Supply Chain Planning Analyst- Recycle Center

Novelis is the world leader in aluminum rolling and recycling, producing an estimated 19 percent 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 investing close to $1.5 billion in global rolling and recycling expansions to meet the growing demand for our premium product. 

Position Overview:

Novelis – Guthrie, KY is seeking an experienced Supply Chain Planning Analyst for our new facility in Guthrie, KY. The Supply Chain Planning Analyst is responsible for the integration, monitoring, and deployment of all planning activities for Guthrie’s Recycling Center.  The Supply Chain Planning Analyst will set and plan process parameters and troubleshoot issues associated with short- and long-term planning. This position also has the responsibility for managing customer orders, SAP planned orders, and production center schedules.  They ensure that all are in line with the overall capacity plan for the machine centers. The Supply Chain Planning Analyst works closely with S&OP planners, production center planners and schedulers, tolling planners, demand managers and commercial team to formulate the plan, monitor execution and resolve issues. The incumbent must be cross trained across all Guthrie planning, scheduling, and logistics functions.

Responsibilities:

• Track demand changes reported by the downstream production planners, schedulers, and tolling planners. Investigate and validate the changes; Resolve, document and escalate issues as appropriate.
• Manage product route changes to react to unplanned outages or anticipated capacity constraints. Determine products involved. Initiate and track the associated MDM (Master Data Management) requests.

• Report and troubleshoot SAP alerts (surplus, late, early, etc.) to identify system issues and work with production center planners and schedulers to take appropriate action.
• Initiate MDM requests to correct process / order planning parameters (lot size, lead time, etc.)
• Lead development of report analyzing lead time by product to ensure order alignment with manufacturing lead time.
• Translate ingot demand requirements into an efficient Remelt casting schedule.
• Partner with plant process/quality engineers to assure accuracy of master data parameters (e.g. equipment run rates, yields, etc.) for each product specifications.
• Analyze “production of an ingot” and other SAP parameters to ensure its accuracy.
• Responsible for submission of capacity assumptions related to tons per hour, recovery, utilization, and downtime to NNA S&OP process.
• Administer and track weekly purchase orders to ensure appropriate delivery timelines and call out any potential risk of supply shortfalls.

• Review capacity assumptions and published S&OP plans with plant leadership and operations on a monthly basis to gain alignment as well as document issues and concerns.
• Work with maintenance teams (EMRA) to schedule outages that best fit with Novelis sales, inventory, and capacity plans (S&OP).
• Create and update reports including the monthly plant performance report and other ad hoc analyses to meet the needs of Supply Chain and plant management.
• Master process based-level knowledge of all areas within the manufacturing process including material procurement, ingot casting, hot rolling, master planning, and S&OP activities.
• Perform weekend or off-hour support or reporting as required.
• Involve others in problem solving/decision making, actively seeks out creative win-win solutions, and has a positive influence on co-workers.
• Support projects or rapid improvement events as required.
• Develop a culture where planning becomes predictive rather than reactive.
• Partner with source plants, where needed, to monitor and manage end-to-end metal flow upstream, throughout, and downstream of Guthrie.
• Possess a local expertise on the interaction and flow of Supply Chain related information between SAP, MES, scheduling system, and Level 2/3 systems. Resolves transactional errors to ensure system accuracy.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree and exposure to Supply Chain management through experience and/or course work.
• 2 years of analytical experience required.

• Excellent communication (oral and written) skills; ability to communicate with all levels in the organization
• Desire to take initiative and develop a pro-active relationship with customers (internal & external) through follow-up, understanding their needs and fostering a collaborative relationship.
• Must be flexible and able to operate in a fast-paced environment.
• Intermediate or higher Excel Skills:
• Ability to manipulate, cleanse and analyze large amounts of data in Excel.
• Ability to analyze the data in Excel and draw conclusions and recommendation.
• Solid computer skills. Working knowledge of Microsoft Office.  Ability to learn new software programs quickly.
• Ability to utilize data modeling programs such as Power BI preferred.
• Must also possess leadership skills to direct, lead and develop other personnel to accomplish personal, plant and corporate objectives.

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, 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)
• Company-paid basic life insurance and Additional voluntary life coverage
• Paid vacation and competitive personal time off
• 401(k) savings plan with company match
• Retirement savings plans – medical and prescription drug coverage through private exchange
• 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:

Nestled in the beautiful rolling hills of Southwestern Kentucky, Guthrie resides along the Tennessee border. From stagecoaches to railroads, Guthrie has played an important part in transportation from the 1820’s through today because of its central location to major cities. The city of Guthrie says it’s “a place where friends are always welcome. A place in this beautiful Commonwealth we are proud to call home.” Novelis is proud to call Guthrie part of the family. This greenfield site will feature state-of-the-art equipment used to prepare aluminum for use in producing the cars, trucks and SUVs of the future.

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Novelis’ Guthrie facility is located in Guthrie Kentucky approximately 30 minutes from the Tennessee state line near Clarksville Tennessee and Hopkinsville Kentucky. As Novelis’ newest facility Guthrie will house a heat treatment and pretreatment line that will serve the North American automotive market and employ 125 residents. In addition to hunting fishing and hiking residents enjoy the Guthrie Transportation Museum which is the hub of the city’s renewal efforts. The Guthrie team enjoys partnerships with Hopkinsville Community College Todd County High School Guthrie Fire Department and several local Rotary Clubs. 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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