Buyer Position Available In Baldwin, Alabama

Buyer
Job Locations
US-AL-Bay Minette

ID 2025-49324

Job Type Standard Schedule Full Time City
Bay Minette State/Province
Alabama Country
US
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

Responsibilities:

Embrace the Novelis Safety Absolutes to build a zero-injury culture and the Novelis cultural beliefs of Be Authentic, Say Anything, Be Open and Build Trust
Perform day-to-day purchasing activities including, but not limited to, processing requisitions, issuing purchase orders, obtaining vendor confirmations, verifying promise dates, and confirming product delivery for various Novelis manufacturing plants throughout the country.
Negotiate with vendors to ensure the best pricing and delivery, and support resolution of performance and delivery issues.
Pursue Cost Savings / Cost Containment by soliciting pricing bids/quotes and negotiating pricing with vendors in conjunction with category managers, while also working to establish objectives for optimizing cost
Research the specifications and obtain quotes of complex SKUs across a wide range of non-metal commodities and categories.
Drive process improvements to improve overall efficiencies within the Procure-to-Pay process.
Assist with supplier & internal customer invoice issues, concerns relating to deliveries, and inventory status.
Data Collection for commodities, plant or corporate procurement initiatives as required.
Work with new Suppliers to onboard obtaining vital financial information.
Expedite any orders which may require acceleration of lead-times.
Have the flexibility to support multiple time zones and availability for rotating 24/7 emergency call schedule.

Minimum Qualifications:

Proven 3-8 years in the purchasing field
Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience in Business, or related field
Strong Microsoft Office Suite (MS Word, Outlook, and Excel), Experience in Coupa or SAP is preferred
Some knowledge/exposure to Maintenance related MRO commodities
Experience in the following areas is required: Contractor and supplier development, scope of work review, value analysis, delivery and quality assurance, alternative material evaluation, price increase challenges, specification clarification, service contract development and management, maintaining adequate inventories of new materials/operating supplies, resolution of invoice and receipt discrepancies, disposal of the surplus material and equipment, general business engineering analysis of projects, preparation of data and reports
Must be flexible and able to operate in a fast-paced environment, with ability to handle multiple tasks and prioritize work

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 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
  At Novelis, we believe our culture of collaboration is what differentiates us, and we would love for you to consider building a career with us.

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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  Location Profile
  Novelis’ newly announced Bay Minette facility will be located 35 miles northeast of Mobile AL and 45 miles west of Pensacola FL and is expected to create approximately 1000 high-paying advanced careers in modern manufacturing.

This highly advanced rolling and recycling facility will be the first of its kind. It will primarily serve our customers in the beverage can and automotive markets. Novelis is committed to the community and will actively build partnerships in Baldwin County focused on recycling STEM education and workforce development. At Novelis we believe our culture of collaboration is our competitive advantage and we would love for you to consider building a career with us.
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.