Direct Material Supply Resiliency Manager at General Motors in Warren, MI

Description Direct Material Supply Resiliency Manager This role will lead all aspects of development and monitoring of signposts for risks, including regular review of relevant news, market participant interviews, prices, and regulations across industries with support from tools /technologies. The candidate will support the development of mitigation plans to address identified risks, including collaboration with other Direct Purchasing Teams/Creativity Teams and other risk functions to help develop mitigation proposals Hybrid: This position does not require an employee to be on-site full-time to perform most effectively. The employee's role enables them to work at a GM facility or off-site as frequently as needed or desired. Responsibilities: Lead and engage a team of highly motivated people Lead risk identification, evaluation, prioritization, response, monitoring, reporting and mitigation strategies across all Direct Purchasing Teams. Lead Value Chain Maps and FMEA processes to... identify critical long-term risks (cross-industry). Direct and audit activities to ensure repeatable and systemized process across team members and track lessons learned and relevant corrective actions Supervise tracking of inputs in dynamic risk model, continuously updating and refining scoring, and signposts, and developing business cases where relevant Audit data generated by the Resiliency team members to ensure ability to synthesize conflicting inputs (both qualitative and quantitative) to develop a single well-supported recommendation that will provide real-world solutions and help alleviate future risk for GM. Review and approve documented risks, signposts, mitigation plans, and changes Report on Resiliency organization's business continuity status and activities, including descriptions of goals, planning, scheduling, execution, results, analysis, conclusions, and recommendations Engage with suppliers to understand their risk management strategy, approach to Supply Chain visibility, and Business Continuity Planning. Develop and track metrics on all aspects of the planning, design, development, implementation of the activities performed by this team Top Candidates should possess: An understanding of Supply Chain and/or Procurement functions or related field experience Be skilled in developing materials to convey both concepts and information to targeted audiences. Have the ability to listen to the voice of the customer, guide, and mentor others Additional Description Education Qualifications: Bachelor's degree required or related degree/experience, Masters preferred Required Skills 7 years of work experience in related areas such as Supply Chain, Direct Material/Logistics Purchasing, Value Chain Engineering, Risk Management including dealing with Suppliers and developing contracts within or outside Automotive industry Highly developed oral and written communications skills and ability to communicate across audiences High level of interpersonal and organizational skills to work optimally with others and ability to collaborate cross-functionally and globally Experience working within a multiple stakeholder model and holding them accountable for deliverables Comfort working sophisticated problems with tight deadlines and prioritizing assignments/projects and multi-tasking within restricted time constraints Proven project management skills Demonstrated ability to deal with ambiguity and to work with a high degree of autonomy Work towards results with an ability to lead and effect change in the face of challenges Strong analytical, strategic planning and leadership abilities A desire to challenge the status quo and bring improvements to existing processes Creativity, innovation, and open minded to new insights Shown relationship building skills Strong problem solving and analytical skills Proven understanding of computer software (MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, PowerBI, TEAMS, and SharePoint Preferred Skills High level of data analysis capability Basic understanding of IT processes and terminology Program Management Experience Developing / Implementing Strategies (Global/Regional) Experience Reading and Interpreting Policy Experience Managing Business Risk (Financial, Legal, data security) including different industries than Automotive About GM Our vision is a world with Zero Crashes, Zero Emissions and Zero Congestion and we embrace the responsibility to lead the change that will make our world better, safer and more equitable for all. Why Join Us We aspire to be the most inclusive company in the world. We believe we all must make a choice every day - individually and collectively - to drive meaningful change through our words, our deeds and our culture. Our Work Appropriately philosophy supports our foundation of inclusion and provides employees the flexibility to work where they can have the greatest impact on achieving our goals, dependent on role needs. Every day, we want every employee, no matter their background, ethnicity, preferences, or location, to feel they belong to one General Motors team. Salary Range: $100K -- $150K Minimum Qualification Quality Management, Supply Chain & Logistics, Operations ManagementEstimated Salary: $20 to $28 per hour based on qualificationsShow full descriptionCollapse