Recruiting Manager, Manufacturing

Description
As a Recruiting Manager within GM's U.S. Manufacturing organization, you will lead strategic recruiting efforts for hourly and salaried roles across engineering, operations, maintenance, and leadership functions. You will support hiring within a collective bargaining environment, ensuring compliance with labor agreements while driving talent acquisition strategies that align with GM's business goals and workforce needs across multiple U.S. sites.

• Lead and manage a team of recruiters focused on experienced hiring across GM's U.S. manufacturing facilities.
• Develop and execute recruiting strategies for salaried roles including group leaders, maintenance supervisors, engineers, and other technical and operational positions.
• Partner with HR, labor relations, and site leadership to ensure recruiting practices align with site-specific needs.
• Support the implementation and optimization of recruiting and onboarding tools across multiple sites and projects.
• Own project timelines, reporting, and financial tracking for recruiting initiatives.
• Conduct market research and data analysis to inform sourcing strategies and improve hiring outcomes.
• Communicate effectively with stakeholders across HR, operations, and labor relations to ensure alignment and transparency.

Leadership Expectations
Team Leadership

• Lead a team with diverse skill sets and shared objectives, including individual contributors and potentially other people leaders.
• Foster a culture of accountability, innovation, and continuous improvement.

Expertise

• Demonstrate advanced knowledge of experienced hiring in a manufacturing or similar environment.
• Serve as a resource for technical expertise, policy interpretation, and cross-functional collaboration.
• Guide teams in solving complex problems and developing innovative solutions.

Complexity & Decision-Making

• Translate strategic goals into actionable plans for the team.
• Reallocate resources and reprioritize initiatives based on evolving business needs.
• Resolve sensitive issues and competing demands with professionalism and discretion.

Scope & Impact

• Drive strategy and execution of large-scale recruiting initiatives impacting multiple U.S. manufacturing sites.
• Own workforce planning, operational decisions, and delivery of KPIs.
• Champion change management and model GM's core behaviors to build a productive and inclusive team.

Qualifications

• 5+ years managing a team of tenured recruiters
• 7+ years of recruiting experience
• Understanding of plant operations, skilled trades, and shift work
• Experience with high volume manufacturing recruiting preferred
• Demonstrated success in utilizing data and metrics to drive decision making
• Strong understanding of recruitment processes, sourcing techniques, and TA technologies
• Experience building inclusive teams, managing performance, and managing expectations through ambiguity
• Ability to travel up to 50%

Compensation
The compensation information is a good faith estimate only. It is based on what a successful applicant might be paid in accordance with applicable state laws.
The actual base salary a successful candidate will be offered within this range will vary based on factors relevant to the position, as well as geography of the selected candidate.

• The salary range for this role is $149,000 - $198,600. The actual base salary a successful candidate will be offered within this range will vary based on factors relevant to the position.
• Bonus Potential: An incentive pay program offers payouts based on company performance, job level, and individual performance.
• Benefits: GM offers a variety of health and wellbeing benefit programs. Benefit options include medical, dental, vision, Health Savings Account, Flexible Spending Accounts, retirement savings plan, sickness and accident benefits, life insurance, paid vacation & holidays, tuition assistance programs, employee assistance program, GM vehicle discounts and more.

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This role is based remotely, but if the selected candidate lives within a specific mile radius of a GM hub, they will be expected to report to the location three times a week {or other frequency dictated by your manager}.
The selected candidate will be required to travel on a regular basis (25-50%) for this role.
This job is not eligible for relocation benefits. Any relocation costs would be the responsibility of the selected candidate.
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