Procurement Project Coordinator (Contract)

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

Position Overview

The Novelis North America Procurement team is seeking a Procurement Project Coordinator (Contract) for a Supplier Request for Information and Quotation project, named "R2R." This role will report to the MRO Category Manager and support request-for-quote and request-for-information activities for Maintenance, Repair and Operations materials across approximately 400 suppliers and about $80M USD in annual spend. The person in this role will help build and maintain an accurate, fully functional North America Spend Cube that enables spend optimization and supports business objectives, cost savings, and operational efficiency objectives.

*This is a contract position with an anticipated assignment timeframe of October 5, 2026 through January 11, 2027.*

Responsibilities

• Supplier Data Preparation: Extract supplier spend history data and populate standard request-for-quote templates for supplier outreach.
• Supplier Contact Management: Identify and confirm supplier contacts when not already available, then coordinate outreach through Smartsheet and related project tools.
• Request Management: Transmit supplier requests, manage supplier questions, receive responses, and help process responses through the Portal RFQ Analyzer or Excel analysis tools.
• Analysis and Follow-up: Review results with the Category Manager and execute follow-up actions with suppliers as directed.
• Coupa eSourcing Support: Populate standard request-for-quote templates in Coupa eSourcing, transmit requests, track responses, and complete analysis in Excel.
• Supplier Award Support: Export Supplier Award Summary and Pipeline Savings Entry reports once request-for-quote data is finalized.
• Supplier Documentation: Prepare supplier letter agreement templates, merge supplier letter agreements with supplier award summaries into a single PDF, and transmit documents to suppliers for signature.
• Document and Savings Tracking: Monitor signed supplier returns, upload returned PDFs into Icertis, and complete procurement pipeline savings entries in Smartsheet based on pipeline savings reports.
• Pricing Upload Support: Upload pricing, or provide data for price fixing, in ERP systems including SAP, Oracle, Coupa, and MFG Pro.
• Project Participation: Participate in project-related meetings with internal and external stakeholders.

Data Tools Utilized

• R2R Portal, virtual data repository
• Smartsheet, supplier database and supplier contact database
• Excel, Outlook, Word, Adobe, Copilot, and Power BI
• Icertis, repository for uploaded documents
• SAP, Oracle, Coupa, and MFG Pro for pricing support

Key Competencies

• Analytical Thinking: Collect, validate, organize, and analyze large data sets with a focus on accuracy and quality.
• Communication: Interact professionally with internal stakeholders and external suppliers by email, virtual meetings, and telephone.
• Organization: Manage multiple tasks, priorities, deadlines, timelines, and deliverables while tracking progress and following up on action items.
• Attention to Detail: Maintain a high degree of accuracy when working with supplier data, pricing files, templates, and project documentation.
• Problem Solving: Demonstrate curiosity, identify improvement opportunities, and challenge existing processes when appropriate.
• Collaboration: Work independently while staying aligned with the Category Manager, project stakeholders, suppliers, and the broader Procurement team.
• Customer Service Mindset: Support suppliers and internal partners with professionalism, responsiveness, and follow-through.

Minimum Qualifications

• Demonstrated knowledge of procurement, sourcing, supply chain, finance, or general business principles.
• Understanding of how organizations purchase goods and manage supplier relationships.
• Experience supporting or participating in sourcing or related business projects.
• Effective verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to collect, validate, organize, and analyze large data sets.
• Strong attention to detail with a focus on data accuracy and quality.
• Excel proficiency, including pivot tables, data cleansing, sorting and filtering, charts, and formulas.
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines.
• Ability to work independently while maintaining a high degree of accuracy.
• Experience supporting projects with stakeholders, timelines, and deliverables.
• Demonstrated ability to track progress and follow up on action items.

Preferred Qualifications

• Currently pursuing or recently completed a degree or diploma in Supply Chain Management, Business Administration, Commerce, Operations Management, Engineering, Data Analytics, or a related discipline.
• Experience using Smartsheet for project tracking, workflow management, and reporting.
• Experience using Power BI, Alteryx, or similar analytics tools.
• Demonstrated curiosity, problem-solving ability, and willingness to identify improvement opportunities.

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

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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.

Disclaimer

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