General Motors
Job Description
General Motors is seeking a dynamic and results-driven Finished Vehicle Group Logistics Manager to lead the North American Finished Vehicle Network Design Logistics Team. This leadership role offers a unique opportunity to guide a high-performing team in driving innovation, optimizing our finished vehicle network, and managing strategic projects across North America and globally on imports and exports. As a Group Logistics Manager, you will be responsible for overseeing the execution of key logistics initiatives, ensuring operational excellence, and fostering a culture of continuous improvement. Supporting the team with systems accuracy, tactical design changes, cost savings analysis/optimizations, creative solutions, and purchasing support. Opportunities can exist in changing the network, process, and technology.
Responsibilities:
Team Leadership & Development: Mentor and manage a team of logistics professionals, providing direction, support, and performance feedback to ensure individual and team success.
Observes and steps up to remove roadblocks and resolve potential issues.
Strategic Network Optimization: Drive tactical and strategic design changes to the finished vehicle logistics network, identifying opportunities for cost savings and efficiency improvements. Lead Network performance validation Actual vs Forecast on cost savings and premium.
Project & Process Management: Oversee the planning and execution of logistics projects, ensuring alignment with business goals and timely delivery of results. Experienced in defining transportation methods balancing cost, service, and quality.
Systems & Data Accuracy: Ensure logistics systems are maintained with high accuracy and integrity to support data-driven decision-making. Lead Finished Vehicle routing and distribution in North America, Mexico and Canada.
Innovation & Problem Solving: Champion creative solutions to complex logistics challenges, leveraging technology and data architecture from cross-functional collaboration.
Drive continuous improvement, change management, and data-driven decision-making across the network-design function.
Promote GM's values and makes customer-focused decisions.
Purchasing & Vendor Support: Collaborate with procurement teams to support sourcing strategies with data-driven network and cost analysis.
Required Qualifications:
Bachelor's degree
5+ years relevant post-graduate work experience in logistics, automotive purchasing, supply chain, program/product management, or manufacturing
Strong analytical, data architecture and data analytics skills (e.g. Databricks, Google Sheets/Excel, SQL, or Python)
Expert in analytics tools with ability to learn new tools/systems quickly
Ability to own the outcome and drive long-term projects through to completion
Project management and cross-functional collaboration to drive innovation and embrace change within the Finished Vehicle network design team
Strong communication and interpersonal skills to work with other cross-functional areas such as operations, purchasing, IT, manufacturing & sales
Attention to detail and data integrity and ability to deal with ambiguity
5-20% Travel Domestically + Internationally
Preferred Qualifications:
Master's degree in Supply Chain Management, Business, or related advanced degree a plus
Familiarity with Finished Vehicle TMS Systems
Data Visualization Skills (e.g. Power BI, Tableau)
Network Design Software (e.g. Optilogic)
People Leader Experience is a plus
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