IT Systems Analyst

Position Overview

Company Overview

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 Novelis North America team, located in Kingston, CAN is seeking an IT Business Systems Analyst! This role is responsible for providing day to day support and coordination between the Business, the various IT teams (Lincolnshire, Novelis Regional and Global). The coordinator is the first point of contact for all IT activities in the plant and has complete oversight of the IT environment at all related infrastructure.

Responsibilities & Qualifications

Responsibilities:

• Leads support and growth initiatives for existing plant applications in-line with the NNA IT Business Engagement Manager, plant management and functional users.
• Coordinates between multi-discipline IT teams in support of established infrastructure. They will assemble business challenges and coordinate with the different areas of the NNA and Global IT organization to develop solutions.
• Supports active plant applications and works with regional/global systems, in keeping accordance with functional users, plant management, the NNA IT business analysts, and the NNA IT Manager and Business Engagement Manager.
• Supports existing infrastructure in line with the NNA IT Manager.
• Collects business issues and coordinate with the different areas of the NNA and Global IT team to formulate solutions.
• Provides leadership, project management and ongoing support of existing specified business systems including diagnostics, vendor liaison, user liaison and continuous improvement and work towards the development of new or replacement business systems, initiated both within the plant and from corporate initiatives.
• Captures plant business requirements and help transfer the requirements to the regional IT Business Analysts.
• Helps identify technologies that may benefit the operation and work with regional and global IT teams to ensure accurate fit and alignment.
• Facilitates the roll-out in the plant of new IT processes, standards, and business applications or new infrastructure as defined by the regional or global IT teams.
• Compiles project status reports, coordinates project schedules, lead project meetings, and identifies and coordinates efforts across local IT teams to resolve technical problems. Identifies and analyzes systems requirements and defines project scope, requirements, and work output. Coordinates project activities and ensures all project phases are detailed appropriately.

Minimum qualifications:

• BS degree or equivalent experience Information Technology or Engineering
• 5+ experience in IT environments
• Experience with Digital Analytics, data structures and Power BI reporting.
• Knowledge of Digital Twins used in simulation of manufacturing processes.
• Good technical skills around business applications, software, database.
• Application development knowledge preferred.
• Demonstrated proficiencies surrounding infrastructure, servers, PC, local and wide area networks.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills efficiently correspond with business users and plant management at all levels.
• Alignment to Regional and Global IT Standards.
• Attention to details, focus on delivery end-to-end services to final users.
• Ability to work in matrix structure and collaborate with regional teams.
• Shown capability to multi-task and lead indirect resources.
• Validated ability to analyze and resolve problems collaborating with regional team.

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience in a manufacturing setting highly preferred.
• Knowledge of Manufacturing 4.0 and leading trends preferred.
• Knowledge of Cybersecurity practices and handling security incidents preferred.
• English proficiency, other languages a plus.

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.

Location Profile

Novelis – Kingston Works is situated on the traditional homeland of the Haudenosaunee Anishinaabe and Huron-Wendat peoples. We thank them for their ongoing stewardship of this land where we are fortunate to work. We are located on the eastern end of Lake Ontario an area famous for its historical significance and breathtaking 1000 islands views. Kingston is midway between Toronto and Montreal and home to three world class higher learning institutions and many historic sites. Here 300 employees cold roll finish and anneal aluminum used in automotive and specialty products for a wide array of customers in North America. Local residents and visitors enjoy Kingston’s Downtown District which is the gathering place for various events including the Kingston Buskers Rendezvous and the 1000 Islands Poker Run. Our employees give back to the community through United Way and the Loaned Representative Program. The site also provides grants to community organizations promoting safety recycling and STEM education through the company’s Novelis Neighbor program.