Job description
Position Overview:
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.
The Novelis North America (NNA) team is seeking a Logistics Manager, Systems. The Logistics Manager is accountable for all systems and processes supporting the Novelis North America Logistics function. As such, this role is responsible for the deployment and ongoing improvements to our Transportation Management System, Visibility platform, as well as their integration with other systems such as ERP (SAP), PowerBI etc.
Specifically, this role coordinates the effective management of the NNA TMS systems (Blue Yonder and Best Transport), FourKites load tracking system and all associated interfaces and reporting requirements. The role is accountable for ensuring system development and improvements to support logistics operations from load building and tendering to carrier freight payment process. Responsibilities & Qualifications:
Logistics Manager, Systems
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.
The Novelis North America (NNA) team is seeking a Logistics Manager, Systems. The Logistics Manager is accountable for all systems and processes supporting the Novelis North America Logistics function. As such, this role is responsible for the deployment and ongoing improvements to our Transportation Management System, Visibility platform, as well as their integration with other systems such as ERP (SAP), PowerBI etc.
Specifically, this role coordinates the effective management of the NNA TMS systems (Blue Yonder and Best Transport), FourKites load tracking system and all associated interfaces and reporting requirements. The role is accountable for ensuring system development and improvements to support logistics operations from load building and tendering to carrier freight payment process.
Responsibilities
- Supports the development of a long-term vision and roadmap to enhance digital and system capabilities across the NNA Logistics landscape
- Acts as the single point of contact and guide within NNA Logistics for system enhancements, upgrades and ensure capabilities to meet current and future business requirements. Owner of the relationship with strategic IT vendors (TMS & visibility platforms)
- Supervises project management of continuous improvement activities and provides facilitation, tracking and reporting of such activities, including service improvement, cost reduction and system enhancements
- Drives the development and review of processes, procedures, and SOP across the logistics team, particularly as they relate to the use of our TMS and tracking tools for both Novelis internal collaborators and external partner carriers. Responsible for deploying and training the logistics team on the documented protocols.
- Collaborates in identification of Logistics critical metric and target setting. Supports dashboard creation for tracking and reporting of metrics in PowerBi
- Builds strong relationships to create a collaborative team environment with multiple subject areas including Supply Chain, Procurement, IT and external system providers
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree in engineering, Supply Chain, Logistics, or similar subject area. Master’s Degree preferred
- 10+years’ experience required
- Experience in the field of logistics is required including implementing, and leading logistics systems and processes and knowledge of full cycle logistics operations (carrier management, load tendering, reporting and freight payment)
- Experience with SAP
- Continuous Improvement Greenbelt and/or Black belt certification a plus
- Blue Yonder TMS experience required. Experience managing the operational framework of the TMS to support logistics operations preferred
- Experience with FourKites tracking system and integration into TMS preferred
- Data reporting and visualization experience required; proven understanding of MS PowerBi preferred
- Strong interpersonal skills in terms of interfacing efficiently and positively with carriers, customers and all Novelis contacts
- Project management experience, strong attention to detail
- Excellent digital literacy, MS Office, database query experience for generating ad-hoc reports
What We Offer:
This role offers a
hybrid schedule with a minimum of two days in the office
. 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 hard-working 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. 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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