Recruiting Manager, Manufacturing

Recruiting Manager

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.

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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