Warehouse Site Leader: Lean Ops & Union Team Leadership

General Motors (GM); Rancho Cucamonga (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 187,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Dental

Vision

Health Savings Account

Retirement plan

Paid vacation

Job summary

General Motors (GM) invites applications for a Warehouse Site Leader to oversee GM's Customer Care and Aftersales parts distribution center. You will guide a unionized workforce, manage safety, quality, and costs, and drive performance through standardized work and lean methods.

You will lead inventory control, shipping, and delivery operations while aligning with CCA and GM goals, managing budgets, and championing Infor WMS adoption and continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent professional experience.
• 8+ years of warehouse operations, distribution, logistics, manufacturing, or a related high-volume operating environment.
• Strong knowledge of warehouse, distribution, inventory, material-flow, and transportation processes.
• Experience leading salaried and hourly teams, including workforces represented by a labor union.
• Demonstrated success developing leaders and building high-performing teams.
• Strong background in warehouse management systems (Infor WMS preferred) and automation.
• Experience managing budgets, staffing, operational metrics, and continuous-improvement initiatives.
• Ability to work on-site in a shift-oriented operation and respond to business needs outside standard working hours.

Responsibilities

• Direct warehouse activities, including receiving, storage, inventory control, picking, packing, shipping, transportation coordination, and customer delivery.
• Lead a unionized workforce of hourly and salaried employees, including staffing, workforce planning, timekeeping, overtime, succession planning, talent development, and performance management.
• Establish goals, operating rhythms, performance standards, and action plans aligned with GM objectives.
• Oversee annual operating budget, capital budgets, maintenance, and resources to meet financial targets.
• Improve productivity, inventory accuracy, order fulfillment, delivery performance, and costs.
• Champion technology adoption and innovation, including Infor and WMS.
• Use KPIs to identify trends, prioritize resources, and sustain improvements.
• Lead responses to disruptions, safety, quality, and material-flow constraints.

Skills

Warehouse operations

Union workforce leadership

Budget management

Infor WMS

Automation

Data-driven decisions

Continuous improvement

On-site work

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Tools

Infor WMS

Automation technologies

Job description

General Motors (GM) invites applications for a Warehouse Site Leader to oversee GM's Customer Care and Aftersales parts distribution center. You will guide a unionized workforce, manage safety, quality, and costs, and drive performance through standardized work and lean methods.

You will lead inventory control, shipping, and delivery operations while aligning with CCA and GM goals, managing budgets, and championing Infor WMS adoption and continuous improvement.