Director, GSM Systems & Digital AI Transformation

Position:
Director, GSM Systems & Digital/AI Transformation At Nexteer, our strength lies in the diversity of our team—each member contributing unique backgrounds, experiences, and aspirations. We believe this diversity fuels our innovation, broadens our perspectives, and propels our collective growth. For over a century, we’ve been innovators in the automotive industry.  Our vision is clear - we are a global leading motion control technology company accelerating mobility to be safe, green and exciting.

Our unwavering commitment to Quality, Collaboration, Integrity, and Accountability guides us as we solve motion control challenges for over 60 global customers. If you’re ready to join a dynamic team that drives change and makes a difference, Nexteer welcomes you!  About the role Nexteer is looking for a strategic, visionary, business-minded digital/AI transformation leader to serve as the global leader for Global Supply Management (GSM) systems and to champion/drive Nexteer Global GSM’s digitalization and AI transformation.

This newly created role will define and deliver a multi-year roadmap that modernizes how GSM sources, manages suppliers, controls cost, and makes decisions, using data, automation, and AI to create measurable business value.

The Director will report directly to the Vice President, Global Supply Management and Chief Purchasing Officer, with a matrix reporting relationship to the Vice President & Chief Information Officer, to ensure GSM transformation initiatives are aligned with Nexteer’s enterprise IT strategy, architecture, cybersecurity, and data governance standards. This role leads the global GSM Systems team and works closely with GSM leaders across all regions.

This position is located in Auburn Hills, Michigan.  

Key Responsibilities As the Director, GSM Systems & Digital/AI Transformation, you will be responsible to:

GSM Digital & AI Strategy Develop and own the global GSM digital and AI transformation strategy and roadmap, aligned with GSM business priorities and the enterprise IT strategy.

Identify, prioritize, and build business cases for digital and AI use cases across sourcing, supplier management, cost management, supplier risk, and purchasing operations, and track value delivered through productivity, savings, cycle time, and adoption.

Lead the deployment of automation and AI-enabled capabilities, such as spend analytics, price and cost analysis, supplier risk monitoring, contract intelligence, and workflow automation, and scale successful pilots globally.

GSM Systems Leadership Lead the global GSM systems portfolio, including purchasing, sourcing, supplier management, and reporting tools, and harmonize systems and processes across regions to enable a consistent global operating model.

IT Alignment Work closely with the CIO and IT leadership to serve as the primary business owner and liaison between GSM and IT for system implementations, upgrades, and integrations.

Data & Analytics Deliver dashboards and analytics that give GSM leaders real-time visibility into supplier performance, spend, savings, risk, and key performance indicators.

Change Management & Team Leadership Lead change management, communication, and training to drive adoption of new tools and build digital and AI capability across the global GSM organization.

Lead, coach, and develop the global GSM Systems team, building strength in systems, analytics, automation, and AI.Qualifications Required Experience
10+ years of progressive experience in purchasing, procurement, supply chain, or a related business transformation function, including significant experience supporting purchasing operations, strategic sourcing, supplier management, and cost management.

Demonstrated experience leading…