Program Management Scheduling Lead - GPS

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

Job summary

General Motors is seeking a Scheduling Lead to own build scheduling, capacity planning, forecasting, and operating cadence for Assembly, Machining, and related lab activities at the Pontiac Engineering Center. The role leads a diverse team of contractors and employees, turning plans into executable schedules while supporting safety, quality, and cost processes.

This on-site position focuses on delivering aligned schedules, resolving prioritizations, and driving continuous-improvement across

Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience in planning, scheduling, operations, or a closely related environment.
• Strong analytical skills with spreadsheets, forecasts, data reconciliation, and recurring performance reports.
• Ability to translate business plans, demand, constraints, and actual performance into practical short- and long-term plans.
• Experience leading cross-functional meetings, setting priorities, documenting decisions, and driving 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.

Skills

Planning & Scheduling

Analytics & Reporting

Strategic Planning

Cross-functional Leadership

Workflow Tools

Education

Bachelor’s degree in business/engineering related curriculum

Job description

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. We’re turning today’s impossible into tomorrow’s 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

Introduction

In our pursuit to create a world with Zero Crashes, Zero Emissions, and Zero Congestion, GM’s global manufacturing engineering team is challenging the limits on what is possible and embracing agility as it reimagines how to build the next generation of vehicles. Our diverse team of manufacturing engineers play a crucial role in transforming our facilities through implementing the adoption of ground-breaking technologies. From raw sheet metal to final assembly, this team is reinventing the tools and processes that will enable GM to deliver on our promise to create an all-electric future.

Role Summary

If you are interested in understanding the future of General Motors Propulsion products – engines, transmissions, and electric drive unit systems – GAIC (Global Artisan Innovation Center) GPS Scheduling has a place for you! This role is a “cross-functional” Leader role. Seeking a Scheduling Lead to own build scheduling, capacity planning, forecasting, and operating cadence for Assembly, Machining, and related laboratory and manufacturing activity. This role turns vehicle and dyno plans into executable schedules, leads cross-functional reviews, resolves priorities and escalations, maintains key business systems, and supports the people, safety, quality, and cost processes that keep the team running. Candidate will lead a diverse group of team members (contract, salary, third-party.)

(This role is on-site Daily)

Key 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.

Preferred Skills

• Demonstrated experience in planning, scheduling, operations, or a closely related environment.
• Strong analytical skills with spreadsheets, forecasts, data reconciliation, and recurring performance reports.
• Ability to translate business plans, demand, constraints, and actual performance into practical short- and long-term plans.
• Experience leading cross-functional meetings, setting priorities, documenting decisions, and driving issues to resolution.
• Working knowledge of shared business platforms, system-access processes, and digital workflow tools.Clear written and verbal communication, sound judgment, attention to detail, and the ability to manage multiple deadlines, cross functionally.

Education

Bachelor’s degree in business/engineering related curriculum.

On Site

This role is categorized as onsite. This means the successful candidate is expected to report to GM Pontiac Engineering Center, Building C on a full-time basis.

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 onsite. This means the selected candidate is expected to report to a specific location on a full-time basis.This job is not eligible for relocation benefits. Any relocation costs would be the responsibility of the selected candidate.

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.

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