Continuous Improvement (NOS) Coordinator

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Who we are

Novelis is driven by its purpose to shape a sustainable world together.

As a global leader in innovative products and services and the world's largest recycler of aluminum, we partner with customers in the automotive, beverage can, aerospace and specialties industries to deliver solutions that improve the benefits of balanced lightweight aluminum.

We have a coordinated network of technically sophisticated rolling and recycling plants as well as foundries across 31 facilities in 9 countries throughout North America, South America, Europe, and Asia with 13,250 employees worldwide. The company is headquartered in Atlanta, USA.

Our customers include some of the largest and best-known brands in the world, including Coca-Cola, Ford, BMW, Jaguar Land Rover, Airbus, Boeing, Nespresso, Samsung, and others. In addition, Novelis is leading the industry with its sustainability and recycling efforts.

Become part of our mission to create a sustainable world and start at our locations in Bresso and Pieve Emanuele as soon as possible:

Continuous Improvement (NOS) Coordinator

Responsabilità e qualifiche

This role is accountable for the successful implementation of the Novelis Operating System (NOS), our Continuous Improvement approach based on World Class Manufacturing tools and methodology, in the two Italian plants (Pieve Emanuele and Bresso), supporting the plant teams in the operational excellence journey, delivering robust and sustainable cost reduction initiatives and driving Change Management initiatives at all the organizational levels.

What awaits you:

• You will be accountable for creating a continuous improvement culture leveraging on tools coming from Lean and World Class Manufacturing, defining and driving the NOS implementation Masterplan, addressing potential issues and solving them with the Management Team
• You will actively coach the active Centers of Excellence of Autonomous Maintenance, Planned Maintenance, Routine Management, Progressive Quality, Education & Training, Focused Improvement and define the roadmap for their implementation together with the CoE Leads, besides defining the needs for new Centers of Excellence to be implemented
• You will coach improvement teams on the correct application of standard CI/Six Sigma tools (e.g, RCA, 5Whys, Ishikawa)
• You will work closely with Finance, in order to implement a strong Cost Deployment and deliver robust cost savings initiatives together with the functional leaders
• You will be part of the Italian Management Team, acting as a Change Leader and leading the implementation of the Novelis Operating System accordingly
• You will be responsible for the Change Management program, supporting the Operations Director and the Management Team with tools such as Population Impact Analysis, SWOT Analysis, Change Effectiveness Review
• You will actively coach and support the Operations Director with the NOS implementation, leveraging on Change Management, routines and events in the shopfloor
• You will define training needs on Continuous Improvement skills for the whole population, together with the functional leaders
• You will create and deliver specific trainings at shopfloor and management level
• You will act as an interface between the plants and the regional organization, participating to regional meetings and NOS Certification assessments in other plants in Europe

How you convince us:

• 10 years’ experience as Continuous Improvement/Lean Manager, preferably in manufacturing industries with continuous lines
• Background as Ops Manager or Process Engineering Manager is a plus
• Solid background in driving Change Management implementation even in resistant to change environments
• Proven ability to deliver ambitious cost savings program at a plant level
• Master’s degree in Engineering or related scientific field
• Italian native, fluent in English

Profilo della sede

What Novelis offers you:

#worklifebalance: Balance your daily life with ease! We offer flexible working hours and the possibility of mobile working as part of our hybrid work environment

#goodies: Benefit from Novelis' membership in Corporate Benefits with great purchasing deals from well-known brands in various areas

#development: Eager to enhance your knowledge and skills? Our individual training programs are designed to help you reach your full potential

We live diversity and therefore welcome all applications - regardless of gender, nationality, ethnic and social origin, religion/belief, disability, age, sexual orientation, and identity.