European Scrap and Secondary Materials Sourcing Manager

Alcoa Australia; Rotterdam; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Alcoa seeks a commercially driven Manager – Aluminum Scrap & Secondary to lead end-to-end sourcing and procurement across Europe, advancing recycling and decarbonization goals. You will optimize supply, engage suppliers, and collaborate with internal teams to maximize value from scrap and secondary materials.

You will influence European scrap strategies, negotiate effectively, and monitor market trends to mitigate risks while ensuring responsible sourcing and traceability throughout the supply

Qualifications

• Proven experience in aluminum scrap procurement and recycling across Europe.
• Strong commercial acumen with record of optimizing value and profitability.
• Knowledge of aluminum alloys, scrap qualities, and recycling value chains.
• Understanding logistics, supply chain operations and inventory management.
• Ability to interpret market intelligence, pricing mechanisms, and risk management.
• Excellent cross-functional communication across international teams.
• Professional English required; Norwegian language skills are valued.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute sourcing strategies for aluminum scrap and secondary materials across Europe, leveraging strong commercial acumen, negotiation skills, and market knowledge to secure competitive supply and support business growth.
• Build and maintain strategic relationships with suppliers, processors, brokers, and internal stakeholders, using excellent communication, presentation, and stakeholder management skills to strengthen supply security and create long-term value.
• Analyze scrap market trends, pricing mechanisms, supply dynamics, and business data to provide actionable market intelligence, identify opportunities and risks, and support data-driven decision making.
• Lead the end-to-end procurement process, ensuring effective supplier qualification, contract management, responsible sourcing compliance, traceability, and operational execution with a high degree of ownership, accountability, and business judgement.
• Collaborate across commercial, operational, technical, logistics, quality, finance, and EHS functions to optimize inventory, manage supplier performance, resolve claims, mitigate supply risks, and ensure continuity of supply.
• Support Alcoa's recycling, decarbonization, and circularity objectives by maximizing recovery value from scrap and secondary materials, applying continuous improvement principles, and utilizing Microsoft 365 and business systems to monitor performance and drive sustainable results.

Skills

Aluminum scrap procurement

Contract negotiations

Supplier relationships

Market intelligence

LME pricing

Stakeholder management

English proficiency

Tools

Microsoft 365

Job description

Alcoa seeks a commercially driven Manager – Aluminum Scrap & Secondary to lead end-to-end sourcing and procurement across Europe, advancing recycling and decarbonization goals. You will optimize supply, engage suppliers, and collaborate with internal teams to maximize value from scrap and secondary materials.

You will influence European scrap strategies, negotiate effectively, and monitor market trends to mitigate risks while ensuring responsible sourcing and traceability throughout the supply