General Motors

Indirect Material Manager (IMM) - Bedford

General Motors • $90K — $120K *
Bedford, IN 47421In-Person
Manufacturing & Automotive
5 - 7 years of experience
1 week ago
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 7-10+ years of relevant experience in inventory management
  • Four-year degree from a college or technical school preferred
  • Experience managing contractors and UAW employees
  • Project Management experience in inventory reduction and technology deployment
  • Familiarity with Indirect Material policies and driving results

Responsibilities

  • Manage a third-party team and UAW unionized laborers
  • Create and approve purchase requests for indirect materials
  • Collaborate with plant personnel on part coding and new part extensions
  • Optimize indirect material inventory based on usage data
  • Utilize AI tools for data management improvements
  • Communicate material supply risks with relevant teams
  • Conduct monthly activities for continuous improvement

Benefits

  • Onsite role in Bedford, IN
  • Opportunity to manage a diverse team
  • Involvement in innovative technologies like AI
  • Emphasis on continuous improvement initiatives
  • Mentoring and development opportunities for employees
Full Job Description
Job Description

WORK ARRANGEMENT:

This role is categorized as onsite. This means the successful candidate is expected to report to Bedford, IN on a full-time basis.

ROLE OVERVIEW:

The IMM (Indirect Materials Manager) has the primary responsibility for fulfilling indirect material requirements to support maintenance, facilities, and ME requirements, managing inventory levels to agreed targets.

Key activities include approval and creation of purchase requests, confirmation of PO's, tracking of deliveries, setting and optimizing safety stock targets, maintenance of indirect material part set ups, handling of receiving discrepancies, and indirect material shortage and expedite management and communication.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
  • Manages a 3rd Party team and UAW unionized laborers
  • Creates and approves purchase requests for crib and POU-stocked indirect materials
  • Works with plant personnel and Master Data Management to support coding and extension of new parts to the plant
  • Assists plant teams to ensure that supplier-provided spare parts and/or previously purchased engineering/launch parts are considered in initial requirements
  • Works with WRA(Warrant Repair Administrator), Share-the-Spare, and plant teams to avoid the purchase of new parts when excess and/or repairable parts may be available
  • Utilizes and integrates AI tools and innovation for data management efficiency and quality improvements
  • Ensures supplier receipts and delivery of PO requirements
  • Manages incoming supply vs. indirect material stock & requirements and adjusts as required
  • Manages indirect material expedites and communicate material supply risks with Production, Maintenance, Engineering, and Facilities
  • Reviews indirect material part set-ups including shipment lead-time, terms, safety stock/time, standard packaging
  • Supports ME and Maintenance teams during launch and end-of-life (EOL) to optimize indirect material inventory
  • Works with Suppliers to improve lead-time performance, reduce MOQ(Minimum Order Quantity) impacts, and improve supplier on-time delivery
  • Reviews pricing discrepancies versus system and actual invoices that Accounting Department provides
  • Works closely with and covers for other MRP Planners as required without assistance
  • Actively works with plant teams and Shared Purchasing Services (SPS) to find opportunities to improve efficiency (reduce inventory) and increase material and spend visibility
  • Conducts monthly continuous improvement activities for their parts portfolio including ROP/Max adjustments, over-max reduction and root cause analysis, POU turn and stocking corrections, obsolete and not planned (ND) management, and trend analysis
  • Optimizes inventory levels (Min/Max) based on usage data
  • Communicates with all levels of leadership and plant personal


GENERAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
  • Follows work procedures, work schedules, and expedites workflow
  • Monitors and maintains GMS standards
  • Supports BPD / Scorecard achievement
  • Internal Controls compliance for their function
  • Follows written and oral instructions and follows standard procedures to improve efficiency.
  • Maintains and updates plant TIS's
  • Reviews & Improves WPO across department
  • Oversees Vendor Managed Inventory Programs (Fasteners, vending POUs, Shoe program)


SAFETY:
  • Promote, educate, communicate, and follow up on safety initiatives
  • Maintain housekeeping in area
  • Responsible for the proper use and care of equipment
  • Manage SCM process for 3rd party resources when applicable
  • Perform Annual Safety Evaluation
  • Perform weekly (audit) of SOT's (Safety Observation Tours)
  • Complete safety orientation checklists for new employees


