Tactical Operations Manager – Purchasing and Supply Chain

Responsibilities

• As a member of the Supply Chain team, you will be responsible for support in one of the key areas: manufacturing/warehouse operations, supply chain systems and processes, and material management.
• Act as a liaison between Purchasing, Engineering, Supplier Quality, Containerization, Logistics and GM assembly / manufacturing plants to facilitate critical supply issues and business transfers.
• Executes deliverables in support of the supply chain organization's business objectives.
• Guides one of the key areas within the Global Supply Chain to ensure business objectives are met or exceeded in all areas.
• Understand and assess complex supply chain issues and lead teams in a cross functional environment to successfully resolve issues minimizing impacts to vehicle production.
• Responsible for supporting relationship management with logistic suppliers and service providers.
• Assess supplier schedules and impact on vehicle assembly production.
• Handle very complex capacity constraint issues to resolution with goal to eliminate potential plant disruptions and reduce premium transportation.
• Determine the cause of supplier delivery problems and coordinate/implement effective and timely resolutions.
• Help assess and assist in the development and implementation of corrective actions for critical issues.
• Improve delivery performance of suppliers by identifying process improvements and lead time reduction opportunities.
• Regularly exchange information with others inside and outside the work group including GM and supplier facilities.
• Work with Supplier Risk Management team with Financially Troubled Suppliers.

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in engineering, manufacturing, automation, supply chain, purchasing, procurement, logistics or related technical field.
• 2+ years of experience in manufacturing, automation systems, industrial engineering, supplier development, supply chain, or purchasing. (any internship or co-op experience will not be considered)
• Communicate to all levels of the organization, within the function as well as other functions and suppliers.
• Analyze metrics supporting supplier critical issues or sufficiency plan resolution.
• Ability to be flexible and at times work extended and non-core hours to ensure issues are worked to resolution.
• Ability to travel to plant locations when required for onsite support of launch and build-out. (up to 75%)
• Ability to problem tackle complete issues and implement new and innovative strategies.
• Deep understanding of Supply Chain functions.

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering
• Bachelor’s degree in manufacturing
• Bachelor’s degree in automation
• Bachelor’s degree in supply chain
• Bachelor’s degree in purchasing
• Bachelor’s degree in logistics