Supply Chain Leader, Near Term Planning

Novelis; Atlanta (GA); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Family Growth Programs

Employee Assistance Programs

Wellness Programs

Tuition assistance

Job summary

Novelis seeks a Supply Chain Leader, Near Term Planning to drive weekly production and capacity planning across the manufacturing network from Atlanta. Translate inputs into a balanced 1–8 week production plan, resolve constraints, and provide clear performance insights to stakeholders.

The role requires strong leadership, analytical and communication skills, with a hybrid work arrangement and opportunities to advance within supply chain.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in supply chain, business, engineering, CS or a related field.
• 5–7 years of supply chain experience in metals, with leadership exposure.
• Strong analytical and communication skills across all levels of the organization.
• Proven ability to translate inputs into feasible production plans and drive improvements.

Responsibilities

• Create and submit near-term production plans for each facility, balancing demand, supply, capacity, and inventory.
• Resolve capacity or inventory constraints by coordinating with cross-functional stakeholders.
• Monitor network balance and initiate countermeasures with Operations, Commercial, and Finance teams.
• Develop and manage KPIs and reporting for plan performance and inventory.
• Provide regular insights and reports to leadership for informed decision-making.
• Develop team members through coaching and assignments.

Skills

Leadership

Analytical skills

Communication

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in supply chain, business, engineering, CS

Tools

SAP

Job description

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 13,000 employees in 32 operating facilities on 4 continents.

Responsibilities & Qualifications

The Novelis Supply Chain team is seeking a Supply Chain Leader, Near Term Planning to lead weekly production and capacity planning, inventory planning, and near-term supply-demand balancing across the manufacturing network. This role will report to the Senior Manager, Integrated Planning and lead a team of approximately two employees. The ideal candidate will translate facility, demand, and sales and operations planning inputs into a balanced and feasible one-to-eight-week production plan; resolve constraints through material-flow changes, inventory deployment, operational countermeasures, and demand alignment; and provide clear performance insights to stakeholders. This position will enable realistic facility plans, reduce plant-level prioritization conflicts, and support stable material flow across the network.

Responsibilities

• Create and submit timely near-term production plans for each facility in the network, balancing demand, supply, capacity, and inventory.
• Resolve overloaded or underloaded conditions by coordinating material rerouting, inventory use, operational constraint removal, and demand shifts with cross-functional stakeholders.
• Monitor network supply-demand balance and identify constraints early, initiating countermeasures with Operations, Commercial, Supply Chain, Finance, and Recycling teams.
• Develop and manage key performance indicators and visual reporting for plan performance, customer requirements, demand forecasts, capacity utilization, and inventory.
• Provide regular insights and reports to network leadership and cross-functional teams to enable informed decision-making.
• Hold stakeholders accountable to agreed sales, production, supplier-performance, and inventory targets established through annual planning and sales and operations planning
• Develop team members through training, coaching, feedback, and targeted assignments.
• Lead supply chain development of next-generation Near Term Planning / Sales & Operations Execution software and business practices.
• Serve as primary backup to the Senior Manager for end-to-end planning responsibilities

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in supply chain management, business, engineering, computer science with a supply chain focus, or a comparable field.
• Five to seven years of supply chain experience in the metals industry, including experience in a leadership role.
• Strong knowledge of supply chain methods used to manage inventory, customer delivery, and capacity utilization.
• Excellent analytical skills, including the ability to analyze data, draw conclusions, and translate findings into a business context.
• Excellent communication, collaboration, and relationship-building skills across all levels of an organization and with internal and external customers.
• Demonstrated flexibility, urgency, and sound judgment when responding to disruptions in material flow.
• Strong people-leadership skills, with the ability to develop a direct team and influence stakeholders outside the team.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting metals manufacturing operations.
• Association for Supply Chain Management certification.
• Experience with SAP or similar MRP system.
• Experience navigating data warehousing.
• Please note that we are unable to provide visa sponsorship for this position. Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States without the need for current or future sponsorship

What We Offer

• 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
• Tuition assistance and career development programs!

MH2

Hybrid

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.

Disclaimer

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