Overview

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.

Responsibilities & Qualifications

The Associate Operations Leader (Production Supervisor) is accountable for implementing the plans for their area of responsibility.

This role monitors and keeps production running with the task of growing productivity and quality. It engages the team to drive a continuous improvement culture by eliminating waste and variability in manufacturing processes.

This position is the role model for safety and demonstrates behaviors that aligns with the Novelis safety principles. Self and team accountability are the key drivers for success.

This role also provides leadership, direction, mentor, and development to empower and sustain high levels of employee performance.

This position is a (Rotating Shift 6pm - 6am)

Core accountabilities

Health, Safety & Environmental

• Leverage the Novelis Safety System and Safety Principles to build a zero-injury culture.
• Support the implementation of processes that reveal safety hazards and develops balanced corrective actions.
• Ensure that company policies and procedures are being driven by the team to be aligned with all health, safety, and environmental regulations.
• Make certain that a safe job execution has priority over a quick job execution.
• Confirm the team is retrained on relevant safety procedures.

Operations :

• Drive the achievement of the daily production goals for efficiency, quality, target date and cost.
• Conduct capacity planning and prioritization for short- and medium-term production demands.
• Ensure the availability of materials needed to complete production requirements.
• Participate in and conducts Safety and Production Meetings.
• Responsible for quality requirements, sample taking, documentation and reports for their team.
• Effectively communicate deviations from the standard process to the relevant people / functions.
• Ensure accurate material is used for production.

Continuous Improvement :

• Engage with the team to develop and implement standard work.
• Participate in productivity and quality improvement projects.
• Support developing solutions for cost reduction and yield improvement.

Management and Leadership :

• Encourage employees to perform at high levels.
• Set and communicate clear performance standards and hold direct reports accountable for results.
• Conduct performance appraisals and maintain performance metrics to monitor employee results.
• Provide on-going mentor, feedback and development to increase employee performance and production.
• Responsible for execution of disciplinary actions, in conjunction with HR.
• Communicate effectively with direct reports and resolves conflicts within and between individual team members.
• Responsible for timekeeping activities.

Knowledge :

• Technically proficient and capable of backfilling team members.
• Understands the manufacturing process and has technical knowledge to ensure product quality and flow.
• Understands how activities impact cash conversion, EBITDA and other key financial metrics.
• Ability to interpret and enforce documents such as safety policies and procedures, HR policies, standard work documents, maintenance instructions, procedure manuals, charts etc.
• At least 5 years related work experience with leadership responsibility is helpful.

Behaviors & Skills :

• Highly motivated and results oriented.
• Strong decision making / sense of urgency and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work flexibly in a fast-paced and results-oriented environment.
• Effective interpersonal, written and verbal communications skills.
• Computer skills in applications such as Microsoft Word & Excel.
• Effectively demonstrate the Novelis Culture and Focused 5.

Education :

Bachelor's Degree or equivalent work experience is required.

What We Offer :

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, driven by the marketplace, and affordable.

In addition to core benefits, we provide these unique to the industry benefits :

• Family Growth Programs : Paid parental Leave, Adoption Assistance, Fertility Treatment, Childcare Discount and Nursing Mom Support
• Employee Assistance Programs : free resources available 24 / 7 to you and your family in the areas of mental health, family life, and career and financial guidance
• Wellness Programs : incentives for wellness activities, wellness spending account, programs for building healthy habits, virtual physical therapy for joint, back, and pelvic health, health management programs and more.
• Diabetes Management Program
• Pet insurance
• Identity Theft Protection
• PerkSpot Discount Program

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Location Profile

Founded in 1971 Ashville is a finishing facility with coating capabilities. Employing around 190 people the facility primarily serves the Building & Construction and Commercial Transportation markets.

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Last updated : 2024-06-03