Template/External Requisition Title Senior Business Analyst, Commercial Excellence & Pricing

Novelis Inc.; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 105,000 - 145,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Parental leave

Adoption assistance

Fertility treatment

Childcare discount

Nursing mom support

Employee assistance program

Wellness program

Diabetes management program

Pet insurance

Identity theft protection

PerkSpot discounts

Tuition assistance and career growth

Job summary

Novelis is seeking a Senior Business Analyst to shape pricing, profitability and RFQ responses in North America. You will partner with Sales and cross-functional teams to turn data into actionable recommendations and support commercial decision making.

The role emphasizes building financial models, improving processes, and leveraging tools such as Salesforce, Power BI, and AI to enhance visibility and efficiency.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Engineering, Finance, Economics or related field.
• 5+ years of experience in business analysis, pricing, or operations in manufacturing/B2B.
• Ability to turn data into clear RFQ, pricing and negotiation recommendations.
• Proven relationships with customers and cross-functional partners.
• Experience leading process improvements from problem identification through adoption.
• Experience driving AI/digital tool adoption into business workflows.
• Strong communication skills, including executive presentations.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Advanced Excel and PowerPoint skills.

Responsibilities

• Partner with Sales to understand customer priorities and support negotiations.
• Analyze profitability, cost drivers, market trends and operational factors to share insights with Sales and leadership.
• Build financial models for RFQs, spot opportunities, and negotiations with clear assumptions and risks.
• Map and improve commercial processes across design, adoption and workflow optimization.
• Support adoption of tools like Salesforce, Power BI, data platforms, and AI to improve visibility and automate routine work.
• Track pricing decisions and ensure consistent application of pricing rules.

Skills

Business analysis

Pricing

Operations

Data analysis

AI adoption

Executive communication

Cross-functional

Excel

PowerPoint

SQL

Databricks

Salesforce

Power BI

SAP

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business, Engineering, Finance, Economics or related

Tools

Salesforce

Power BI

Databricks

SQL

SAP

Job description

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

Responsibilities & Qualifications

Novelis North America's Product Management team is seeking a Senior Business Analyst to help shape how we serve customers and make commercial decisions. Reporting to the Manager of Commercial Excellence & Pricing, you will build deep partnerships with Sales and cross‑functional teams. You'll turn pricing, profitability and market data into clear recommendations that guide decisions across the business. This hands‑on role offers direct exposure to leaders, key customer negotiations, and the tools and processes behind our customer experience.

Responsibilities

• Partner with Sales: Understand customer priorities, support negotiations and help deliver a consistent, high‑quality customer experience.
• Turn data into decisions: Analyze customer profitability, cost drivers, market trends and operational factors, then share clear recommendations and customer insights with Sales and leadership.
• Shape pricing and RFQ responses: Build financial and scenario models for RFQs, spot opportunities and negotiations, with clear assumptions, risks and recommendations.
• Improve commercial processes: Map processes from start to finish, identify pain points, and lead cross‑functional improvements from design through adoption, leveraging technology and digital tools where they can simplify workflows, improve consistency, or reduce manual effort.
• Use technology to work smarter: Support adoption and effective use of tools such as Salesforce, Power BI, data platforms, and AI to improve visibility, automate routine work, and enable better commercial decisions.
• Strengthen pricing discipline: Track pricing decisions, document assumptions and make sure contract and pricing rules are applied consistently.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Engineering, Finance, Economics or a related field
• 5+ years of experience in business analysis, pricing, or operations, in a manufacturing or B2B environment
• Proven ability to turn data into clear recommendations for RFQs, pricing and negotiations
• Track record of building trusted relationships with customers and cross‑functional partners
• Experience leading process improvements from problem identification through implementation and adoption
• Experience driving adoption of AI, digital tools, and/or new technologies into business workflows.
• Strong communication skills, including presenting to executives
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast‑paced environment
• Advanced proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in the aluminum, metals, or related materials industry
• Experience with Salesforce or another CRM platform
• Experience using SQL and Databricks to analyze large datasets
• Experience with ERP systems (e.g., SAP)

*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

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

• Tuition assistance and career development programs

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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.