Assistant Purchasing Program Manager

Job Description

The Role
The Industrialization organization within Global Purchasing and Supply Chain at GM is focused on accelerating industrialization initiatives and transforming GM’s manufacturing facilities into highly automated, “lights‑out” smart factories. Delivering on this vision requires strong program leadership, disciplined execution, and seamless coordination across multiple functions and organizations.

As an Assistant Purchasing Program Manager, you will be a member of a newly established Program Management Office within the Industrialization organization, accountable for driving cross-functional alignment and execution of GM’s automation and industrialization strategy. This role requires independent judgment, strategic thinking, and the ability to influence change across the organization.

What You’ll Do (Responsibilities)

• Lead the development and execution of complex program plans, proactively identifying risks, opportunities, and cross functional dependencies.
• Integrate automation and industrialization opportunities into project roadmaps.
• Coordinate and communicate sourcing and automation timelines.
• Support various sourcing activities and commodity strategies throughout the GVDP (Global Vehicle Development Process) and GPDP (Global Propulsion Development Process).
• Drive internal and cross-functional issue resolution and escalation strategies to remove roadblocks and maintain program momentum and profitability.
• Build strong working relationships with purchasing managers and a broad set of stakeholders including Manufacturing Planning/Engineering/Operations, Autonomous Robotics Center, Infrastructure & Corporate Citizenship, Legal, Finance.
• Establish and track key performance indicators (KPIs) to monitor progress, profitability, and drive accountability.
• Develop templates and reporting mechanisms to communicate program status, risks/issues, and outcomes to senior executives.
• Communicate clearly and effectively through executive presentations, leadership reviews, team meetings, and one on one discussions with senior leaders.
• Lead change management activities to support adoption and sustained execution.

Your Skills & Abilities (Required Qualifications)

• 5+ years of relevant work experience in operations, manufacturing, program/product management, logistics, purchasing and supply chain, or product development.
• Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional initiatives and influence senior stakeholders.
• Effectively prioritize and manage multiple initiatives with high quality.
• Ability to communicate relevant information to the appropriate audience timely and effectively.
• Demonstrated initiative, independent judgment, and ability to operate autonomously.
• Develop and maintain constructive, cooperative working relationships.
• Collaborative mindset, openness to change and constructive feedback with a passion to transform operations.
• Support or lead additional required projects as assigned by management.
• Ability to travel 10% of the time domestically and internationally to manufacturing facilities.

What Can Give You a Competitive Edge (Preferred Qualifications)

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Operations, Purchasing, Supply Chain Management, Industrial Engineering, or a related field.
• Post-graduate education preferred.
• Program management training or certification.
• Familiarity with global manufacturing practices and automation trends.
• Automotive industry experience.

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}. The selected candidate will be required to travel <25% for this role. This job is not eligible for relocation benefits. Any relocation costs would be the responsibility of the selected candidate.

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