General Motors

Paint Production Business Manager

General Motors • $95K — $115K *
Kansas City, KS 66102In-Person
Manufacturing & Automotive
5 - 7 years of experience
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Qualifications

  • 5+ years in manufacturing or production operations experience.
  • Leadership experience in a high-volume operational setting.
  • Proficient in managing safety, quality, delivery, cost, and personnel metrics.
  • Structured problem-solving and data analysis skills are essential.
  • Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, onsite manufacturing environment.
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills across functions.
  • Willingness to work various shifts, including evenings and weekends.

Responsibilities

  • Lead paint shop production activities, managing staffing and work assignments.
  • Establish and monitor performance against key operational targets.
  • Develop and coach frontline leaders to enhance team accountability.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to address and resolve operational constraints.
  • Ensure adherence to environmental and GM operational standards.
  • Analyze production data to identify issues and implement improvements.
  • Communicate production conditions and risks to leadership for timely decision-making.

Benefits

  • Potential eligibility for relocation benefits.
Full Job Description
Job Description

The Role

As the Paint Production Business Manager, you will lead paint shop production and daily operations at Fairfax Assembly. You will be responsible for delivering safe, stable, and efficient manufacturing performance while developing people and maintaining strong cross-functional partnerships. This role works closely with production, maintenance, quality, material planning, engineering, and manufacturing leadership to meet operational, cost, quality, and delivery objectives. Your leadership will help ensure the paint shop consistently delivers vehicles that meet GM standards and customer expectations.

What You'll Do
  • Lead daily paint shop production activities, including staffing, work assignments, escalation management, and production recovery.
  • Establish operating priorities and monitor performance against safety, quality, throughput, schedule attainment, labor, and cost targets
  • Develop and coach frontline leaders and team members to build accountability, technical capability, and a strong culture of continuous improvement.
  • Partner with maintenance, quality, manufacturing engineering, material planning, and logistics teams to resolve constraints and prevent recurring issues.
  • Ensure adherence to standardized work, operating procedures, environmental requirements, and GM manufacturing systems.
  • Use production data and root-cause problem solving to identify losses, implement countermeasures, and sustain measurable improvements.
  • Communicate shop-floor conditions, risks, and recovery plans to plant leadership and coordinate timely decisions across shifts.


Your Skills & Abilities
  • Five or more years of experience in manufacturing, production operations, or a related industrial environment.
  • Experience leading people in a manufacturing or other high-volume operational setting.
  • Demonstrated ability to manage daily production performance across safety, quality, delivery, cost, and people measures.
  • Experience using structured problem-solving methods, performance metrics, and data analysis to improve operations.
  • Ability to work onsite in a fast-paced manufacturing environment and support the operating schedule required by the business.
  • Strong written, verbal, organizational, and cross-functional communication skills.
  • Candidates must meet all required qualifications to be considered for this position.
  • Flexibility to work any shift, including weekends and overtime as required


What Will Give You A Competitive Edge
  • Bachelor's degree in engineering, manufacturing, business, operations, or a related field
  • Experience in automotive manufacturing, vehicle assembly, or paint shop operations.
  • Experience leading production across multiple shifts or in a 24/7 manufacturing operation.
  • Familiarity with paint shop processes, including pretreatment, electrocoat, primer, basecoat, clearcoat, or paint quality systems.
  • Experience with lean manufacturing, standard work, layered process audits, and continuous improvement systems.
  • Experience developing frontline leaders and leading engagement, quality, or operational excellence initiatives.
  • Proficiency with manufacturing execution systems, Microsoft Office, and data visualization or reporting tools.
  • Experience managing cross-functional improvement projects from problem definition through sustained results.
GM does not provide immigration-related sponsorship for this role. Do not apply for this role if you will need GM immigration sponsorship now or in the future. This includes direct company sponsorship, entry of GM as the immigration employer of record on a government form, and any work authorization requiring a written submission or other immigration support from the company (e.g., H1-B, OPT, STEM OPT, CPT, TN, J-1, etc).This role is categorized as onsite. This means the selected candidate is expected to report to a specific location on a full-time basis.This job may be eligible for relocation benefits.
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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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