Metal Purchasing Analyst at Constellium in Ravenswood, WV

Job Summary:

The Metal Purchasing Analyst is responsible for the creation and analysis of metal position reporting. Provides advice on factors contributing to metal flow impacts inclusive of volume and cost. Provides support to Metal Buyers inclusive of demand and inventory targets. Performs reconciliations on various metal flows.

This position can be located in Muscle Shoals, Alabama or Ravenswood, West Virginia. Final work location will be determined based on the successful candidate's residence, qualifications, and business requirements.

Responsibilities:

• Support Metal Purchasing in the development of reconciliations and position reporting.

• Work with Supply Chain group on analyzing demand fluctuations and impacts to purchased positions for various materials.

• Support Metal Buyers in communication regarding demand and inventory targets.

• Communicate and work with external parties (metal suppliers) to ensure efficiency and accuracy of day-to-day operations.

• Continually identify, evaluate, recommend, and implement operations processes in order to streamline information flows.

• Gathers, reviews, and analyzes data necessary to create accurate summaries for Metal Purchasing, including cost information and purchased positions.

• Work closely with various departments to resolve issues and review demand, cost, and inventory impacts, thus improving departmental operating efficiency.

• Identifies variances to metal cost and/or physical metal flows, analyzes, and communicates the root cause of those variances to appropriate management including recommendations.

• Develop reporting tools and presentations to accurately summarize and report metal flows, valuations, and purchase positions.

• Analyze fact-based performance metrics and data, understand, and apply the numbers while explaining and addressing discrepancies.

• Ensure that proper internal controls are maintained and documented to support SOX compliance activities for metal purchasing.

• Establish and complete action plans as required to meet Company's established objectives.

• Actively participate in continuous improvement activities to improve Company processes and products.

• Other duties as assigned by the Metal Flow Manager.

Qualifications:

• Candidates should have the ability to work effectively to meet deadlines, multi-task, and perform in a team-oriented environment.

• Bachelor’s degree in a business-related field preferred.

• Ability to read and comprehend instructions and information.

• Experience and adaptability to working in a growing environment.

• Requires effective written and oral communication skills sufficient to communicate with all levels of the organization.

• Requires respectfulness and professionalism with both internal and external parties.

• Well-developed critical thinking and problem-solving skills.

• Proficiency with Excel, Word, Outlook, and PowerPoint with strong focus on spreadsheet applications.

• Experience with SAP preferred.

• Proficiency in Power BI for data visualization and reporting.

• Familiarity with AI tools and techniques to enhance data analysis and decision-making processes.

• Minimal physical effort is required.

About Constellium Muscle Shoals, Al:
Constellium Muscle Shoals is an aluminum manufacturing plant based in Alabama with over 1,200 employees. With its widest strip mill in the USA and a world-class recycling center, the site represents one of the largest sites within Constellium and is a world-class can recycling center, with the capacity to recycle nearly 20 billion cans per year. Muscle Shoals’ main product is aluminum can sheet for the packaging industry, particularly for beverage containers. It manufactures sheet used in all three components of an aluminum can, namely body stock, coated end stock and tab stock. Additionally, Muscle Shoals’ supplies Auto Body Sheet substrate to Constellium’ s Bowling Green, Kentucky, site.

Constellium is an Equal Opportunity Employer:

Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.