.**Job Description**:Position will supervise a team: provide employee development, training, and drive the performance management process as well as manage an efficient organizational structure.RESPONSIBILITIES- Leading, guiding and directing a team that is responsible for executing deliverables in support of the logistic organization's business objectives.- Provides leadership of one of the key areas within GM Global Logistics/Containers to ensure business objectives are met or exceeded in all areas including customer, quality, service, responsiveness, people, product and financial initiatives.- Communicates within the function as well as other functions, external affiliates, regulatory agencies.- Responsible for supporting relationship management with logistic suppliers and service providers- Influences others within the organization to accept new concepts, practices, and approaches.- Identify problems, update or modify work methods that may be complex in the work area without the benefit of defined procedures.- Promote GM's values and makes customer-focused decisions.- Hold accountability for staffing, communicating, training and development, in addition to, directing and prioritization of work, evaluating performance, and removing roadblocks.- Provides technical leadership to team and interacts and collaborates with multi-functional teams to meet targets.- Lead team on new methods or initiatives without defined procedures.Hiring processes: You will identify & lead staffing initiatives for work team. Part of the duties will include conducting regularly scheduled group meetings, communicating GM policies & procedures, leadership and safety messages. You will craft specific to functional communication on vision & strategy, which may include preparing and giving presentations.Training & Developing: Ensures employees are in compliance with all mandatory GM training and any specific training related to functional responsibility. You will need to understands & support employee's career development goals as well as develop and execute initiatives to improve work team capability and increase work team capacity.Delegation: Assigns and balances workload for direct reports. You will also set individual employee and group priorities.Monitoring & Approving GM Records: You will make decision about employee work and overtime schedules, expenses, and other work-related data.Evaluating Performance and Behaviors: Offer direct hires, candid & constructive feedback and facilitate performance interventions when necessary.Recognition: Formally & informally recognize employee's contributions. Timely and consistent feedback to direct employee's as appropriate will be required. As manager, you will also participate in compensation planning and administer compensation treatment.Removing Roadblocks & Resolving Issues/Complaints: Observes and steps up to remove roadblocks and resolve potential issues