Logistics Manager

Description

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 Role:

Shape the future of logistics in a fast-evolving industry. This role offers the opportunity to design and execute strategies that reduce cost, improve service, and leverage cutting-edge technology to transform how parts and vehicles move worldwide. The Logistics manager is responsible for leading a team of Supervisors/Leads and individual contributors for one of the key areas within Global Logistics. Areas include parts logistics, vehicle logistics, and retail/service logistics. They will also be responsible for fostering employee development and training, driving performance management, and maintaining an efficient organizational structure.

What You'll Do (Responsibilities):

• Work across functions at GM to execute network priorities - balancing cost, service, and quality.

• Act as subject matter expert to influence the development of business processes and IT systems.

• Develop and analyze complex data to generate business cases designed to influence organizational change for resiliency, efficiency, and cost savings.

• Lead supplier relationship development with applicable partners , third party service providers, rail, ports, etc.

• Communicates within the function as well as other functions external affiliates, regulatory agencies

• Influences others within the organization to accept new concepts, practices and approaches

• Drive innovation and improvement in complex network, with a key focus on safety, quality, cost, and customer.

• Actively engage in external communities and benchmarking activities to bring outside perspective to continuously mature organizational capability and improve our products, technology, and processes.

• Create and foster an inclusive open culture where out-of-box thinking is encouraged. This manager will provide thought leadership, foster innovation, facilitate communication, and inspire passion into the organization.

• Hold accountability for staffing, communicating, training and development, in addition to, directing and prioritization of work, evaluating performance, and removing roadblocks

• Hire, train, develop, mentor, manage, and develop employees. Ensure there is right technical and leadership bench strength in the team. Cultivate a growth mindset.

• Drive GM Behaviors and Competencies; actively champion change to support GM's transformation; demonstrate high business acumen; strategically focus on addressing systemic issues; possess high learning agility, ability to deal with ambiguity and complexity, tendency to push the envelope and not accept status quo.

• Bachelor's degree
• 10 years relevant experience in operations, procurement, logistics, or supply chain

• Proven track record of directly leading teams with a minimum of 4-5 people, driving results, and personal accountability with oneself and team

• Strategic Orientation, willingness to learn, adapt & be agile, comfort in challenging norms, dealing with ambiguity

• Proven experience in international or cross-border logistics, multi-mode logistics, and/or EV infrastructure confirm

• Strong leadership and communication skills

• Ability to analyze data, develop actionable insights, and present concisely to all levels of leadership.

• Excellent problem-solving and decision-making abilities supporting autonomous action

• Strong interpersonal skills with demonstrated ability to lead diverse/cross-functional teams as well as mentor, motivate and elicit work output from peers and other team members

• Ability to travel 20% of the time Domestically + Internationally

• Master's degree in a related field

• Developed skillset with respect to data management tools: Power BI, Excel, TMS, AI, etc.