Business Planning Manager Supply Chain & Warehousing

Job Description

The Business Planning Manager supports Supply Chain & Warehousing within GMs Customer Care & Aftersales organization. The role partners with and directly reports to the Supply Chain & Warehousing Executive Director serving as the planning governance and execution backbone for the organization.

This manager translates global and North America strategy into executable plans drives action-item closure and connects demand planning S&OP supply logistics warehousing fulfillment finance safety and regional operations. The ideal candidate brings diverse end-to-end supply chain experience global or regional perspective strong judgment and the ability to influence without authority.

What Youll Do

Business Planning Governance and Execution

• Support business operations staff meetings leadership routines and special assignments.

• Establish governance for priorities initiatives risks decisions performance and action items.

• Lead execution reviews and ensure decisions have clear owners due dates escalation paths and follow-through.

• Translate strategy into operating plans milestones measurable outcomes and benefits realization.

• Identify barriers manage dependencies and drive commitments to closure.

Supply Chain Logistics Warehousing and Fulfillment

• Integrate demand planning S&OP supply inventory logistics warehousing fulfillment and financial planning into one executable plan.

• Lead demand and supply reviews scenario planning and alignment of S&OP decisions with replenishment labor transportation capacity and customer commitments.

• Monitor forecast-to-execution performance identify constraints and drive corrective actions.

• Evaluate network flows inventory positioning service levels capacity labor lanes and locations to improve responsiveness cost and productivity.

• Support protection-of-supply business continuity recovery and risk-mitigation plans.

Executive Support Analytics and Communications

• Prepare executive briefings presentations talking points leadership updates and visual summaries.

• Analyze operating metrics and complex business information to provide clear recommendations.

• Maintain visibility to budgets headcount risks performance and leadership priorities.

• Develop scorecards dashboards business cases risk registers and decision materials.

• Handle confidential information and executive communication with sound judgment professionalism poise and discretion.

Collaboration Improvement and Safety

• Lead special projects and process improvements that simplify work and strengthen standard ways of working.

• Collaborate with Supply Chain Warehousing Logistics Demand Planning S&OP Finance Purchasing Customer Care IT Engineering Manufacturing Safety and regional teams.

• Partner with GM business planners to share best practices and improve planning processes.

• Include safety considerations in business plans reviews risk assessments and communications.

• Lead teams from discussion to decision and from decision to execution.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in Supply Chain Logistics Operations Business Finance Project Management or a related field.

• 7 years of experience in project management strategy supply chain business planning or complex operations planning.

• Experience managing a team leading a workstream or coordinating delivery across multiple stakeholders.

• Broad knowledge of supply chain logistics warehousing demand planning S&OP inventory transportation capacity and fulfillment.

• Demonstrated experience leading cross-functional initiatives from planning through execution.

• Experience establishing governance performance reviews action tracking and escalation mechanisms.

• Strong executive communication analytical recommendation problem-solving and Microsoft Office skills.

• Ability to influence without authority manage ambiguity exercise sound judgment and remain accountable for results.

• Willingness and ability to travel as required.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in automotive aftermarket service parts manufacturing distribution or complex global network operations.

• Global or regional experience including North America and international markets.

• Knowledge of CCA (Customer Care and Aftersales) operations metrics dealer fulfillment and service parts availability.

• Experience with supply disruption response business continuity protection of supply network resilience ERP WMS transportation management or analytics.

• Lean Six Sigma APICS/ASCM PMP or equivalent certification.

Leadership Behaviors

• Strategic thinker who converts business priorities into practical actions.

• Execution-oriented owner who creates momentum and drives closure.

• Governance-minded leader who brings structure facts cadence and decisions to complex work.

• Influential communicator and trusted partner across functions regions and leadership levels.

• High-integrity adaptable inclusive and continuous-improvement oriented.

Measures of Success

• Clear governance cadence decision rights ownership and action closure.

• Stronger alignment between demand supply inventory logistics warehousing safety and financial plans.

• Improved plan-versus-actual performance and faster corrective action.

• Measurable progress in service fulfillment inventory cost productivity capacity resilience safety and customer 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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