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Job Description

The Role:

The Container Program Management Supervisor is responsible for launching multiple future programs across GMNA. This includes managing a team of Program Managers to ensure on time delivery of specialized container fleets while managing capital projects. Additional activities include collaborating cross functionally with Purchasing, Manufacturing, Manufacturing Engineering and Product Engineering teams to reduce capital investments and operational costs. As a Supervisor, this position is responsible to make sure that their teams meet program milestones and minimize spend with cost savings initiatives. This requires strong communication, organizational skills, and understanding how to deliver multiple programs on time, with quality, and meeting or exceeding budget. There will be buyoffs, plant reviews, critical meetings, and other events requiring employee to travel and participate as needed.

What You’ll Do (Responsibilities):

+ Manage and develop a team of Container Program Managers, who represent the containers planning and development to vehicle program teams

+ Responsible to meet KPI’s: deliver specialized container fleets on-time, with quality, under budget

+ Manage workload across the team, ensuring KPIs are met on multiple programs with overlapping timing

+ Generate innovative ideas and challenge the norms to drive cost reduction to GM’s bottom line and improve efficiency of team

+ Focus on technology improvements and enhancements for data visibility, program vs program benchmarking, and redevelopment of KPIs

+ Container Program Financial AR (Capital/Expense) estimating, forecasting, spending, and approval responsibility

+ Cross functional communication and escalation as launch issues are identified

+ TEC business case development & solutions required to aid in decision making (balancing between container investment, logistics cost, mfg cost, and piece price)

+ Required to communicate program status report outs to Senior Leadership and escalate critical issues

Yours Skills & Abilities (Required Qualifications):

+ 5+ years relevant post-graduate work experience in purchasing, supply chain, packaging engineering, program/product management, manufacturing, logistics or product development

+ Excellent oral and written communication skills

+ High level of interpersonal skills to work effectively with others

+ High level of analytical ability where problems are unusual and difficult

+ Basic knowledge of engineering techniques and manufacturing processes

+ Proficient in MS Office suite

+ Strong Communicator with demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional meetings

+ Strong data analytics ability

+ Ability to organize and prioritize multiple projects simultaneously

+ Results driven with high levels of urgency and pro-activeness

+ Ability to travel up to 15% of the time within North America and International

What Can Give You a Competitive Edge (Preferred Qualifications):

+ Bachelor's degree in Business, Supply Chain, Finance, related field

+ Knowledge of Manufacturing, Equipment & Processes within Stamping, Body Shop, General Assembly, and Propulsion

+ Organized and self motivated

+ Previous experience with Launches and Manufacturing Plants

+ Material Handling or prior Containers experience

+ Experience working with long distance or Internationally based teams

+ Finance experience

+ Experience with Teamcenter + SAP

GM does not provide immigration-related sponsorship for this role. Do not apply for this role if you will need GM immigration sponsorship now or in the future. This includes direct company sponsorship, entry of GM as the immigration employer of record on a government form, and any work authorization requiring a written submission or other immigration support from the company (e.g., H1-B, OPT, STEM OPT, CPT, TN, J-1, etc).

This role is categorized as hybrid. This means the selected candidate is expected to report to a specific location at least 3 times a week {or other frequency dictated by their manager}.

This job is not eligible for relocation benefits. Any relocation costs would be the responsibility of the selected candidate.

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