Melissa Flaherty
Director | EV Battery Lifecycle & Serviceability | Sustainability & Circular Economy Leader
- Role
- Director, Sustainable Ev Battery Ecosystem at General Motors
- Location
- Harrison Township, MI, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Melissa Flaherty
Automotive leader with 30+ years of experience driving innovation in EV battery lifecycle management, serviceability, and sustainability. Passionate about creating circular solutions—repair, refurbish, remanufacture—that reduce environmental impact and enable cost-effective EV adoption. Proven track record in strategy, financial leadership, and global operations
Experience
Director, Sustainable Ev Battery Ecosystem
Feb 2024 — Present · Warren, MI, US
Lead the enterprise strategy for a sustainable EV battery ecosystem across design, in-use, service, remanufacturing, and end‑of‑life recycling.• Drive circular solutions (repair, refurbish, remanufacture) that reduce environmental impact and improve total lifecycle economics for GM’s global EV portfolio.• Partner with engineering, supply chain, and aftersales to embed design-for-service and design-for-remanufacturing into new EV architectures.• Build and govern battery lifecycle cost models to optimize warranty spend, service network investments, and recycling value recovery.• Establish global recycling and extended producer responsibility (EPR) pathways, ensuring compliance with emerging battery and sustainability regulations.
Education
Wayne State University
Business, Finance
1994 — 2000
Wayne State University
Bachelor's degree, Finance and Financial Management Services
Skills
- Vehicles
- Process Improvement
- Business Process Improvement
- Program Management
- Automotive
- Financial Reporting
- Forecasting
- Continuous Improvement
- Managerial Finance
- Vendor Management
- Project Management
- Business Analysis
- Financial Analysis
- Budgeting
- Product Development
- Analysis
- Cross-Functional Team Leadership
- Leadership
- Budgets
- Finance
- Financial Modeling
- Manufacturing
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