Novelis is one of the world leaders in aluminum recycling and rolling and a leading sustainable aluminum solutions provider. Driven by our purpose of “shaping a sustainable world together,” we work alongside our customers to provide innovative solutions to the aerospace, automotive, beverage packaging and specialty markets. Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, Novelis has approximately 13,000 employees in 32 operating facilities on 4 continents.

Position Overview

The legal team, located in Atlanta, GA, is seeking a Legal Counsel! This role is responsible for partnering with Novelis’ North America legal and business teams to generate solutions and guide commercial transactions with suppliers and customers, including strategic planning, analysis, negotiation, review, drafting, implementation, and enforcement of key contracts. This diverse role involves the management and resolution of contractual issues and commercial disputes, and handling other legal matters to anticipate and address legal issues and ensure that Novelis’ risks and liabilities are minimized while promoting business interests. The position will also support training employees on legal and corporate compliance matters and special project management.

Responsibilities & Qualifications

Responsibilities:

Strategic and practical legal advice and counseling in support of capital expansion projects, energy procurement, the building and construction value stream, the logistics and transportation teams, and functional business leaders.
Managing strategic commercial and business contract arrangements with suppliers and customers, including the planning, structuring, analysis, negotiation, review, drafting and implementation of strategic commercial arrangements for the automotive value stream.
Supervising and implementing general risk management and litigation avoidance strategies, while staying on top of legal and regulatory changes to optimally communicate issues and solutions across all levels of the business organization.
Delivering strategic mentorship, counsel, advice and assistance on a variety of complex transactions and arrangements, and cross-functional support in multiple areas.
Implementing general risk management and avoidance strategies, providing training, and influencing business managers to adopt standard methodologies as necessary.

Minimum Qualifications

Juris Doctor degree from accredited U.S. law school
Minimum 6 years’ experience as in-house counsel or with law firm.
Excellent contract negotiation and drafting skills
Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills and the ability to use independent judgment and creativity to resolve sophisticated legal issues.
Significant experience independently negotiating intricate contracts and resolving commercial disputes.
Experience counseling global organizations on commercial issues.
Ability to work independently and lead all aspects of projects.
Meticulous and has ability to manage transactions and projects simultaneously under deadline pressure.
Experience negotiating contracts with energy suppliers, including renewable energy, commodity gases, power, and natural gas is a plus, as is experience negotiating with railroads, trucking companies, and freight forwarders.
Experience with litigation and commercial dispute resolution.
Excellent oral, written, and interpersonal communication and leadership capabilities, and competence to build and sustain lasting relationships with suppliers, customers and leaders within the company.

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

This role offers a hybrid schedule. Our hybrid approach is designed to foster employee work-life balance and powers connection, collaboration, and a sense of community among our teams.

Location Profile

Novelis’ Global Corporate Headquarters is located in the Buckhead neighborhood of Atlanta Georgia and employs approximately 250 people. It is co-located with Novelis’ North America regional office which employs approximately 225 people. Supporting its 24 operations worldwide Novelis’ corporate office is home to the executive leadership team and global functions that support the automotive beverage can and high-end specialties value streams. The City of Atlanta provides a diverse and family-friendly place to live with countless museums cultural organizations and educational institutions including the Georgia Aquarium Woodruff Arts Center CNN Center Georgia Tech and Mercedes-Benz Stadium. In the Atlanta area Novelis has strong community partnerships with Atlanta Habitat for Humanity GeorgiaFIRST and Agape Youth and Family Center in addition to many local museums and community groups. Novelis recognizes its talented and diverse workforce as a key competitive advantage. Novelis provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants. All terms and conditions of employment at Novelis including recruiting hiring placement promotion termination layoffs recalls transfers leaves of absence compensation and training are without regard to race color religion age sex national origin disability status genetics protected veteran status sexual orientation gender identity or expression or any other characteristic protected by federal provincial or local laws.

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