- Responsible for supporting relationship management with logistic suppliers and service providers

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

- Identify problems, update or modify work methods that may be complex in the work area without the benefit of defined procedures.

- Promote GM's values and makes customer-focused decisions.

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

- Provides technical leadership to team and interacts and collaborates with multi-functional teams to meet targets.

- Lead team on new methods or initiatives without defined procedures.

Hiring processes: You will identify & lead staffing initiatives for work team. Part of the duties will include conducting regularly scheduled group meetings, communicating GM policies & procedures, leadership and safety messages. You will craft specific to functional communication on vision & strategy, which may include preparing and giving presentations.

Training & Developing: Ensures employees are in compliance with all mandatory GM training and any specific training related to functional responsibility. You will need to understands & support employee's career development goals as well as develop and execute initiatives to improve work team capability and increase work team capacity.

Delegation: Assigns and balances workload for direct reports. You will also set individual employee and group priorities.

Monitoring & Approving GM Records: You will make decision about employee work and overtime schedules, expenses, and other work-related data.

Evaluating Performance and Behaviors: Offer direct hires, candid & constructive feedback and facilitate performance interventions when necessary.

Recognition: Formally & informally recognize employee's contributions. Timely and consistent feedback to direct employee's as appropriate will be required. As manager, you will also participate in compensation planning and administer compensation treatment.

Removing Roadblocks & Resolving Issues/Complaints: Observes and steps up to remove roadblocks and resolve potential issues.

Additional Description

Activities include but not limited to:

• Lead, manage and develop team of Logistics purchasing professionals.
  • Articulate vision and provide strategic direction.
  • Develop and train high performing team.
  • Develop positive, inclusive environment that inspires and motivates team to perform.
  • Measure and communicate performance. Reward, recognize and support performance.
• Program Management:
  • Track and Maintain contract Pipeline, deliverables owners, contract expiration deadlines.
  • Work X-Functionally with stakeholders to define the sourcing strategy for Mexico logistics services.
  • Pro-active management of logistics cost reduction opportunities with the Program Team and Logistics Stakeholders
  • Hand-Off coordination to the Logistics Stakeholders and great ability to deal with plant production leadership.
  • Work with the buyers to maintain Budget estimates Logistics Medium-Term Plan Budget for each program at every gate.
  • Coach the buyer team on how to Build sounded Business Cases where an end-to-end approach is evaluated - Optimal Logistic Cost VS Other trade offs

Knowledge:

• 5 + years of proven Logistics purchasing experience and Logistics management.
• 3-5 Year minimum of leadership experience.
• Business acumens focus and total enterprise cost approach focus - E2E focus
• Costumer centric orientation and problem-solving mindset
• Positive and can-do attitude
• Inbound proficient knowledge, financial inventory metrics calculations experience
• Finished Vehicle experience desired
• Network design experience
• High level analytical ability in situations where the problems are complex and ambiguous

Skills:

• Leadership, integrity, trust, sense of urgency,
• Excel executive communication
• Problem solving focused and ability to deal with ambiguous environments
• Project Management
• High level of interpersonal skills to work effectively with others.

Experience/Education:

• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Logistics, Finance, Industrial Engineering, or related fields (preferred)
• Master's degree in Supply Chain, Logistics, Finance, Industrial Engineering, or related fields (Optimal)
• Finance/Engineering/Logistics Certifications (preferred)

Hybrid: This position requires to work 3 days on site 2 days at home remote on a full-time basis

This position requires the ability to legally operate a motor vehicle on a regular basis. A company Vehicle will be provided for this role with successful completion of a Motor Vehicle Report review.

In case you need any reasonable adjustment to continue with your process, let your recruiter know.

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