Business Planner Body Shop
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Job Location:
Warren, OH - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
Yesterday
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Job Description
At General Motors our product teams are redefining mobility. Through a human-centered design process we create vehicles and experiences that are designed not just to be seen but to be felt. Were turning todays impossible into tomorrows standard from breakthrough hardware and battery systems to intuitive design intelligent software and next-generation safety and entertainment features.
Every day our products move millions of people as we aim to make driving safer smarter and more connected shaping the future of transportation on a global scale..
The Role
As a Body Shop Planner you will be responsible for implementing and executing established business processes for areas of increased complexity within production operations. Your work will be technical in nature and require independent judgment within the framework of the General Motors Manufacturing System (GMS) with a strong focus on Safety People Quality Responsiveness Cost and Environment (SPQRCE).
This role provides broad exposure to plant operations and business management including budgeting staffing production support maintenance coordination planning and change management. As a key representative of the Body Shop organization you will work crossfunctionally across the plant and broader GM organization to communicate status track performance and enable timely actions that support departmental plant and enterprise objectives.
What Youll Do
- Serve as a subjectmatter expert for elements of the Global Workplace Safety System.
- Participate in SOT and Layered Audit processes tracking findings and supporting closure of actions.
- Prepare analyze and present data to support Business Plan Deployment across all SPQRCE metrics.
- Participate in daily weekly and monthly operating reviews to support departmental Group Leaders and Leadership.
- Lead annual budget preparation support Cost Council initiatives and prepare monthly forecast updates.
- Track labor hours against Hours Per Vehicle (HPV) targets and identify variances.
- Maintain vacation schedules and support salary payroll processes.
- Support recruiting efforts for salaried roles and coordinate hourly employee movement as needed.
- Lead PlanforChange activities including productivity improvements station rearrangements product changes modelyear updates and PCP/TEB actions.
- Schedule and prepare materials for Team Leader meetings.
- Oversee and manage service contracts with key suppliers.
- Support execution and continuous improvement of the General Motors Manufacturing System (GMS).
- Provide daytoday support to plant floor operations and perform additional duties as requested by the Shift Leader or Area Manager.
Your Skills & Abilities (Required Qualifications)
- Experience supporting manufacturing or production operations in a plant environment with exposure to staffing budgeting scheduling or operational planning.
- Working knowledge of the General Motors Manufacturing System (GMS) or comparable production systems including SPQRCE metrics and layered audit processes.
- Experience preparing analyzing and reporting operational performance data to support business plan deployment forecasting and leadership reviews.
- Demonstrated experience with budget preparation cost tracking and forecasting including participation in cost council or financial review meetings.
- Ability to manage and coordinate change activities related to productivity improvements staffing adjustments modelyear changes and build events within a manufacturing department.
What Could Give You a Competitive Edge (Preferred Qualifications)
- Experience working directly in a Body Shop General Assembly or Manufacturing environment.
- Familiarity with changemanagement activities related to product launches productivity initiatives or build events.
- Experience supporting or coordinating recruiting staffing movements or vacation scheduling in a manufacturing department.
- Comfort interacting with crossfunctional partners across Manufacturing Maintenance Industrial Engineering HR Finance and Leadership.
- Ability to clearly communicate operational performance risks and action plans to team leaders and department leadership.
- Demonstrated capability to prioritize competing tasks and adapt quickly in a fastpaced plant environment.
- Experience using standard business tools (e.g. Excel PowerPoint plant reporting systems) to support data analysis and presentations.
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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.
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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. Every day we want every employee to feel they belong to one General Motors team.
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