Manufacturing Group Leader

Position Description:

As a Global Supply Chain Group Leader, you are responsible for the effective use of personnel, material, and equipment. Participates in training, developing and evaluating hourly team members.

Job Responsibilities:

- Participates in the development of highly effective teams. - Leads Global Manufacturing Systems (GMS) processes and serves as resource supporting launch and pilot activities in assigned areas. - Meets or exceeds production cost schedule and maintains quality requirements. - Maintains awareness of quality standards, and communicates department quality goals, and leverages resources to solve quality issues. - Builds and maintains good working relationships with employees, union and management. - Understands and consistently administer the National and Local Agreements between General Motors and the United Auto Workers Union. - Implements and follows systems that prevent reoccurrence of known issues. - Promotes safe work practices and achieve objectives for ergonomics, health and safety and housekeeping. Motivates, trains and develops employees to effectively perform their jobs utilizing standardized methods. - Ensure team members receive adequate JIT (job instruction training). - Achieve production schedules and product requirements by applying lean manufacturing/synchronous principles with emphasis on variation reduction, control costs, and achieve productivity improvements. - Coach, teach, counsel, and mentor Group Leaders in these responsibilities.

Skills Required:

- Strong material-flow and inventory management skills, including replenishment, FIFO, and responding to shortages so production stays supplied. - Practical problem-solving and production support skills, including investigating issues, coordinating with partner teams, and escalating quickly when production may be affected. - A solid foundation in safety, quality, and standardized work, including the ability to reinforce safe work practices, verify process adherence, and support corrective actions.

Experience Required:

3-5 years of supervisor/leadership experience

- The people who tend to thrive in our environment are visible, hands-on leaders who are team-oriented, process-driven, and calm under pressure. - They communicate clearly with team members and cross-functional partners, adapt as priorities change, and take ownership of following issues through to resolution. - A coaching mindset and a strong commitment to safety are especially important.

Education Required:

High School Diploma/GED Required; Associates or Bachelors preferred

Shift Info:

2nd shift - 2pm to 10:30 pm Monday through Friday (reports ~1:30 pm, 30 minutes before shift to tie in with previous shift), with plan to also work Saturdays from 2 to 10:30 (2 out of 3 Saturdays possible).

Additional OT for vacation coverage as well (3-shift operation).