The Senior Manager Operations Efficiency is accountable for leading the processes aimed to improving operational efficiency, reducing OpEx, and enhancing asset performance across the organization. The role drives the execution of structured Plant / EMRA diagnostics to identify performance gaps, cost levers, and efficiency opportunities, and supports sites and regions in translating findings into sustainable operational improvements. Act as Business Owner for Specific Improvement (SI), driving prioritization, execution focus, and scalability of initiatives. Through strong cross-functional collaboration, the role ensures disciplined execution, value realization, and replication of best practices aligned with Manufacturing Excellence objectives.

Responsibilities

• Lead and govern Plant / EMRA diagnostics to identify efficiency levers, cost reduction opportunities, and asset performance improvements.
• Translate diagnostic outcomes into clear improvement roadmaps, prioritizing OpEx reduction, productivity, energy efficiency, and asset utilization.
• Support alignment between diagnostic outcomes and NOS performance assessment and plant maturity progression.
• Provide oversight, challenge, and support during the execution phase of identified levers, ensuring rigor, pace, and measurable results.
• Partner with Operations, Reliability & Maintenance, Engineering, and Finance teams to remove execution barriers and sustain gains.
• Establish standard KPIs, benchmarking, and performance tracking to ensure transparency and accountability.
• Drive targeted Specific Improvement (SI) initiatives from diagnostics, ensuring scalability of proven solutions across plants and regions.
• Build site and regional capability in performance diagnostics, continuous improvement, and cost-focused execution.

Minimum qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Operations, or a related technical discipline (Master’s preferred).
• 10+ years of experience in manufacturing operations, Novelis Operating System (NOS) / operational excellence, or performance improvement roles.
• Proven experience leading plant-level diagnostics and driving cross-functional improvement initiatives.
• Demonstrated track record in operational efficiency improvements and OpEx reduction.
• Experience working in multi-site, regional, or global manufacturing organizations

Preferred qualifications

• Experience deploying standardized operational diagnostics frameworks (e.g., EMRA, loss analysis, manufacturing assessments).
• Demonstrated results in improving productivity, asset reliability KPIs, energy efficiency, and cost performance.
• Familiarity with Manufacturing Excellence systems, continuous improvement, and structured problem-solving methodologies.
• MBA or advanced business qualification is a plus.

*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 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  

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Novelis’ Global Research and Technology Center located in Kennesaw Georgia within the greater Atlanta metropolitan area is a cutting-edge full-service research and technology hub that employs approximately 200 people including world-class engineers metallurgists chemists scientists technologists and technicians. The facility includes state-of-the-art lab equipment and a diverse mix of product pilot lines that bring innovative solutions to customers in the automotive beverage can and specialty markets. Kennesaw provides a diverse and family-friendly place to live with countless museums cultural opportunities and educational institutions. Novelis is committed to the Kennesaw community and supports a number of local charitable organizations including Habitat for Humanity as well as FIRST Robotics aimed at encouraging young people to pursue the Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) fields in order to spur the next generation of scientists and innovators.