Logistics Purchasing Manager

**Job Description**:Position will supervise a team: provide employee development, training, and drive the performance management process as well as manage an efficient organizational structure.RESPONSIBILITIES- Leading, guiding and directing a team that is responsible for executing deliverables in support of the logistic organization's business objectives.- Provides leadership of one of the key areas within GM Global Logistics/Containers to ensure business objectives are met or exceeded in all areas including customer, quality, service, responsiveness, people, product and financial initiatives.- Communicates within the function as well as other functions, external affiliates, regulatory agencies.- Responsible for supporting relationship management with logistic suppliers and service providers- Influences others within the organization to accept new concepts, practices, and approaches.- Identify problems, update or modify work methods that may be complex in the work area without the benefit of defined procedures.- Promote GM's values and makes customer-focused decisions.- Hold accountability for staffing, communicating, training and development, in addition to, directing and prioritization of work, evaluating performance, and removing roadblocks.- Provides technical leadership to team and interacts and collaborates with multi-functional teams to meet targets.- Lead team on new methods or initiatives without defined procedures.Hiring processes: You will identify & lead staffing initiatives for work team. Part of the duties will include conducting regularly scheduled group meetings, communicating GM policies & procedures, leadership and safety messages. You will craft specific to functional communication on vision & strategy, which may include preparing and giving presentations.Training & Developing: Ensures employees are in compliance with all mandatory GM training and any specific training related to functional responsibility. You will need to understands & support employee's career development goals as well as develop and execute initiatives to improve work team capability and increase work team capacity.Delegation: Assigns and balances workload for direct reports. You will also set individual employee and group priorities.Monitoring & Approving GM Records: You will make decision about employee work and overtime schedules, expenses, and other work-related data.Evaluating Performance and Behaviors: Offer direct hires, candid & constructive feedback and facilitate performance interventions when necessary.Recognition: Formally & informally recognize employee's contributions. Timely and consistent feedback to direct employee's as appropriate will be required. As manager, you will also participate in compensation planning and administer compensation treatment.Removing Roadblocks & Resolving Issues/Complaints: Observes and steps up to remove roadblocks and resolve potential issues.**Additional Job Description**:Activities include but not limited to:- Lead, manage and develop team of Logistics purchasing professionals.- Articulate vision and provide strategic direction.- Develop and train high performing team.- Develop positive, inclusive environment that inspires and motivates team to perform.- Measure and communicate performance. Reward, recognize and support performance.- Program Management:- Track and Maintain contract Pipeline, deliverables owners, contract expiration deadlines.- Work X-Functionally with stakeholders to define the sourcing strategy for Mexico logistics services.- Pro-active management of **logistics cost reduction opportunities **with the Program Team and Logistics Stakeholders- Hand-Off coordination to the Logistics Stakeholders and great ability to deal with plant production leadership.- Work with the buyers to maintain Budget estimates Logistics Medium-Term Plan Budget for each program at every gate.- Coach the buyer team on how to Build sounded Business Cases where an end-to-end approach is evaluated - Optimal Logistic Cost VS Other trade offs**Knowledge**:- 5 + years of proven Logistics purchasing experience and Logistics management.- 3-5 Year minimum of leadership experience.- Business acumens focus and total enterprise cost approach focus - E2E focus- Costumer centric orientation and problem-solving mindset- Positive and can-do attitude- Inbound proficient knowledge, financial inventory metrics calculations experience- Finished Vehicle experience desired- Network design experience- High level analytical ability in situations where the problems are complex and ambiguous**Skills**:- Leadership, integrity, trust, sense of urgency,- Excel executive communication- Problem solving focused and ability to deal with ambiguous environments- Project Management- High level of interpersonal skills to work effectively with others.**Experience/Education**:- Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Logistics, Finance, Industrial Engineeri