About this role
Job Description
The Role
This position is responsible for driving operational performance across assigned consignment supplier locations. The role serves as a key interface between GM and its consignment suppliers, with responsibility for supplier performance, inventory accuracy, operational controls, compliance, and continuous improvement.
This is a supplier-facing position requiring onsite presence at assigned supplier/consignment locations a minimum of three days per week.
The successful candidate is expected to maintain a strong presence at supplier operations, understand conditions firsthand, identify gaps, and drive timely corrective actions.
What You’ll Do
- Lead day-to-day performance management of assigned consignment supplier locations, with focus on safety, people, quality, responsiveness, and cost.
- Maintain an onsite presence at assigned suppliers at least three days per week to assess operations, identify gaps, and drive accountability and corrective actions.
- Serve as the subject matter expert for assigned consignment suppliers, providing operational support and problem resolution.
- Drive inventory accuracy through system reviews, manual audits, root-cause analysis, and corrective actions.
- Lead Operational Risk Management (ORM) activities for assigned locations, including site audits, documentation, miscellaneous adjustments, and receiving slip corrections.
- Monitor supplier performance metrics and drive countermeasures when performance is outside established expectations.
- Conduct operational and layered audits to identify opportunities for process improvement, standardization, and waste elimination.
- Support PPOM audit requirements and BPD performance reporting, including quality data and supplier countermeasures.
- Build strong working relationships with supplier leadership, GM stakeholders, employees, union representatives, and cross-functional partners.
- Communicate expectations, coach business partners, and ensure standardized processes are consistently executed.
- Escalate operational risks and performance gaps while coordinating actions through closure.
Your Skills & Abilities (Required Qualifications)
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent relevant experience.
- 3-5 years of supply chain experience, with warehouse experience strongly preferred.
- Experience with warehouse and inventory management systems; GM IMS or WMS experience preferred.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities.
- Ability to independently manage supplier performance and drive results across organizational boundaries.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to influence cross-functionally.
- Strong business acumen and ability to coordinate multiple operational priorities.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office, particularly Excel.
- Ability and willingness to work onsite at assigned supplier/consignment locations a minimum of three days per week.
GM does not provide immigration-related sponsorship for this role. Do not apply for this role if you will need GM immigration sponsorship now or in the future. This includes direct company sponsorship, entry of GM as the immigration employer of record on a government form, and any work authorization requiring a written submission or other immigration support from the company (e.g., H1-B, OPT, STEM OPT, CPT, TN, J-1, etc).
This role is categorized as hybrid. This means the selected candidate is expected to report to a specific location at least 3 times a week {or other frequency dictated by their manager}.
The selected candidate will be required to travel