PEOPLE:
  • People engagement & relationship building with the customer and team are essential
  • Mentoring where required from floor to office
  • Maintains safety, attendance, and vacation records
  • Manages 3rd party resources
  • Supervise GM hourly employees and maintain timekeeping (UKG) when applicable
  • Address hourly training and discipline when applicable
  • Understand local UAW agreement
  • Coordinates activities of crib attendants & indirect receiving personnel
  • Practices good labor relations, complies and enforces local agreement
  • Trains, develops, and evaluates employees and coach 3rd party employees
  • Communication liaison between plant and customer
  • Conduct layer audits for crib and Point of Use area's


RESPONSIVENESS:
  • Responsible for processing hourly work elements in support of any BPD and planning initiatives
  • Off shift support for critical plant issues (24x7)
  • Weekend support for critical plant issues (24x7)
  • Responsible to develop and implement a support plan to address critical plant issues while on leave
  • Analysis checklist completed for all stock-outs and problem solving for major stock-out


COST:
  • Keep work group budget on track
  • Support the department's cost reduction initiatives and gap closure requirements
  • Complete FIFO audit for items with expiration dates
  • Maintain and achieve cost goal target
  • Support plant cost counsel accounts: 2000, 3000, 5000, 9000


QUALITY:
  • Maintain cycle count accuracy
  • Completion of yearly CSA's per the schedule
  • Maintain database and integrity
  • Dangerous goods transportation training
  • Misc. Plant Projects
  • Export Compliance


KEY METRICS OF PERFORMANCE:
  • Personal and team KPI's
  • Indirect Material Inventory Accuracy
  • # of Indirect Material Stock Outs or Line down time due to indirect material shortage
  • % of receipts completed by warehouse personnel
  • Indirect Material Supplier Overtime Performance
  • Late / Over-due PR's not contracted
  • Indirect Materials Inventory Reduction
  • Indirect Material Premium Freight vs. Budget
  • Repairable Parts bought new
  • STS Parts bought new


QUALIFICATIONS:
  • 7-10+ years of relevant experience
  • Four-year degree from college or technical school preferred, or equivalent work experience
  • Familiarity with Indirect Material policies, BPD's, OPEX, and driving results
  • Managing contractors and UAW employees
  • Project Management experience, overseeing and coordinating inventory reduction and crib organization, technology development & deployment projects


LEADERSHIP SKILLS:
  • Personal accountability
  • Bias for action
  • Personal ownership
  • Ability to teach, coach and mentor others
  • Ability to deal with ambiguity and work effectually with minimum oversite


MATHEMATICAL SKILLS:
  • Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
  • Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percentages
  • Ability to draw and interpret bar graphs


REASONING ABILITY:
  • Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed written or oral instructions


COMPUTER SKILLS:
  • Knowledge of Database software, inventory software, manufacturing software, rrder processing systems
  • Advanced skills in Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Word, PowerPoint), such as Excel v-look-up and pivot tables
  • Experience working with SAP and/or Maximo preferred
  • Power BI, Glean, Co-pilot, Slack, PowerApps experience preferred

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General Motors Company engages in the manufacture and sale of cars and trucks in the United States, China, Brazil, Germany, the United Kingdom, Canada, and Italy. It offers sedans, crossovers, sport utility vehicles, pick-up trucks, coupes, sports/convertibles and hybrid vehicles, hatchbacks/wagons, and vans, as well as mini cars in India. The company also provides parts and accessories, such as iPod and MP3 compatibility, mobility accessories, performance parts, AC parts and services, and merchandise. In addition, it offers vehicle safety, security, and information services. The company provides used vehicles. It offers its products through dealers and distributors. General Motors Company was formerly known as NGMCO, Inc. and changed its name to General Motors Company in July 2009. The company was incorporated in 2009 and is based in Detroit, Michigan. It operates manufacturing facilities in India, the United States, and Canada. General Motors Company operates as a subsidiary of the United States Department of The Treasury. General Motors led global vehicle sales for 77 consecutive years from 1931 through 2007, longer than any other automaker, and is currently among the world's largest automakers by vehicle unit sales. General Motors acts in most countries outside the USA via wholly-owned subsidiaries but operates in China through 10 joint ventures. GM's OnStar subsidiary provides vehicle safety, security, and information services. In 2009, General Motors shed several brands, closing Saturn, Pontiac, and Hummer, and emerged from a government-backed Chapter 11 reorganization. In 2010, GM made an initial public offering IPOs to date and returned to profitability later that year.

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Size
157,000 employees
Market Cap
$46.9 billion
Industry
Manufacturing & Automotive
Net Income
$6.4 billion
Founded
1908
5 Year Trend
-3.2%
Revenue
$122.4 billion
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