Commercial Strategy & Excellence Lead (f/m/d)

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 29 facilities in 9 countries throughout North America, South America, Europe, and Asia with 12,750 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, 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 as soon as possible in one of our German locations in Göttingen, Koblenz, Nachterstedt, Plettenberg, Stuttgart or Voerde as:  

As Commercial Strategy & Excellence Lead, you will be a driving force behind Novelis Europe's commercial performance — rooted in hands-on, insight-driven work rather than abstract strategy exercises, translating directly into commercial impact. You will help shape our commercial strategy across segments, but more importantly, you will actively drive business development and build and implement business-critical processes together with the sales teams and internal functions - from winning new business and building robust business cases to executing contracts, supported by clear standards and processes, automation and innovative thinking along the way. As sustainability is a integral part of our corporate strategy, this role also gives you meaningful scope to work on some of the most current and relevant topics in our industry. We are looking for someone with the drive to dig deep into new topics, who enjoys working with a wide range of stakeholders and can win them over — through personality as much as through the skills and expertise you bring and continue to build on the job. You will join a genuinely interdisciplinary team that is still taking shape, which is an ideal opportunity to grow with it. Expect a high degree of ownership and room to shape your own work: there is significant scope for impact, and the ambition is for you and the team to shape how far we take it. This is a unique opportunity to combine hands-on commercial impact with broader business and strategy exposure in an international, sustainability-driven environment. 

• You actively engage in business development, identifying and pursuing concrete commercial opportunities together with the segment and customer leads. You strengthen the sales organization's structural business development capabilities on a sustainable basis 

• You support the further development of our commercial strategy by translating data-driven insights into concrete initiatives and helping shape priorities across segments and markets 

• You support the business with commercial excellence initiatives from deal preparation to execution across segments and industries - including the smart use of modern tools and technologies — to increase transparency, speed, effectiveness, and consistency in how we work 

• You develop and implement business-critical processes and standards together with Sales, Finance, Supply Chain and other relevant functions — e.g., for business case preparation and cost/price calculation — to ensure strategic fit, increase consistency and rigor across the commercial organization 

• You own and lead strategic projects with relevance for the commercial organization and prepare clear and credible storylines for senior stakeholders 

• You conduct data-driven customer and product portfolio reviews and financial analyses to identify value opportunities and optimize profitability and growth 

• You have real scope to shape and drive sustainability as an integral part of our company strategy with topics at the forefront of our industry 

• You help build and shape a growing, interdisciplinary team and organization, combining strategic thinking with a hands-on execution mindset 

• You hold a master’s degree in business administration or economics 

• You bring at least 4 years of relevant business experience in industrial or manufacturing sector, consulting or strategic business development roles 

• You have proven ability to manage cross-functional projects and work closely with senior stakeholders 

• You have a proven track record in driving implementation in a fast-paced, complex environment 

• You bring ability to navigate between strategic thinking and detailed analysis – you know how to strategically interpret performance, customer, and market trends to derive insights and make data-driven decisions  

• You structure complex topics clearly and present insights in a credible and convincing way to support fact-based management decisions. 

• You are a strong collaborator able to build and maintain effective relationships across all levels of the organization 

• You are business fluent in English and German 

The role is based at one of our German sites (Göttingen, Koblenz, Nachterstedt, Plettenberg, Stuttgart or Voerde).