Procurement Project Coordinator (Contract)

Novelis•Atlanta, GA

6d•Onsite

About The Position

Novelis, a global leader in aluminum recycling and rolling, is seeking a Procurement Project Coordinator (Contract) for its North America Procurement team. This role will support a Supplier Request for Information and Quotation project named "R2R." The project involves supporting request-for-quote and request-for-information activities for Maintenance, Repair and Operations (MRO) materials, covering approximately 400 suppliers and $80M USD in annual spend. The coordinator will assist in building and maintaining an accurate North America Spend Cube to enable spend optimization and support business objectives, cost savings, and operational efficiency. This is a contract position with an anticipated assignment timeframe from October 5, 2026, through January 11, 2027.

Requirements

Demonstrated knowledge of procurement, sourcing, supply chain, finance, or general business principles.
Understanding of how organizations purchase goods and manage supplier relationships.
Experience supporting or participating in sourcing or related business projects.
Effective verbal and written communication skills.
Ability to collect, validate, organize, and analyze large data sets.
Strong attention to detail with a focus on data accuracy and quality.
Excel proficiency, including pivot tables, data cleansing, sorting and filtering, charts, and formulas.
Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines.
Ability to work independently while maintaining a high degree of accuracy.
Experience supporting projects with stakeholders, timelines, and deliverables.
Demonstrated ability to track progress and follow up on action items.
Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States without the need for current or future sponsorship.

Nice To Haves

Currently pursuing or recently completed a degree or diploma in Supply Chain Management, Business Administration, Commerce, Operations Management, Engineering, Data Analytics, or a related discipline.
Experience using Smartsheet for project tracking, workflow management, and reporting.
Experience using Power BI, Alteryx, or similar analytics tools.
Demonstrated curiosity, problem-solving ability, and willingness to identify improvement opportunities.

Responsibilities

Extract supplier spend history data and populate standard request-for-quote templates for supplier outreach.
Identify and confirm supplier contacts, then coordinate outreach through Smartsheet and related project tools.
Transmit supplier requests, manage supplier questions, receive responses, and help process responses through the Portal RFQ Analyzer or Excel analysis tools.
Review results with the Category Manager and execute follow-up actions with suppliers as directed.
Populate standard request-for-quote templates in Coupa eSourcing, transmit requests, track responses, and complete analysis in Excel.
Export Supplier Award Summary and Pipeline Savings Entry reports once request-for-quote data is finalized.
Prepare supplier letter agreement templates, merge them with supplier award summaries into a single PDF, and transmit documents to suppliers for signature.
Monitor signed supplier returns, upload returned PDFs into Icertis, and complete procurement pipeline savings entries in Smartsheet based on pipeline savings reports.
Upload pricing, or provide data for price fixing, in ERP systems including SAP, Oracle, Coupa, and MFG Pro.
Participate in project-related meetings with internal and external stakeholders.