Labor Relations Manager

**Job Description**:
At General Motors we pride ourselves on designing, building and selling the world's best vehicles. We are seeking a new generation of visionaries to help launch bold engineering and business initiatives, and shape new directions for General Motors.

The Labor Relation Manager has the following challenges:

- Lead the Collective Bargaining Agreement negotiations process with recognized employee organizations.
- Develop local negotiation strategies, negotiate, and oversee the administration of local labor agreement.
- Provide guidance and support for regional negotiation strategies.
- Use appropriate negotiation strategies to develop bargaining goals and negotiate contracts consistent with the Company’s mission, values, goal and budget.
- Achieve agreements that aim the maintenance of Company´s competitiveness and allow the adequacy for constants market challenges and production needs, assuring the achievement of targets.
- Maintain current knowledge of employee and labor relations trends, legal decisions, and statutory changes.
- Conduct research necessary to support contract negotiations and employee relations.
- Assure the HR team are aligned to the Labor Relations strategies, guaranteeing the necessary training and qualification.
- Keep harmony between Capital and Labor Relations at GM plants.
- Maintain an effective working relationship with Management, Union Representatives, Central Staffs and others outside the work group
- Solve conflicts pertinent to Labor Relations. Act with agility aiming problems solutions.
- Facilitates on-going communication and working relationships with employee representative organizations and Union.
- Act on behalf of GM, as needed, in representing the Company in various legal matters

**Additional Job Description**:
**Requirements**:

- Bachelor's degree in Law
- Postgraduate in Labor Law / People Management MBA desirable
- Strong experience with Labor Relations activities
- Significative experience as a People Leader/Manager
- Fluent English
- Spanish advence desirable
- Fluent Portuguese
- Disponibilidade para viagens de negócios
- High level of interpersonal skills to work effectively with all levels of the organisation

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**About GM**:
Our vision is a world with Zero Crashes, Zero Emissions and Zero Congestion and we embrace the responsibility to lead the change that will make our world better, safer and more equitable for all.

**Why Join Us**:
We aspire to be the most inclusive company in the world. We believe we all must make a choice every day - individually and collectively - to drive meaningful change through our words, our deeds and our culture. Our Work Appropriately philosophy supports our foundation of inclusion and provides employees the flexibility to work where they can have the greatest impact on achieving our goals, dependent on role needs. Every day, we want every employee, no matter their background, ethnicity, preferences, or location, to feel they belong to one General Motors team.

**Diversity Information**:
General Motors is committed to being a workplace that is not only free of discrimination, but one that genuinely fosters inclusion and belonging. We strongly believe that workforce diversity creates an environment in which our employees can thrive and develop better products for our customers. We understand and embrace the variety through which people gain experiences whether through professional, personal, educational, or volunteer opportunities.