Lead Supply Chain Manager

GM•Warren, MI

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Lead Supply Chain Manager guides a key area within Global Supply Chain and executes deliverables supporting the supply chain organization’s business objectives. The role works to meet or exceed objectives across customer, quality, service, responsiveness, people, product, and financial initiatives. It communicates across organizational levels and functions and supports relationship management with logistics suppliers and service providers. The manager assesses complex supply chain issues, leads cross-functional teams to resolve them, and minimizes impacts to vehicle production. The position evaluates supplier schedules and their effects on vehicle assembly, develops solutions with cross-functional partners, and communicates critical issues and resolutions to leadership. It also resolves complex capacity constraints, aims to prevent plant disruptions and reduce premium transportation, and analyzes metrics related to supplier critical issues or sufficiency plans. The role is hybrid, with the selected candidate expected to report to a specific location at least three times per week or at another frequency set by their manager. It requires willingness to travel up to 25% domestically and internationally, and flexibility to work extended and non-core hours when needed. GM does not provide immigration-related sponsorship for this role, and relocation benefits are not available.

Requirements

At least 5 years of experience in supply chain, logistics, manufacturing, or a related field; internship and co-op experience do not count toward this requirement.
Ability to exercise independent judgment in managing complex and ambiguous tasks with minimal input from a direct leader.
Effective oral and written communication and presentation skills, including the ability to summarize.
Willingness to travel up to 25% domestically and internationally.
Effective communication in Spanish is required.

Nice To Haves

Deep understanding of supply chain functions.
Bachelor’s degree.

Responsibilities

Execute deliverables in support of the supply chain organization’s business objectives.
Guide a key area within Global Supply Chain to meet or exceed customer, quality, service, responsiveness, people, product, and financial objectives.
Communicate across all organizational levels, within the function and with other functions and suppliers.
Support relationship management with logistics suppliers and service providers.
Assess complex supply chain issues and lead cross-functional teams to resolve them while minimizing impacts to vehicle production.
Assess supplier schedules and their impact on vehicle assembly production.
Collaborate cross-functionally to develop solutions.
Summarize critical issues and resolutions and communicate them to leadership.
Resolve complex capacity constraint issues to prevent potential plant disruptions and reduce premium transportation.
Analyze metrics supporting resolution of supplier critical issues or sufficiency plans.
Work extended and non-core hours when needed to resolve issues.