General Motors

Program Management Scheduling Lead - GPS

General Motors • $100K — $120K *
Pontiac, MI 48340In-Person
Manufacturing & Automotive
Less than 5 years of experience
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Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in business or engineering-related field.
  • 5-7 years of experience in planning, scheduling, or operations.
  • Strong analytical skills with proficiency in spreadsheets and data reconciliation.
  • Experience leading cross-functional meetings and driving issue resolution.
  • Familiarity with shared business platforms and digital workflow tools.

Responsibilities

  • Develop and maintain operational schedules aligned with business priorities.
  • Lead planning and prioritization meetings, translating decisions into actionable schedules.
  • Prepare performance reports, validating data and highlighting key changes.
  • Create long-range forecasts and capacity plans for resource requirements.
  • Review schedules and coordinate timely resolution of resource constraints and escalations.
  • Produce routine and ad hoc reports for stakeholders, maintaining documentation.
  • Facilitate operational reviews and collaboration across business functions.

Benefits

  • Opportunity to work on cutting-edge technologies in the automotive industry.
  • Engagement in a mission-driven environment focused on sustainability.
  • Collaboration with a diverse team of professionals.
  • Support for employee development and career growth.
  • Involvement in cross-functional initiatives that impact the future of vehicle manufacturing.
Full Job Description

Job Description

Introduction: In our pursuit to create a world with Zero Crashes, Zero Emissions, and Zero Congestion, GM’s global manufacturing engineering team is challenging the limits on what is possible and embracing agility as it reimagines how to build the next generation of vehicles. Our diverse team of manufacturing engineers play a crucial role in transforming our facilities through implementing the adoption of ground-breaking technologies. From raw sheet metal to final assembly, this team is reinventing the tools and processes that will enable GM to deliver on our promise to create an all-electric future.

 

Role Summary:

If you are interested in understanding the future of General Motors Propulsion products – engines, transmissions, and electric drive unit systems – GAIC (Global Artisan Innovation Center) GPS Scheduling has a place for you! This role is a “cross-functional” Leader role. Seeking a Scheduling Lead to own build scheduling, capacity planning, forecasting, and operating cadence for Assembly, Machining, and related laboratory and manufacturing activity. This role turns vehicle and dyno plans into executable schedules, leads cross-functional reviews, resolves priorities and escalations, maintains key business systems, and supports the people, safety, quality, and cost processes that keep the team running. Candidate will lead a diverse group of team members (contract, salary, third-party.) 


(This role is on-site Daily)

 

Key Responsibilities:

  • Develop and maintain short- and long-term operational schedules aligned with business priorities.
  • Lead recurring planning and prioritization meetings; translate decisions into clear actions and schedule updates.
  • Prepare regular performance reports; validate source data, reconcile results, and highlight key changes.
  • Develop long-range forecasts, capacity plans, productivity outlooks, and resource requirements.
  • Complete recurring operational and quality reporting using current plans, schedules, and actual results.
  • Review schedules, resource constraints, priorities, and escalations and coordinate timely resolution of issues.
  • Produce routine and ad hoc reports for stakeholders, maintain supporting procedures and documentation.
  • Maintain shared business content and support system access, onboarding, updates, and approval workflows.
  • Review and approve routine operational, administrative, and system-related requests.
  • Lead team meetings and individual check-ins, support employee development, and coordinate recurring business activities.
  • Support safety, quality, continuous-improvement, and standardized-work processes.
  • Facilitate operational reviews, special initiatives, and collaboration across business functions.
  • Present operating updates with clear risks, priorities, decisions, and follow-up actions.

Preferred Skills:

  • Demonstrated experience in planning, scheduling, operations, or a closely related environment.
  • Strong analytical skills with spreadsheets, forecasts, data reconciliation, and recurring performance reports.
  • Ability to translate business plans, demand, constraints, and actual performance into practical short- and long-term plans.
  • Experience leading cross-functional meetings, setting priorities, documenting decisions, and driving issues to resolution.
  • Working knowledge of shared business platforms, system-access processes, and digital workflow tools.
  • Clear written and verbal communication, sound judgment, attention to detail, and the ability to manage multiple deadlines, cross functionally.

 

Required

Education: Bachelor’s degree in business/engineering related curriculum.


On Site:

This role is categorized as onsite. This means the successful candidate is expected to report to GM Pontiac Engineering Center, Building C on a full-time basis.

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 is not eligible for relocation benefits. Any relocation costs would be the responsibility of the selected candidate.

About General Motors

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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Learn more about General Motors
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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