General Motors

Senior Global Commodity Manager - Electrification

General Motors • $120K — $145K *
Warren, MI 48089In-Person
Manufacturing & Automotive
8 - 10 years of experience
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Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree
  • 10+ years in global purchasing or procurement
  • Experience leading teams of 4-5 people
  • Strong negotiation and supplier management skills
  • Strategic orientation and adaptability
  • Strong interpersonal skills for leading diverse teams
  • Willingness to travel 20-30% domestically and internationally

Responsibilities

  • Develop and execute a comprehensive business plan and commodity strategy
  • Lead global teams in forming commodity strategies and sourcing recommendations
  • Oversee, monitor, and coach employees in various locations
  • Collaborate with internal partners to develop procurement strategies
  • Analyze tools for cost reduction and supplier negotiations
  • Manage overall procurement activities and execution of budgets
  • Lead supplier relationships and operational issues

Benefits

  • Opportunity for hybrid work
  • Potential for relocation benefits
  • Influence industry standards and practices
  • Engagement with cross-functional teams
  • Professional development opportunities
Full Job Description
Job Description

The Role
The Senior Global Commodity Manager will lead the global strategy for critical commodities, driving cost competitiveness, supply resilience, and innovation across a dynamic, multi-tier network. Your decisions will shape the future of mobility and electrification worldwide. This role offers the opportunity to influence industry standards, develop strategic supplier partnerships, and lead initiatives that transform the industry.

The Senior Global Commodity Manager is responsible for conducting purchasing activities to support sourcing, contract and supplier management activities in line with departmental strategy and objectives. As a leader, you will provide technical guidance to the team for successful execution of commodity strategies for our indirect or direct commodities as well as lead the development of new products, processes, standards, or operational plans. You will also be responsible for leading a team, fostering employee development and training, driving performance management, and maintaining an efficient organizational structure.

What You'll Do
  • Develop and execute a comprehensive Business Plan and commodity strategy
  • Lead business plan/tactics to reach overall global targets on a day-to-day basis
  • Lead global teams in all regions in developing commodity strategies and sourcing recommendations for specified commodity, considering regional specifics this also includes early Supplier Engagement and Strategic Sourcing
  • Oversee, monitor and coach employees in different locations and build effective global team
  • Collaborate with Engineering, Logistics, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Legal, Corporate Development and other internal partners to develop procurement strategies, clarify prerequisites and to drive cost reduction
  • Analyze and apply appropriate tools, i.e. cost models, benchmarking, global competitive sourcing, value chain analysis, supplier negotiations, engineering change cost containment, technical cost reduction, part/system reuse, etc.
  • Responsible for managing the overall procurement activities, development of sourcing strategy, negotiation of contracts and execution of budget from cradle to grave
  • Develop and execute capacity assessment of components to match GM demand with supplier capacity, with a focus on compliance requirements (FTAs, IRA, as applicable)
  • Provide technical and business process guidance to the team for successful execution of programs
  • Lead on the development of new products, processes, standards, or operational plans.
  • Support for the organization's business strategies with a direct impact on business and function overall results.
  • Lead Supplier relationships and operational Issues


Your Skills & Abilities (Required Qualifications)
  • Bachelor's Degree
  • 10+ years of experience in global purchasing or procurement
  • Proven track record of directly leading teams with a minimum of 4-5 people, driving results, and personal accountability with oneself and team
  • Demonstrated Negotiation, Supplier Management, Team Orientation, Informative Communication and Analytical Thinking Skills
  • Strategic Orientation, willingness to learn, adapt & be agile, comfort in challenging norms, dealing with ambiguity
  • Strong interpersonal skills with demonstrated ability to lead diverse/cross-functional teams as well as mentor, motivate and elicit work output from peers and other team members
  • Ability to travel 20-30% of the time Domestically + Internationally (several suppliers physically located overseas), flexibility to support regular meetings early mornings or evening (North America time).


What Will Give You a Competitive Edge (Preferred Qualifications)
  • Experience Developing and Negotiating Contracts, including drafting amending legal documents as well as investment/project financing.
  • High level understanding of:
    • Metal and raw materials, market indexation, indices, etc.
    • Corporate financing, Acquisition/Mergers/JV and Project funding activities
  • Knowledge of SAP
  • Developed skillset with respect to data management tools: Power BI, Excel, TMS, AI, etc.
  • Finance and Cost Engineering experience
  • Strategic planning and execution
  • Negotiation skills
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 hybrid. This means the selected candidate is expected to report to a specific location at least 3 times a week {or other frequency dictated by their manager}.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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