Manufacturing Scheduling Lead

General Motors; Pontiac (MI); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

On-site role

Job summary

General Motors Pontiac Engineering Center is seeking a Scheduling Lead to own build scheduling, capacity planning, forecasting, and operating cadence for Assembly, Machining, and related lab activities. You will translate vehicle and dyno plans into executable schedules, lead cross-functional reviews, manage priorities, and support safety, quality, and cost processes.

This on-site role requires a Bachelor's degree in business/engineering and the ability to lead diverse teams including

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in business/engineering related curriculum.
• Experience in planning, scheduling, operations, or a closely related environment.
• Ability to lead cross-functional meetings, document decisions, and drive issues to resolution.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain short- and long-term operational schedules aligned with business priorities.
• Lead recurring planning and prioritization meetings; translate decisions into clear actions and schedule updates.
• Prepare regular performance reports; validate source data, reconcile results, and highlight key changes.
• Develop long-range forecasts, capacity plans, productivity outlooks, and resource requirements.
• Complete recurring operational and quality reporting using current plans, schedules, and actual results.
• Review schedules, resource constraints, priorities, and escalations and coordinate timely resolution of issues.
• Produce routine and ad hoc reports for stakeholders, maintain supporting procedures and documentation.
• Maintain shared business content and support system access, onboarding, updates, and approval workflows.
• Review and approve routine operational, administrative, and system-related requests.
• Lead team meetings and individual check-ins, support employee development, and coordinate recurring business activities.
• Support safety, quality, continuous-improvement, and standardized-work processes.
• Facilitate operational reviews, special initiatives, and collaboration across business functions.
• Present operating updates with clear risks, priorities, decisions, and follow-up actions.

Skills

Planning & Scheduling

Cross-functional leadership

Analytical skills

Data reconciliation

Performance reporting

Forecasting

Resource prioritization

Attention to detail

Stakeholder communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in business/engineering related curriculum

Job description

General Motors Pontiac Engineering Center is seeking a Scheduling Lead to own build scheduling, capacity planning, forecasting, and operating cadence for Assembly, Machining, and related lab activities. You will translate vehicle and dyno plans into executable schedules, lead cross-functional reviews, manage priorities, and support safety, quality, and cost processes.

This on-site role requires a Bachelor's degree in business/engineering and the ability to lead diverse teams including