Metal & Inventory Manager

Job Summary

The Metal & Inventory Manager’s primary purpose is to strategically manage the procurement and inflow of raw materials (primary metal, rolling ingot, scrap, RSI) into the plant to ensure on‑time casting and hot rolling of customer orders, manage supply risk, minimize metal costs, and control plant‑wide metal inventory.

• Insures on‑time casting and hot rolling of customer orders
• Manages the risk of material supply shortages for Casting and Hot Rolling departments
• Controls plant‑wide metal inventory (working capital minimization)
• Minimizes metal costs by minimizing the usage of primary metal and maximizing the usage of third‑party scrap

• Generate long‑range and near‑term forecasts of raw material needs for casting production based on the monthly S&OP, sales forecasts and casting schedules.
• Insure timely and cost‑optimised procurement of raw materials in coordination with the Central Metal Procurement group.
• Monitor actual raw material inventory inflows and levels versus plan and address deviations with suppliers and CMP.
• Own supply contracts and relationships with third‑party remelters for processing of dross and scrap.
• Monitor and manage plant‑wide metal inventory levels on a weekly and monthly basis.
• Lead the annual plant‑wide physical inventory process and ensure timely execution of quarterly partial inventories.
• Provide strategic direction and day‑to‑day leadership for the Metal Flow Coordinator and temporary employees handling metal delivery scheduling, trucker & vendor interactions, rail logistics and receiving documentation.
• Serve as backup for the Metal Flow Coordinator and temporary employees.
• Drive metal management and delivery scheduling process improvements using Continuous Improvement methodologies.

• Bachelor’s degree (or higher) in Engineering, Supply Chain Management, Procurement, Business or Finance.
• 5‑10 years relevant work experience (raw materials procurement, metal trading, supplier management, supply chain management, financial controlling) in an industrial setting.
• Advanced spreadsheet development and data analysis capabilities using Microsoft Excel (or similar).
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to influence across organisational levels.
• Proven process‑driven and continuous improvement‑oriented problem‑solving capabilities.

• Prior people‑leadership experience, including direct supervision of employees.
• Demonstrated negotiation and conflict‑resolution skills in cross‑functional or supplier‑facing environments.

• Metal industry experience.
• Relevant experience with SAP S/4
  
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With ~1,100 employees, Constellium’s plant in Ravenswood, West Virginia, is one of the world’s largest rolled products facilities. The plant houses 62 acres of production facilities and is one of the top 50 businesses in West Virginia. Constellium specialises in high‑performance aluminum products for aerospace, defence, transportation, marine and industrial use.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, national origin or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.