Supply Chain Business Analyst (Contract)

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 13000 employees in 32 operating facilities on 4 continents.

Novelis North America is seeking a contract professional to support our Product Management team focused on planning and coordinating materials for automotive customers. This role sits at the center of the supply chain and ensures customer orders move smoothly from production through delivery. You will track work in progress materials identify risks that could impact customer delivery and work closely with Sales Supply Chain Operations and Plant teams to resolve issues. This is a hands-on planning and coordination role suited for someone who is comfortable working with data managing priorities and communicating across teams in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.

This position plays a critical role in preventing customer disruptions by ensuring materials are planned prioritized and delivered on time. Your work directly supports customer satisfaction and operational continuity. Novelis is committed to its purpose of Shaping a Sustainable World Together and this role supports that mission by enabling reliable efficient supply chain execution.

Please note: this is a contract position with an expected end date of October 31 2026.

Responsibilities:

• Track customer orders and materials as they move through the end-to-end supply chain
• Identify and escalate urgent or high-risk items that could impact customer deliveries
• Allocate available materials to customers based on urgency and fair share guidelines
• Provide regular order and material status updates to Sales and Customer Service teams
• Partner with Supply Chain and Plant Scheduling teams to prioritize production and deliveries
• Analyze planning and SAP data to identify issues root causes and improvement opportunities
• Build and maintain tracking tools and reports (primarily in Excel)
• Coordinate material routing with Supply Chain and Engineering teams
• Support alternative material usage or reapplication when supply constraints exist
• Communicate clearly with stakeholders including senior leadership when issues arise
• Foster effective communication and close collaboration with Account Managers and cross functional teams to ensure business objectives are met
• Profitably manage growth through defining asset loading plans (regional and inter-regional product translation and supply plans).
• Support sales and market strategy objectives while understanding market impacts and competitive landscape to identify opportunities and proactive decision making

Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree in business Supply Chain Operations or a related field
• 5 years of experience in supply chain planning production planning or manufacturing operations
• Experience working in a large or multinational manufacturing environment (automotive preferred)
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to work with large data sets
• Advanced Excel skills (data analysis cleansing reporting)
• SAP experience required; SAP APO experience strongly preferred
• Ability to extract data from SAP analyze it and make recommendations
• Strong communication skills and comfort working with cross functional teams
• Ability to work independently manage competing priorities and adapt in a fastmoving environment
• Knowledge of manufacturing; planning scheduling finance/budgeting and/or quality systems
• Excellent interpersonal and project management skills with the ability to multi-task in a fast-paced multidimensional environment
• Proven track record to meet tight deadlines with emphasis on sustained accuracy and attention to detail
• Must be willing to work onsite 4 days per week

*Please note that we are unable to provide visa sponsorship for this position. Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States without the need for current or future sponsorship

Novelis Global Corporate Headquarters is located in the Buckhead neighborhood of Atlanta Georgia and employs approximately 250 people. It is co-located with Novelis North America regional office which employs approximately 225 people. Supporting its 24 operations worldwide Novelis corporate office is home to the executive leadership team and global functions that support the automotive beverage can and high-end specialties value streams. The City of Atlanta provides a diverse and family-friendly place to live with countless museums cultural organizations and educational institutions including the Georgia Aquarium Woodruff Arts Center CNN Center Georgia Tech and Mercedes-Benz the Atlanta area Novelis has strong community partnerships with Atlanta Habitat for Humanity GeorgiaFIRST and Agape Youth and Family Center in addition to many local museums and community groups.

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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