Warehouse Supervisor

Job Description

Onsite - This role is categorized as onsite. This means the successful candidate is expected to report on-site on a full-time basis.

The Role

*This is a 2nd shift position* ​In this role, you will motivate direct reports and business partners through effective communication, training, coaching, development, recognition, and supervision. You will demonstrate expertise with your knowledge of the processes your team is required to perform and ensure your team members are effectively performing job responsibilities utilizing standardized methods. Assists in ensuring success of departmental function in a warehouse processing center or distribution center, to provide accurate and timely shipments to customers. Leads and solves problems within the limits of general standards and practices, with some direct guidance from General Supervisor. Position may also include supervising a small team of union-represented employees.

What You'll Do (Responsibilities):

• Demonstrates expertise in knowledge of the processes required to perform, and ensures they are effectively performing job responsibilities utilizing standardized methods

• Motivates direct reports and/or business partners through effective communication, training, coaching, development, and recognition

• Identifies opportunities for improvement using tools such as layered audits

• Achieves Safety, People, Quality, Responsiveness, and Cost key performance indicators

• Cultivates a safety culture, and implements and enforces workplace safety rules and policies

• Implements GMS and lean principles

• Models GM’s cultural behaviors and always demonstrates the highest level of integrity

• Maintains good working relationships and communicates with employees, union representatives, and management team

• May evaluate team performance, and promotes continuous improvement

• Achieves quality standards by communicating goals and leveraging resources to solve problems

• Understands and consistently administers company policies

• May completes administrative tasks such as timekeeping, and maintain departmental records and reports 

• Performs all other duties as assigned

Additional Job Description

Your Skills & Abilities (Required Qualifications):

• ​Bachelor Degree or equivalent experience

• Experience supervising employees in a union environment.

• 3-5 years' experience supervising employees in a manufacturing environment.

• Knowledge of manufacturing processes and procedure.

• Knowledge of basic math.

• High level oral and written communication skills.

• Knowledge of basic technology of area where assigned.

• High level analytical ability where problems are complex.

• High level interpersonal skills to work effectively with all levels of the organization, motivate employees and elicit work output.

• Ability to work any shift as dictated by the business

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

GM DOES NOT PROVIDE IMMIGRATION-RELATED SPONSORSHIP FOR THIS ROLE.  DO NOT APPLY FOR THIS ROLE IF YOU WILL NEED GM IMMIGRATION SPONSORSHIP (e.g., H-1B, TN, STEM OPT, etc.) NOW OR IN THE FUTURE.

About GM

Our vision is a world with Zero Crashes, Zero Emissions and Zero Congestion and we embrace the responsibility to lead the change that will make our world better, safer and more equitable for all.

Why Join Us 

We aspire to be the most inclusive company in the world. We believe we all must make a choice every day – individually and collectively – to drive meaningful change through our words, our deeds and our culture. Our Work Appropriately philosophy supports our foundation of inclusion and provides employees the flexibility to work where they can have the greatest impact on achieving our goals, dependent on role needs. Every day, we want every employee, no matter their background, ethnicity, preferences, or location, to feel they belong to one General Motors team.

Benefits Overview

The goal of the General Motors total rewards program is to support the health and well-being of you and your family. Our comprehensive compensation plan incudes, the following benefits, in addition to many others:
• Paid time off including vacation days, holidays, and parental leave for mothers, fathers and adoptive parents;
• Healthcare (including a triple tax advantaged