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General Motors · 2 days ago

Containers and Packaging Manager

Warren, MI

Full-time

Hybrid

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

10+ years exp

General Motors is a leading automotive company committed to sustainability and operational excellence. The Containers and Packaging Manager will lead the design and execution of global packaging strategies, focusing on cost reduction and efficiency while supervising a team of program managers and engineers.

AutomotiveElectric VehicleInformation ServicesManufacturingTransportation

No H1B

Responsibilities

Lead a team of program managers and container/packaging engineers to develop and deliver reusable container fleets to support vehicle launches

Lead a team to support Direct Purchasing with packaging concepts & costs to ensure total enterprise cost sourcing decisions

Support logistics cost savings through more efficient packaging designs & inbound logistics solutions

Manage program budgets for packaging, equipment, and utilize common corporate tools to forecast commits and spending

Influences others within the organization to accept new concepts, practices, and approaches

Hold accountability for staffing, communicating, training and development, in addition to, directing and prioritization of work, evaluating performance, and removing roadblocks

Develop and track KPI's related to container fabricators and supply base in order to maintain on-time delivery and first-time quality

Bring a global perspective and global management experience to assure an integrated, consistent, and concurrent engineering process to program development and execution – from early design to integration and testing.  Coordinate execution of global programs and delivery from teams located around the world

Actively engage in external technical communities and benchmarking activities to bring outside perspective to continuously mature organizational capability and improve our products, technology, and processes

Create and foster an inclusive open culture where out-of-box thinking is encouraged.  This manager will provide thought leadership, foster innovation, facilitate communication, and inspire passion into the organization

Strategic thinker and visionary, analytical skills and change management, results driven and highly skilled communicator

Ability to deal with ambiguity on a day to day basis and focused on solutions

Leads and reimagines initiatives through development of improved business tools, processes, and documentation

Recommend future strategies related to organizational structure, roles and responsibilities, and processes and technology

Maintain positive working relationships with cross functional stakeholders

Hire, train, develop, mentor, manage, and develop employees. Ensure there is right technical and leadership bench strength in the team. Cultivate a growth mindset

Drive GM Behaviors and Competencies; actively champion change to support GM’s transformation; demonstrate high business acumen; strategically focus on addressing systemic issues; possess high learning agility, ability to deal with ambiguity and complexity, tendency to push the envelope and not accept status quo

Qualification

PackagingReusable containersMaterial flowLogisticsSupply chainData analysisPower BIExcelTMSAITeam managementLeadershipCommunicationProblem-solvingDecision-making

Required

Bachelor's degree

10+ years relevant experience in packaging, reusable containers, material flow, operations, logistics, or supply chain

Proven track record of directly leading teams with a minimum of 4-5 people, driving results, and personal accountability with oneself and team

Strategic Orientation, willingness to learn, adapt & be agile, comfort in challenging norms, dealing with ambiguity

Strong leadership and communication skills

Ability to analyze data, develop actionable insights, and present concisely to all levels of leadership

Excellent problem-solving and decision-making abilities supporting autonomous action

Strong interpersonal skills with demonstrated ability to lead diverse/cross-functional teams as well as mentor, motivate and elicit work output from peers and other team members

Ability to travel 20% of the time Domestically + Internationally