Continuous Improvement Specialist - Novelis : Job Details

Position OverviewNovelis 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 automotivebeverage packaging and specialty markets. Headquartered in Atlanta Georgia Novelis has approximately 13000 employees in 32 operating facilities on 4 continents.Responsibilities & QualificationsPosition OverviewThe Operational Excellence team, located in Uhrichsville, OH, is seeking a Continuous Improvement Specialist. This position fosters a collaborative approach to develop, lead and coach Uhrichsville Works to complete Novelis Operating System (NOS) strategy, plan, and activities.Responsibilities:* Developing safe spaces for conversation amongst teams to suggest innovative solutions and procedures, contributing to the plant's safety culture.* Supporting all Centers of Excellence and loss teams by attending meetings as required.* Supporting Improvement Process Cycle (IPC) and Single Agenda.* Positively engaging in change management initiatives and support the plant by effectively communicating change.* Being responsible for facilitation of Routine Management meetings.* Actively being a member of various teams including, but not limited to: Routine Management Lead Team, the Deployment Team, and SI Center of Excellence.* Leading Continuous Improvement events, track engagement and, in turn, search for ways to increase employee engagement.* Being accountable for training teams on different tools and platforms (ie. 5y, Prob Solving, NOS play books and tools) to achieve set Plant Goals.* Track and lead all aspects of project progression as it relates to continuous improvement.* Supporting monthly reporting to various partners such as NNA regional team members, plant leadership, and shop floor.* Maintaining Continuous Improvement scorecards and storyboards.Qualifications:* Bachelor's Degree or 3-5 years of process engineering, automation, or manufacturing experience.* Experience with analysis tools such as MS Excel, Project, Power BI, Minitab.* 2+ years of experience facilitating, coaching, and implementing TPM, Lean, kaizen/six sigma events and driving lean transformation with proven results and implementations in a manufacturing environment.* Willingness to obtain Six Sigma Green Belt or greater certification.* Proven ability to work independently and successfully facilitate cross functional teams, while implementing improvement within an established time frame.* Good communication and interpersonal skills.* Well organized, high energy, data driven, and results oriented.* Ability to demonstrate leadership skills by developing credibility and rapport with leadership, peers, and plant personnel to implement change without direct supervisory control.* Enjoys working in a dynamic, fast-paced working environment and able to be flexible and adapt quickly.* Effective communicates verbally and through written communication.* Creativity in problem solving, collaboratively, resulting in quick and innovative solutions,* Ability to positively lead change in response to shifting demands, as well as multiple projects and priorities simultaneously.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!#LI-MH1Location ProfileOpened in 1985 the Uhrichsville facility produces flat rolled aluminum coil. The Recycling mill prepares scrap aluminum that is used in the rolling mill to create rolled aluminum coils to a desired gauge. Anneals temper the aluminum then it is leveled and sized to customer specification. Employing more than 400 people the facility produces aluminum sheet for building and construction automotive distribution transportation and consumer durable applications.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.DisclaimerWe encourage all potential candidates to follow the protocols below and to be diligent when sharing any personal information:* Check the job posting is live and valid via our careers page: Careers - Novelis* Verify any communication with us by contacting our talent team at Careers - Novelis