Senior Legal Counsel, North America

Position 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 14,650 employees in 33 operating facilities on 4 continents.

Responsibilities & Qualifications

Senior Legal Counsel, North America

 

Novelis is the world leader in aluminum rolling and recycling, producing a significant amount of the world's flat-rolled aluminum products. We work alongside our customers to provide innovative solutions to the aerospace, beverage can, automotive and high-end specialty markets.

 

Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, Novelis has approximately 14,650 employees in 33 operating facilities on four continents and is making significant capital investments in recycling and rolling capacity in North America to meet an ascending customer demand.

 

The Novelis North America (NNA) team is seeking a Senior Legal Counsel. The Senior Legal Counsel is a cross-functional role that partners with the Novelis North America Management Team, Business Value Streams and Functional Leaders, Plant Management, and the Novelis Global Team, to provide commercially astute legal advice that highlights potential risks and offers risk mitigation recommendations and alternatives. The primary focus of the role will be partnering with the North America and Global business teams, primarily the Business Value Streams and Logistics and Transportation functions, to handle commercial transactions and business contract arrangements with customers and suppliers.  

 

This diverse role also involves the management and resolution of contractual issues and commercial disputes, and the handling of a variety of other legal matters to anticipate and assess legal risks relating to operations and strategic decisions. Other responsibilities include providing training and advice to employees on legal and corporate compliance matters and other special projects. The successful candidate will be considered for growth opportunities such as developing and expanding legal expertise in a variety of areas such as Value Stream commercial sales agreements, trade compliance, and other matters.

 

Responsibilities

• Collaborating with the Novelis North America Management Team, Business Value Streams and Functional Leaders, and Plant Management and providing commercially sensitive, practical legal advice and counseling to ensure that the Company’s legal needs are met and strategic objectives are promoted.
• Handling strategic commercial and business contract arrangements with customers and suppliers, including planning, structuring, analysis, negotiation, review, drafting and implementing of strategic commercial arrangements. Leading and/or supporting the negotiation of strategic critical path work packages while providing overall legal and risk management support to the project team.
• Providing legal counsel, strategic planning advice, leadership and commercial mentorship in support of Novelis North America commercial initiatives, and support to corporate global functions, as necessary, consistent with the Company’s contracts management policies and procedures, as well as training in support of risk management and compliance initiatives.
• Implementing general risk management and avoidance strategies and influencing business managers to adopt standard methodologies as necessary.
• Working with the legal team to help find opportunities for improvement, supporting legal initiatives and projects, and providing legal training to business teams.

 

Qualifications

• Juris Doctor degree from accredited U.S. law school and active and admitted to a state bar
• Minimum of 5 years’ experience as in-house counsel or with corporate law firms.
• Advanced understanding of commercial law, UCC, and other statutes applicable to commercial transactions
• Able to work collaboratively with all internal functions, internal clients, and external counsel
• Excellent contract negotiation and drafting skills
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills and the ability to use independent judgment and creativity to resolve complex contract issues
• Significant experience negotiating complex contracts, and resolving complex commercial disputes, is highly valued, as is experience counseling global organizations on commercial and compliance issues
• Meticulous and ability to handle multiple transactions and projects simultaneous