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 & QualificationsThe Novelis Corporate team is seeking a Commercial Strategy Lead to join our team. This role supports the development and execution of Novelis’ global commercial growth strategy by analyzing markets, customers, competitors, and business performance. The Commercial Strategy Lead will collaborate across regions and functions to translate complex information into clear insights that guide commercial priorities, strategic planning, and business decisions.
Responsibilities- Analyze market, customer, competitor, regulatory, sustainability, and macroeconomic trends that may affect Novelis and its served markets.
- Monitor developments across automotive, beverage packaging, and specialty markets, including demand drivers, customer activity, aluminum applications, and competing materials.
- Develop market outlooks, demand forecasts, scenario models, dashboards, performance reports, and targeted analyses to support commercial and strategic decisions.
- Evaluate customer, product, portfolio, pricing, profitability, segmentation, and growth opportunities using quantitative and qualitative analysis.
- Support the strategic planning process through data collection, market assessments, forecasting, documentation of assumptions, and development of recommendations.
- Prepare business cases and market assessments that clarify opportunities, risks, trade-offs, and potential paths forward.
- Partner with regional and functional teams to validate assumptions, reconcile inputs, and align market insights with supply-and-demand outlooks.
- Track commercial initiatives, project deliverables, risks, and key measures of progress.
- Develop executive-ready presentations, reports, dashboards, and briefing materials.
- Present findings and recommendations to leadership and cross-functional teams.
- Collaborate with Commercial, Finance, Operations, Supply Chain, Sustainability, Research and Development, Product Management, Corporate Strategy, and regional teams.
- Bachelor’s degree in business, economics, finance, engineering, statistics, data analytics, or a related field.
- Four to seven years of experience in strategy, analytics, consulting, finance, market intelligence, commercial excellence, or a related analytical field.
- Experience structuring complex business questions, integrating quantitative and qualitative information, and developing fact-based recommendations.
- Ability to connect market trends, customer needs, competitive dynamics, and internal capabilities to develop actionable commercial insights.
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint.
- Effective written, verbal, presentation, organizational, and project management skills.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and collaborate across functions and regions in a fast-paced environment.
- Ability to learn new industries, markets, and business topics and apply that knowledge to practical recommendations.
- Master of Business Administration, master’s degree, or another relevant advanced degree.
- Experience with Power BI, Tableau, Alteryx, or comparable analytics platforms.
- Experience supporting strategic planning, commercial transformation, market assessment, forecasting, or portfolio analysis.
- Experience in aluminum, metals, packaging, automotive, industrial manufacturing, or another capital-intensive industry.
- Experience preparing and presenting analyses for leadership audiences.
- Experience working within a global or multi-regional organization.
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 OfferNovelis’ benefits say a lot about how we care for each other. Our employees and their families have 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 the following industry-focused programs:
- Family Growth Programs: Paid parental leave, adoption assistance, fertility treatment, childcare discounts, and nursing parent support
- Employee Assistance Programs: Free resources available 24/7 to employees and their families for mental health, family life, career support, and financial guidance
- Wellness Programs: Wellness incentives, wellness spending accounts, healthy habit programs, virtual physical therapy for joint, back, and pelvic health, health management programs, and additional resources
- 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 and North America Headquarters is located in the Buckhead neighborhood of Atlanta GA employing around 700 people. Supporting it’s 31 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.
DisclaimerWe encourage all potential candidates to follow the protocols below and to be diligent when sharing any personal information:1. Check the job posting is live and valid via our careers page: Careers - Novelis2. Verify any communication with us by contacting our talent team at Careers - Novelis
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in business, economics, finance, engineering, statistics, data analytics, or a related field
- Four to seven years of experience in strategy, analytics, consulting, finance, market intelligence, commercial excellence, or a related analytical field
- Experience structuring complex business questions and integrating quantitative and qualitative information
- Experience developing fact-based recommendations and actionable commercial insights
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint
- Effective written, verbal, presentation, organizational, and project management skills
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and collaborate across functions and regions
- Ability to learn new industries, markets, and business topics and apply knowledge to practical recommendations
- Master of Business Administration, master's degree, or another relevant advanced degree
- Experience with Power BI, Tableau, Alteryx, or comparable analytics platforms
- Experience supporting strategic planning, commercial transformation, market assessment, forecasting, or portfolio analysis
- Experience in aluminum, metals, packaging, automotive, industrial manufacturing, or another capital-intensive industry
- Experience preparing and presenting analyses for leadership audiences
- Experience working within a global or multi-regional organization
Novelis Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Novelis and has not been reviewed or approved by Novelis.
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Healthcare Strength — Pay is often characterized as good, great, or fair for the work, and total rewards are frequently viewed as competitive across many roles. Benefits coverage is described as comprehensive, including medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and disability protections.
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Retirement Support — Retirement benefits are positioned as a standout part of the package, including a 401(k) with employer match and additional retirement savings support. Performance bonuses are also part of the financial rewards mix, reinforcing the overall value of total compensation.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Lifestyle-oriented benefits appear broad, including tuition reimbursement, employee assistance programs, wellness-related accounts, and gym access in some locations. Additional perks such as company-sponsored outings, free meals/snacks in certain settings, and discounts add incremental value beyond core insurance and retirement.
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What We Do
Novelis is the leading producer of flat-rolled aluminum products and the world’s largest recycler of aluminum. We work alongside our customers to provide innovative solutions to the aerospace, beverage can, automotive and high-end specialty markets. Operating an integrated network of technically advanced rolling and recycling facilities across North America, South America, Europe and Asia, Novelis leverages its global manufacturing and recycling footprint to deliver consistent, high-quality products around the world. Everything we do at Novelis begins with our commitment to the health, safety and well-being of our colleagues, customers and communities. We owe our status as a world-class manufacturer to our employees who continually anticipate and exceed the needs and expectations of all those we work with across the globe. At Novelis, each of us is driven to produce excellence. Our employees are generous with their time and talents, donating thousands of hours annually to various programs that benefit the communities in which we live and work. Much of that work is done through our long-term partnerships with Habitat for Humanity, FIRST Robotics and Discovery Education.
