Position Overview

Novelis is the world leader in aluminum rolling and recycling, producing a significant amount of the world's flat-rolled aluminum products. We work alongside our customers to provide innovative solutions to the aerospace, beverage can, automotive and high-end specialty markets. 

Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, Novelis has approximately 14,650 employees in 33 operating facilities on four continents and is making significant capital investments in recycling and rolling capacity in North America to meet an ascending customer demand.

Position Overview: 

The Energy Category Manager is part of the North America Procurement Organization and is responsible for developing and implementing the strategic sourcing plan for the Energy Category.

This position supports a broad range of the company’s sourcing needs across multiple sites in the region, including compliance to Novelis’ Procurement Policies to delivering savings and value creation across the enterprise by working with Strategic Sourcing team and ensuring products and services are bought in accordance with the commodity strategies.

Responsibilities & Qualifications

Responsibilities: 

• Drives the development and execution of sourcing strategies by performing needs assessment, market and supplier analysis for assigned categories.
• Supports sourcing activities, RFQs, RFPs and negotiations with multiple suppliers to secure Natural Gas, Electricity, renewables and water supply (including PPAs, RECs, Natural Gas supply, Natural Gas Transportation, water supply, infrastructure agreements).
• Commercial support for the implementation of energy efficiency and renewables initiatives.
• Spend analysis and reporting, market intelligence, proposals and project evaluation.
• Leads internal approvals process.
• Collaborative work and continuous engagement with cross functional internal stakeholders such as Energy leads, Plant Controllers, Sustainability and Strategy team, Region procurement team.
• Supplier relationship management and origination.

Qualifications: 

• BS/BA Degree in Finance, Engineering or technical discipline
• 7 years of experience in a procurement or commercial function in an electric utility, energy supplier, renewable energy developer or manufacturing company
• Extensive understanding of energy markets, cost structure, regulatory landscape. Hands on experience analyzing and interpreting energy cost/usage data, electric tariffs, and wholesale energy markets intelligence
• Strong analytical background as well as presentation skills to effectively summarize and report/drive discussion with key internal stakeholders
• Detail oriented, with experience managing multiple projects and changing priorities

• Exhibits strong sense of ownership, driving results
• Proficient in MS Word, Excel and Powerpoint

What We Offer:

This role offers a hybrid schedule. Novelis values the need for flexibility and balance for employees and is committed to a Flex Work approach that empowers employees to maintain work-life balance while enjoying the benefits of a collaborative office environment. Novelis values the need for flexibility and balance for employees. 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, competitive in the marketplace, and affordable. These are a few of the benefits we offer to support you and your family’s well-being:

• Medical, dental and vision insurance
• Health savings accounts – Company Funded Health Savings Account (HSA) and Health Reimbursement Account (HRA)
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
• Company-paid basic life insurance and Additional voluntary life coverage
• Paid vacation and competitive personal time off
• 401(k) savings plan with company match
• Retiree Medical Plans – medical and prescription drug coverage through Novelis sponsored Retiree Health Access
• Retirement Savings Account
• Employee assistance programs – available 24/7 to you and your family
• Wellness and Work Life Support - career development and educational assistance

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, state, or local laws.

Location Profile

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 Stadium. In 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. 

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