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Material Flow Coordinator,
GM Lansing Grand River Manufacturing Plant
Sarita
Evans-Marble lives by the words preciseness and exactitude. When the
plant where the Cadillac is actually built is running efficiently, the
sounds of bolts and screws in the background is actually melodious and
comforting. That means cars are being built, and money is being made.
“We make sure that we have the correct material at the correct timing,
so that when the car [rolls] out [of] the body shop, we have the
material on hand,” says Evans-Marble, the material flow coordinator for
GM. “They say, ‘this is when you start it, and this is when it needs to
be finished.’ We just build it when they say start it.”
Evans-Marble, a 12-year GM veteran, began her career at the Lansing Car
Assembly, where she was instrumental in the construction of the Pontiac
Grand Am and the Sky Hawk, before moving on to Cadillac, where she’s
been since 2001. Not that she discounts public opinion, but
Evans-Marble knew the 2008 Cadillac CTS was a certifiable hit before
the public could even get a whiff of it.
“Oh, [it’s] awesome,” she says. “Awesome. I mean, the first car was
bold and in-your-face. We knew that [this] one was going to [be] even
smother. Anybody who is leasing one now, they are going to lease [one]
again, trust me. This is [a] bold and in-your-face [car] and [it] still
[possesses] soft and luxurious lines.” – terry shropshire
Learn more about the Cadillac at www.cadillac.com or www.gm.com.
