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).