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Production Area Manager

General Motors
USA
Full-time
Manager · 5+ years experience
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Key Responsibilities

  • Lead production operations across assigned shifts and ensure consistent execution of standardized work.
  • Establish clear expectations for safety, quality, delivery, cost, and employee engagement.
  • Develop and execute the area Business Plan Deployment, scorecard, and gap-closure actions.
  • Review performance metrics, identify constraints, and drive timely corrective actions.
  • Partner with Production Shift Leaders, Group Leaders, Maintenance, Manufacturing Engineering, Quality, GSC, HR, and UAW representatives.
  • Lead daily accountability, layered audits, problem solving, and continuous-improvement activities.
  • Ensure compliance with GM standards, GMS processes, safety requirements, quality systems, and internal controls.
  • Promote a strong safety culture through hazard identification, incident follow-up, corrective action, and visible leadership on the plant floor.
  • Drive quality at the source through process discipline, defect prevention, containment, and effective escalation.
  • Ensure production plans, staffing, equipment, materials, and processes are aligned to customer requirements.
  • Support launches, model changes, process changes, capacity changes, and other business priorities.
  • Develop, coach, and recognize salaried and represented employees.
  • Build trust across shifts and maintain effective communication during handoffs and organizational changes.
  • Support labor-relations activities and consistent administration of applicable agreements and policies.
  • Manage area resources and support productivity, scrap reduction, overtime, and cost-improvement initiatives.
  • Represent the production area in plant meetings, improvement workshops, audits, and cross-functional reviews.

Required Qualifications

  • 5+ years of progressive leadership experience in manufacturing, production, operations, or a related environment.
  • Demonstrated ability to lead teams in a fast-paced manufacturing operation.
  • Experience with performance management, structured problem solving, and continuous improvement.
  • Strong communication, decision-making, and conflict-resolution skills.
  • Ability to work effectively with represented employees and cross-functional partners.
  • Ability to work flexible hours and provide coverage across operating shifts as required.
  • Proficiency with standard business and production-management systems.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in manufacturing, engineering, business, operations, or a related field.
  • Experience with GM systems, GMS, Business Plan Deployment, layered audits, and scorecards.
  • Experience leading production, maintenance, quality, or manufacturing engineering teams.
  • Experience supporting vehicle or component launches, process changes, or capacity expansions.
  • Experience in stamping, assembly, components, powertrain, or other high-volume manufacturing operations

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