Senior Global Packaging Manager

Job Description This role is categorized as hybrid. This means the selected candidate is expected to report to a specific location at least 3 times a week (or other frequency dictated by their manager) The Role The Senior Global Packaging Manager will lead the design and execution of global packaging and returnable container strategies that reduce cost, improve efficiency, and advance sustainability goals. Your work will directly impact operational performance and environmental stewardship across our supply chain. This role offers the opportunity to optimize global flows, implement cutting-edge solutions, and set new standards for packaging excellence. The Senior Global Packaging Manager role spans multiple sub-functions: one sub- function is associated to Program Management to ensure all the design processes are completed within program timing and to ensure 100% of containers are delivered on time for launch. The Senior Global Packaging Manager will be responsible to project manage and represent containers with the program teams for all container related activities. A second function focuses on material flow and container flow operations, ensuring fleets are moving successfully through the network and evaluating the use of expendable in the network. The third function focuses on expendable design, strategy, and purchasing for the parts network, inclusive of service parts. All roles have fiduciary responsibility to manage containers capital, expendable, & operational spend. They may also be responsible for expendable packaging plans and benchmarking associated with program parts and reusable container fleet performance This position will supervise a team: provide employee development, training, and drive the performance management process as well as manage an efficient organizational structure. What Youu2019ll Do + Lead a team of program managers and container/packaging engineers to develop and deliver reusable container fleets to support vehicle launches + Lead a team to support Direct Purchasing with packaging concepts & costs to ensure total enterprise cost sourcing decisions + Support logistics cost savings through more efficient packaging designs & inbound logistics solutions + Manage program budgets for packaging, equipment, and utilize common corporate tools to forecast commitments and spending + Influences others within the organization to accept new concepts, practices, and approaches + Hold accountability for staffing, communication, training and development, in addition to, directing and prioritizing work, evaluating performance, and removing roadblocks + Develop and track KPI's related to container fabricators and supply base to maintain on-time delivery and first-time quality + Bring a global perspective and global management experience to assure an integrated, consistent, and concurrent engineering process to program development and execution u2013 from early design to integration and testing. Coordinate execution of global programs and delivery from teams located around the world. + Actively engage in external technical communities and benchmarking activities to bring outside perspective to continuously mature organizational capability and improve our products, technology, and processes. + Create and foster an inclusive open culture where out-of-box thinking is encouraged. This manager will provide thought leadership, foster innovation, facilitate communication, and inspire passion into the organization. + Strategic thinker and visionary, analytical skills and change management, results driven and highly skilled communicator. + Ability to deal with ambiguity on a day-to-day basis and focused on solutions. + Leads and reimagines initiatives through development of improved business tools, processes, and documentation + Recommend future strategies related to organizational structure, roles and responsibilities, and processes and technology + Maintain positive working relationships with cross functional stakeholders + Hire, train, develop, mentor, manage, and develop employees. Ensure there is right technical and leadership bench strength in the team. Cultivate a growth mindset. + Drive GM Behaviors and Competencies; actively champion change to support GMu2019s transformation; demonstrate high business acumen; strategically focus on addressing systemic issues; possess high learning agility, ability to deal with ambiguity and complexity, tendency to push the envelope and not accept status quo. Your Skills & Abilities (Required Qualifications) + Bachelor's degree + 10+ years relevant experience in packaging, reusable containers, material flow, operations, logistics, or supply chain + Proven track record of directly leading teams with a minimum of 4-5 people, driving results, and personal accountability with oneself and team + Strategic Orientation, willingness to learn, adapt & be agile, comfort in challenging norms, dealing with ambiguity + Strong leadership and communication skills + Ability to analyze data, develop actionable insights, and present concisely to all levels of leadership. + Excellent problem-solving and decision-making abilities supporting autonomous action + Strong interpersonal skills with demonstrated ability to lead diverse/cross-functional teams as well as mentor, motivate and elicit work output from peers and other team members + Ability to travel 20% of the time Domestically + Internationally What Will Give You a Competitive Edge (Preferred Qualifications) + Master's degree in a related field + Developed skillset with respect to data management tools: Power BI, Excel, TMS, AI, etc. This job may be eligible for relocation benefits GM does not provide immigration-related sponsorship for this role. 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Created: 2026-04-04