Senior Global Commodity Manager

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The Role

The Senior Global Commodity Manager – Senior GCM executes the global strategy for motors, magnets, and critical mineral resiliency for an assigned portfolio. This role is accountable for delivering cost competitiveness, supply resilience, and innovation within their scope, supporting GM’s broader electrification and mobility strategy.

You will execute a clear, forward-looking strategy for your commodities, build strong supplier partnerships, and lead change within your area of responsibility. You will lead a team of Global Sourcing Managers building capability, managing performance, and ensuring a high-performing, engaged team.

What You’ll Do

• Execute the vision and direction for Tier-N resilience for the assigned motors and critical minerals portfolio, leading, coaching, and engaging a team of professionals to deliver strong business outcomes.
• Apply and maintain SMT Purchasing risk frameworks for your portfolio, including risk identification, evaluation, and prioritization, ensuring timely mitigation and accurate reporting within established governance.
• Manage strategic relationships with central resilience, enterprise risk management, and other key stakeholders to ensure CT priorities for your portfolio are reflected in resilience data, tools, and technology roadmaps.
• Define and track key performance metrics for Tier-N planning, design, and supplier execution within your scope; use insights to recommend actions and inform leadership decisions and trade-offs.
• Oversee Tier-N CT strategies for your portfolio , including component timing, cross-program read-across, escalation pathways, and supplier audit inputs to proactively manage risk.
• Implement and continuously improve standardized, scalable processes that drive consistency across your team, embedding lessons learned and corrective actions into day-to-day operating mechanisms.
• Provide clear updates to senior leadership on resilience and continuity status for your portfolio, including goals, plans, progress, risk/impact analysis, and recommended actions.
• Develop and manage supplier relationships at a senior level to understand their risk management strategies, influence their investments in resilience, and ensure alignment with GM’s expectations.
• Support and deploy innovative supply chain risk management solutions within your area, contributing to business cases, aligning cross-functional partners, and leading pilots and implementation for your commodities.
• Develop talent and organizational capability , including day-to-day coaching, performance management, and career development for team members, ensuring alignment with GM values and behaviors.

Top Candidate Profile

Top candidates will demonstrate:

• Deep expertise in Supply Chain and/or Procurement , with a track record of leading complex, cross-functional initiatives or projects and driving measurable improvements within their function.
• Advanced communication and storytelling skills , including the ability to create executive-ready materials that translate complex concepts and data into clear, compelling insights.
• Strong customer-centric leadership , with the ability to listen to the voice of the customer, influence stakeholders at multiple levels, and effectively teach and coach others.
• Strategic orientation and learning agility , with the ability to quickly adapt to new information, environments, and priorities while constructively challenging the status quo within their scope.
• Proven people leadership , including mentoring, motivating, and eliciting high performance from direct reports and cross-functional partners.

Your Skills & Abilities (Required Qualifications)

• Education: Bachelor’s degree required (or equivalent related experience)
• Experience:
  • 10+ years of experience in global purchasing or procurement . (any internship or co-op experience will not be considered)
  • Proven track record of people leadership experience directly leading teams with a minimum of 4-5 people, driving results, and personal accountability with oneself and team  
• Functional Skills:
  • Proven negotiation , supplier management , and analytical skills applied to complex, high-impact business decisions.
  • Demonstrated success operating in a multi-stakeholder environment , setting expectations, aligning stakeholders, and following through on commitments.
  • Strong project/program management capability, driving initiatives to completion under tight deadlines and competing priorities.
• Leadership & Behavioral Skills:
  • Strong verbal and written communication , with the ability to distill complex issues into clear, concise messages for diverse audiences.
  • Strong interpersonal and collaboration skills , with a track record of leading and influencing cross-functional and global teams.
  • High comfort with ambiguity and autonomy , making sound decisions with incomplete information and appropriate escalation.
  • Strong drive for results and change leadership , effectively leading others through challenges to deliver measurable outcomes.
  • Demonstrated continuous improvement and innovation mindset , consistently challenging and improving processes within their scope.
  • Proven people leadership skills , including performance management, coaching, feedback, and talent development.
• Travel: Ability to travel 10–20% of the time, domestically and internationally.

Preferred Qualifications (What Gives You a Competitive Edge)

• Demonstrated ability to lead complex data analysis and translate insights into clear strategic recommendations.
• 3+ years of purchasing experience in motors, critical minerals, or engineering-related commodities.
• Master’s degree preferred (Business, Supply Chain, HR, or related field).
• Strong working knowledge of IT processes, systems, and terminology , with the ability to partner effectively with technical teams.
• Proven program management capability , including leading cross-functional initiatives from concept through execution.
• Experience contributing to and executing global and regional strategies , aligning stakeholders and measuring outcomes.
• Advanced skill in reading, interpreting, and operationalizing policy across multiple jurisdictions or functions.
• Experience identifying, assessing, and managing business risk (financial, legal, operational) across industries, including but not limited to automotive.

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.)

Esta função é classificada como híbrida. Isso significa que o candidato selecionado deverá trabalhar no escritório/fábrica da GM pelo menos 3 vezes por semana {ou outra frequência ditada por seu gerente}.

O candidato selecionado deverá viajar regularmente (25-50%) para esta função.

Esta posição pode ser elegível para benefícios de relocação.

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