Senior Tactical Operations - Warren MI
About The Position
As a member of the Supply Chain Tactical Operations team, this role addresses short-term supplier capacity and delivery issues caused by equipment failures, fires, floods, and other shortages that could create risk for GM manufacturing facilities. The position travels to supplier locations to resolve supply chain issues and works across GM functions and supplier teams to support critical supply issues and business transfers. The role also supports supplier operations by improving productivity, resolving operational problems, reviewing material flow and operations sequences, standardizing floor processes, improving work areas and layouts, identifying departures from manufacturing standards and best practices, and implementing methods to reduce production costs.
Requirements
- At least 5 years of relevant post-graduate work experience in supply chain, manufacturing, industrial, logistics, or purchasing; internship and co-op experience do not count toward this requirement.
- Ability to travel spontaneously 70–80% of the time, domestically and internationally, to supplier locations.
- Proficient computer skills, including Microsoft Office products and Teamcenter Visualization.
Nice To Haves
- Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, or a related field.
- At least 5 years of experience in automotive manufacturing operations.
- At least 3 years of experience in assembly.
- Excellent communication and command skills.
- Strong analytical, communication, and interpersonal skills to build relationships with team members and suppliers and solve problems.
- Demonstrated ability to manage multiple significantly complex cases and assignments with a high level of autonomy and accountability for results.
Responsibilities
- Act as a liaison among purchasing, engineering, warehousing and manufacturing, logistics, and suppliers to resolve issues and provide support.
- Work cross-functionally with Purchasing, Engineering, Supplier Quality, Containerization, Logistics, and GM assembly and manufacturing plants to facilitate critical supply issues and business transfers.
- Determine the causes of supplier delivery problems and coordinate and implement timely resolutions.
- Help assess and develop and implement corrective actions for critical issues.
- Improve supplier delivery performance by identifying process improvements and lead-time reduction opportunities.
- Exchange information regularly with internal and external contacts, including GM and supplier facilities.
- Work with the Supplier Risk Management team on financially troubled suppliers.
- Support or lead conference calls concerning business transfers and critical supply issues.
- Keep management updated frequently according to the urgency of issues and provide executive reports.
- Develop efficient ways to use people, machines, materials, and information at supplier locations.
- Assist supplier operations in increasing productivity and resolve operational problems.
- Study and rearrange material flow and operations sequences; standardize common floor processes.
- Design, redesign, or improve work areas and layouts to reduce or eliminate awkward positions, repetitive motions, and inefficient operations.
- Identify and assess problems and departures from established manufacturing standards and best practices, and recommend solutions.
- Implement methods and modifications to reduce production costs.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
No Education Listed
