long-term strategic efforts to fill growth/expansion projects with efficient levels of automotive scrap (CLR) and improve metal benefit
Lead and guide in setting of regional contracts for 3rd party purchases of auto scrap
Collaborating with the Commercial teams to ensure that scrap is secured as part of the contracting process to ensure product sustainability
Ensure the procurement strategy and movement of scrap and third-party scrap within the marketplace and throughout the company is managed and aligned with corporate strategies, commercial agreements, enterprise goals and objectives