Junior Procurement and Transportation Analyst

Shape Your World

At Alcoa, you will become an essential part of our purpose: to turn raw potential into real progress. The way we see it, every Alcoan is a work-shaper, team-shaper, idea-shaper & world-shaper.

This is your opportunity to help share the future of sustainability with world-changing innovations and low-carbon technologies. Become a valued part of the team that’s shaping the future of aluminum, revolutionizing the way the world lives, builds, moves and flies. Be part of it and shape your world.

About the Role:

Lead and manage commercial activities related to transportation and logistics services for South America operations, with a strong focus on strategic procurement, supplier relationship management, and operational alignment at critical sites. This role is responsible for developing and executing sourcing strategies for inbound and outbound logistics flows (road, rail, container, air, and multimodal solutions), as well as managing key service providers such as carriers, port operators, and logistics partners. Act as a key interface between commercial strategy and operational execution, ensuring alignment with business needs, improving supplier performance, strengthening governance, and driving cost efficiency while mitigating operational risks.

Other key responsibilities include:

• Lead strategic sourcing and procurement processes for logistics services up to $5M, including definition of scope, supplier selection, tender management, and commercial negotiations

• Manage relationships with key logistics providers (carriers, port operators, and service partners), ensuring strong engagement, performance, and continuous improvement

• Maintenance of the relation with Port Operators, Shipowners and Carriers. On site visits, attendance at regular meetings with external stakeholders.

• Monitor supplier performance through KPIs, conducting regular performance reviews and implementing corrective action plans when necessary

• Drive cost competitiveness through structured negotiations, TCO analysis, benchmarking, and development of alternative logistics solutions

• Support and influence logistics strategy decisions by evaluating transportation models, risks, and opportunities for efficiency gains

• Ensure contract governance, including compliance with contractual terms, performance tracking, and alignment with global Procurement guidelines

• Analyze commercial proposals and define optimal sourcing strategies balancing cost, service level, and risk

• Partner with internal stakeholders (plants, operations, planning, and global teams) to align logistics strategies with business priorities

• Contribute to the implementation and stabilization of strategic projects (e.g., Condor, Multimodal connection, Track & Trace, Delivery Performance), ensuring value realization

• Support management activities when required, contributing to decision-making processes and acting as a backup in critical situations

What you can bring to the role:

• Ongoing or bachelor’s degree in Business/ Engineering or Transportation and Logistics Management (or regional equivalent);

• Previous experience as an intern or assistant in an area related to Purchasing or Supply Chain;

• Desirable experience in sourcing processes, contract management, and supplier performance management;

• Advanced Excel, PowerPoint, and Power BI skills are mandatory;

• Strong written and verbal communication skills in English;

• Working knowledge of EBS(Oracle) is an advantage;

• Candidates located in Poços de Caldas, Minas Gerais.

What’s on offer:

• Competitive remuneration and benefits packages;

• Telemedicine and telenutrition;

• Recognition as one of the Best Companies to Work For by Great Place to Work;

• Recognized by Guia Exame de Diversidade as one of the companies with the best practices related to inclusion, equity, gender, ethnicity, race, People with Disabilities and LGBTQIA+ people.

Applications close: June, 30th.  

Additional Information

• You will only be contacted if you are selected for an interview; this process may take up to four weeks from the application closing date;

• When applying, remember to attach your resume.

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About the Location

The Poços de Caldas Plant (MG), founded in 1965, was the first Alcoa plant in Brazil, having started its activities in 1970.

At Alcoa, we are committed to generating value in our relationships with all stakeholders in our business, communities and environment. We build inclusive and secure environments so that our people can live and express themselves as they please. With the aim of attracting and retaining diverse talent, the company maintains the inclusion groups that promote internal and external activities to value human diversity and plurality as a way of enriching one's own values.

We are values led, vision driven and united by our purpose of transforming raw potential into real progress.  Our commitments to Inclusion, Diversity & Equity include providing trusting workplaces that are safe, respectful and inclusive of all individuals, free from discrimination, bullying and harassment and that our workplaces reflect the diversity of the communities in which we operate.   

This is a place where you are empowered to do your best work, be your authentic self, and feel a true sense of belonging. Come join us and shape your career!  

Your work. Your world. Shape them for the better.