Aluminum Extrusion Lead

Job Summary

The Aluminum Extrusion Lead will oversee Constellium's Aluminum Extrusion initiatives for new business awards and design changes, as well as incumbent business. This role will coordinate all activities related to materials, parts, supplies, equipment, and tools required to maintain a cost-efficient operation. The Commodity Manager will work with suppliers and internal stakeholders to identify solutions that support operational requirements while reducing costs.

Responsibilities

• Initiates requests for quotes, performs cost analysis, supplier assessment, and supplier performance for total cost comparison.
• Manages RFQs to the supply base according to the commodity strategy to support business functions, including responsible for setting cost reduction targets and obtaining those cost goals.
• Develops the strategy, bidding, negotiating, and managing of commodity contracts and equipment requirements for the facility.
• Negotiates, prepares, processes, and manages requisitions and manages supply contracts and purchase orders for areas of responsibility, including addressing contract language matters with legal counsel and suppliers.
• Develops new suppliers as necessary according to established Constellium new supplier development procedures.
• Resolves vendor or contractor grievances and claims against suppliers.
• Evaluates supplier cost structure to obtain best overall value and negotiates all commercial aspects of the purchase and formulating policies with suppliers.
• Ability to work in a team environment across multiple disciplines (Engineering, Manufacturing, Finance, Sales, etc.).
• Coordinates supplier development, consolidation reduction, and VA/VE programs.
• Keeps senior management informed of commercial issues through communications and presentations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Supply Chain Management, Business, Engineering, or related discipline (required).
• Experience 5-7 years of Purchasing in a Manufacturing environment (required).
• Experience 3-5 years of aluminum extrusion experience (required).
• 3 years of prior management or team leadership experience (preferred).
• Effective communication, high level of autonomy, collaboration, and ability to build strong, credible relationships with strategic partners and suppliers (required).
• Result orientation, accountability, negotiation, problem solving, project and change management, and team working/building (required).
• Plex (ERP) system or Similar experience (preferred).
• US and International travel (required).

About Constellium
Constellium is a state-of-the-art production facility that produces customized aluminum automotive structures and crash management systems for OEM customers and features advanced development and prototyping capabilities.

Benefits
All full-time employees are eligible for Day 1 insurance benefits. Starting on the first of the month after 30 days (about 4 and a half weeks) of employment, employees are eligible to participate in our retirement plan which automatically includes a 3% employer contribution. On top of that, if the employee chooses to contribute to 401k, Constellium matches 100% of the first 6% contribution. Constellium also offers a hybrid work arrangement, where employees at times can work remotely from home. Constellium has its own Constellium Cares Committee at each site where they plan activities for employee engagement and community outreach. Employees are given an annual allowance to buy company swag and have the option to submit fitness reimbursements for gym memberships, new workout equipment, and more. Constellium offers adoption assistance and paid parental leave, including 16 weeks of 100% paid leave for birthing parents and 4 weeks of 100% paid parental leave for non-birthing parents. Constellium will also help cover childcare expenses for your children. Constellium offers a tuition reimbursement program and a Student Loan Repayment Program where the Company will pay up to $3,000 per year to help employees tackle student debt.

---