Senior Business Development Executive - General Motors (GM)

Senior Business Development Executive – General Motors (GM) Staffing & Strategic Accounts

Position: Senior Business Development Executive / Strategic Account Director

Industry: Automotive Manufacturing | Engineering Staffing | Technical Staffing | Workforce Solutions

Position Overview

We are seeking a highly connected Senior Business Development Executive with an established network of General Motors (GM) executives, hiring managers, procurement leaders, and senior-level decision-makers to expand our staffing services within General Motors.

The ideal candidate is a proven Staffing Business Development Professional, Strategic Account Manager, or Automotive Industry Sales Executive who has successfully developed relationships, secured staffing contracts, and expanded workforce solutions within General Motors.

This position requires someone who already knows the right people at GM and can leverage those existing relationships to generate new business opportunities, increase staffing placements, and grow our presence across GM facilities, engineering teams, manufacturing operations, and corporate departments.

Our primary objective is to increase the number of contract employees working at General Motors by expanding relationships with influential hiring decision-makers and securing additional staffing business.

Responsibilities

• Leverage existing General Motors (GM) relationships to identify, develop, and secure new staffing and workforce solutions opportunities.
• Build and expand relationships with GM executives, senior leadership, department heads, hiring managers, procurement directors, and talent acquisition leaders.
• Drive new business development by identifying departments and facilities with current or upcoming contract staffing needs.
• Generate new staffing requisitions, contract staffing opportunities, and workforce augmentation projects within General Motors.
• Increase the number of contract employees and contingent workers placed across GM engineering, manufacturing, technical, and corporate operations.
• Develop and execute strategic account growth plans focused on expanding staffing services across GM business units.
• Establish relationships with key stakeholders responsible for vendor selection, staffing supplier management, workforce planning, and hiring decisions.
• Identify opportunities to expand existing Master Service Agreements (MSAs), staffing supplier relationships, and vendor partnerships, where applicable.
• Work closely with recruiting teams to fulfill client staffing requirements and ensure successful candidate placements.
• Manage the complete staffing sales cycle, including prospecting, relationship development, client meetings, proposals, negotiations, and account expansion.
• Develop long-term partnerships that generate repeat business, consistent job orders, and sustainable revenue growth.
• Monitor automotive hiring trends, engineering workforce needs, and manufacturing staffing demands to uncover new sales opportunities.

Qualifications

• Established relationships with General Motors (GM) hiring decision-makers are required.
• Proven access to senior-level GM executives, hiring managers, procurement leaders, or other influential stakeholders who can approve or influence staffing decisions.
• Demonstrated experience in staffing sales, business development, strategic account management, or workforce solutions sales.
• Strong understanding of contract staffing, contingent workforce solutions, engineering staffing, technical recruiting, or professional staffing services.
• Proven ability to generate new staffing business, client accounts, job requisitions, or contract placements.
• Experience selling staffing or workforce solutions to General Motors, automotive OEMs, or major automotive manufacturers, with direct GM relationships strongly prioritized.
• Understanding of automotive engineering, manufacturing operations, skilled technical staffing, and corporate workforce requirements.
• Experience navigating corporate procurement, staffing vendor programs, supplier agreements, and enterprise-level sales processes.
• Strong executive relationship management, consultative selling, negotiation, and strategic sales skills.
• Ability to independently develop opportunities and convert established professional relationships into measurable staffing revenue.
• A documented history of account growth, revenue generation, client acquisition, or staffing contract expansion.
• Existing relationships that can realistically support new business development opportunities within GM.

Ideal Candidate Background

The strongest candidates may currently hold or previously have held positions such as:

• Strategic Account Director – General Motors
• National Account Manager – GM / Automotive OEM
• Business Development Director – Staffing & Workforce Solutions
• Enterprise Account Executive – Automotive Staffing
• Director of Client Development – Engineering Staffing
• Major Account Manager – General Motors
• Automotive OEM Business Development Executive
• Director of Strategic Partnerships – Contingent Workforce Solutions

We are especially interested in candidates who have previously managed General Motors as a major account for a staffing, engineering services, or workforce solutions organization.

What Success Looks Like

Success in this role will be measured by the ability to:

• Open doors with existing GM contacts who influence staffing purchasing and hiring decisions.
• Establish new GM departments, facilities, or business units as active staffing customers.
• Generate additional job requisitions and qualified staffing opportunities.
• Secure and expand contractual staffing business.
• Increase the number of employees deployed on assignment at General Motors.
• Build a sustainable pipeline of recurring staffing revenue.

Important: This position is best suited for someone who brings an established General Motors network and can use those connections to produce tangible staffing business opportunities. General automotive industry contacts alone are not a substitute for direct relationships with GM hiring decision-makers.

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Hiring Transparency & AI Disclosure Statement
In compliance with applicable Canadian employment regulations, we confirm that this job posting represents a current, active vacancy within our organization.
We do not use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to screen, assess, rank, or make hiring decisions. All applications are reviewed and evaluated by human recruiters and hiring managers.
If our hiring practices change in the future to include AI-assisted tools, appropriate disclosure will be provided in accordance with applicable laws.