Indirect Material Manager (IMM) - Bedford

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

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.

The selected candidate will be required to travel <25% for this role.

This job may be eligible for relocation benefits.

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