General Motors
Production Area Manager
Marion, Indiana, United States of America · On-site · Manager · Full-time · Posted Oct 26, 2026
- Experience
- 5+ years of progressive leadership experience in manufacturing, production, operations, or a related environment.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree in manufacturing, engineering, business, operations, or a related field (preferred).
About the job
Leads manufacturing operations in an assigned area, ensuring safe and efficient production while developing employees and delivering performance goals.
What you'll do
- Lead production across shifts, set expectations, and manage performance metrics and corrective actions.
- Drive safety, quality, accountability, problem solving, audits, and continuous improvement.
- Coordinate with cross-functional partners, develop employees, and support launches, labor relations, and cost improvements.
What they ask for
- 5+ years of progressive leadership experience in manufacturing, production, operations, or a related environment.
- Demonstrated ability to lead teams in a fast-paced manufacturing operation.
- Experience with performance management, structured problem solving, and continuous improvement.
- Ability to work with represented employees and cross-functional partners, work flexible hours across shifts, and use standard business and production-management systems.
Nice to have
- Bachelor’s degree in manufacturing, engineering, business, operations, or a related field.
- Experience with GM systems, GMS, Business Plan Deployment, layered audits, scorecards, production teams, launches, or high-volume manufacturing.
Tools
GM systems, GMS, Business Plan Deployment
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