About the Manufacturing Systems Deployment Lead role: Additional Job Description Minimum Qualifications: - Bachelor's degree in a technical field or equivalent work experience - Hands-on manufacturing systems experience Preferred Qualifications: - Knowledge of manufacturing processes and systems - Supports and drives GM IT launch implementation initiatives - Participates in functional area plant meetings and related functions to represent IT project management and to assist in meeting launch IT performance goals. - Learns technical concepts and practices quickly - Communicate issues to proper parties within affected departments - Provides defined technical support and direction to support personnel within the organization - Investigates IT system integration problems and provides technical input in problem resolution - Works with Central office teams to promote common systems and best practices - Assures common IT architecture for all new and revised tooling and equipment - Communicates IT Launch requirements to the appropriate staffs and coordinates IT systems deployment activities with the plant business team - Maintains good working relationships with peers, hourly, union, management, supplier community and interfaces with necessary support functions inside and outside of the plant - Mechanical/Electrical aptitude with the ability to grasp complex systems easily - Ability to multitask in a highly flexible environment - Develops and monitors planning timetables and project schedules - Reports planning progress to all departments impacted - Excellent oral and written communication skills. Able to take highly technical discussions to the appropriate level to foster proper understanding to drive decisions and forward progress - Strong organizational skills and attention to detail. Exceptional work ethic with the ability to multi-task under limited supervision - Understand business processes and how underlying systems and technologies enable processes - Adheres to an appropriate (for the setting) and effective set of core values and beliefs during good and bad times; acts in line with those values - Responds and relates well to direction from multiple program management leadership sources. - Enforces safe work practices as the highest priority and implements objectives for health/safety, and housekeeping 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. Diversity Information General Motors is committed to being a workplace that is not only free of discrimination, but one that genuinely fosters inclusion and belonging. We strongly believe that workforce diversity creates an environment in which our employees can thrive and develop better products for our customers. We understand and embrace the variety through which people gain experiences whether through professional, personal, educational, or volunteeropportunities.