Supply Chain Delivery Senior Business Analyst

What Makes a Honda, is Who makes a Honda

Honda has a clear vision for the future, and it’s a joyful one.  We are looking for individuals with the skills, courage, persistence, and dreams that will help us reach our future-focused goals. 

 At our core is innovation. Honda is constantly innovating and developing solutions to drive our business with record success.  We strive to be a company that serves as a source of “power” that supports people around the world who are trying to do things based on their own initiative and that helps people expand their own potential. To this end, Honda strives to realize “the joy and freedom of mobility” by developing new technologies and an innovative approach to achieve a “zero environmental footprint.”

We are looking for qualified individuals with diverse backgrounds, experiences, continuous improvement values, and a strong work ethic to join our team.

If your goals and values align with Honda’s, we want you to join our team to Bring the Future!

This position is not eligible for sponsorship

Location

 Anna,OH

Job Purpose

The Site Delivery Senior Business Analyst uses expertise within systems and data tools to investigate complex problems, modify, and communicate critical information to the appropriate network, and promote/implement solutions that improve effectiveness and efficiency of the team within a challenging production and supply chain environment. The Senior Business Analyst is also responsible for supporting/implementing business plan themes/strategies developed by SC Delivery Department leadership and SCM Business Unit leadership (specifically pertain to systems/technical applications).

Key Accountabilities

• Lead Site Delivery team in troubleshooting system issues and developing sustainable and robust countermeasures
• Support Site Delivery team to execute urgent production changes
• Lead/maintain critical projects, Business Plan Themes, and other initiatives, present/escalate when necessary
• Engage with Site Delivery Local Unit Leaders to develop useful, scenario-specific tools on demand
• Benchmark with other sites Unit Leaders and Senior Business Analysts to identify and apply cost saving opportunities
• Engage with colleagues SCM Business Unit and other Business Units to develop & implement system enhancements (Commonization, OWBW, etc)
• Promote associate development through systems/analytics training

Qualifications, Experience and Skills

• Bachelors’ degree in Supply Chain Management, Data Analytics, Data Science, MIS, or Computer Science (or equivalent certificates and experience)
• 8+ years of relevant experience
• Provides necessary direction, support, and identifies / develops training for team members to perform their responsibilities
• Accurately interprets direction from leadership; clearly communicates and conveys technical, business or policy information appropriately across multiple levels within a unit or group of operation
• Clearly, concisely & logically organizes and communicates key points, concepts, or strategies to Leadership and/or team members
• Takes accountability for actions and decisions of the entire team when outcomes are positive or negative
• Takes action to build effective working relationships between individuals from different cultures, backgrounds, viewpoints & experiences
• Develops and uses benchmarks and performance measures to track progress or identify gaps
• Takes responsibility and stays focused on problems until an effective solution can be found
• Continuously seeks opportunities to improve characteristics, conditions, processes, or products and directs improvement activity; has high sensitivity for loss or abnormal conditions
• Acts beyond normal customer expectations and encourages the team to do the same
• Maximizes outcomes required to meet overall goal by minimizing time and resources
• Understands the business, processes and technology employed across Honda's operational units; applies expertise to generate themes to improve characteristics
• Demonstrates application of advanced theory across multiple disciplines; develops tools and methods for analysis based on one's expertise
• Develops solutions to highly complex, systemic problems that impact or involve multiple disciplines, departments, or products; takes initiative to develop and implement improvement themes that permanently countermeasure systemic root causes
• Makes logical decisions using Honda standard processes that have long term implications and considers all relevant factors (technical, business and human) 
• Understands the importance and impact to the company related to ethics, compliance and policy and acts accordingly
• Models' own behavior according to Honda Philosophy and can teach / mentor others to ensure company values are at forefront for all actions and decisions

Workstyle

• Must be able to work overtime approximately 5-10 hours per week.
• Work in a fast paced environment with demanding and critical deadlines. 
• Traveling between Plant/Divisions or special assignments.
• Must be able to work weekends and/or shift change from 1st to 2nd shift to help provide support during peak times of year or as needed.
   

Honda is an equal opportunity employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, disability, veteran status, or any other protected factor.