New Model Process Standard - Strategic Planning Principal Specialist

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!

Job purpose:

• New Model (NM) Process Standards specialist supports NM development project teams by standardizing new methods, tools, and business processes to create harmonious workflow across multiple Business Units/Centres in all NA organizations and GO operations. This subject matter expert also governs any rules, guidelines, operational changes that could influence NM development operations including but not limited to HDMA evaluation processes, reporting requirements, cost management processes, program management techniques, evaluator matrix and provide guidance to project members based on overall NM development knowledge.

Key accountabilities: 

• Lead HDMA cross functional teams and work with other Subject Matter Experts to develop a new Standards, methods, new process, rules and policies to execute New Model development activities. PDCA and revisit existing methods, process, rules and policies to improve the efficiency and fit the latest requirements. Share information and promote new process/standards to appropriate business partners within North America. Maintain evaluation report items and judgment sheets.
• Lead and Manage NA Design Change Committee facilitation. Organize meeting set up and coordination of executive’s schedules, tracking, execution of the evaluation and archive official documents/comments, including analysis for periodical Business Plan reports.
• Follow up on RPC items with each function PICs until those items are closed.
• Manage activity and lead coordination for all PL Strengthening sessions (twice/year for each category) working with training group within the unit, summarize results, work with each category lead to set meaningful agenda topics. Attend the sessions for smooth execution.
• Maintain all Standards and historical archiving of NM SharePoint site documents and NM evaluation/comment archiving. Maintain access groups accuracy working with SME within the unit.
• Collaborate with management teams & process/system counterparts in Japan GO to ensure alignment for specific NM topics including parts ordering flows, cost request, NM evaluations and so on
• Support NM In-House cost request for all projects with global IH parts supply and Global N.A cost calculation request to support other region evaluations for models with NA IH parts application.

Qualifications, skills and experience: 

• Bachelor’s Degree in a technical field or business/finance, or equivalent combination of education and experience Minimum Experience
• 8+ years of experience – 5 years working in New Model (NM) process or NM development

Other Job-Specific Skills

• Understanding of new model development flows and processes
• Process re-engineering & design
• Unit Cost and Financial acumen
• Ability to build a diverse network, build consensus, and lead a multi-site team
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and ability to work effectively across multiple organizations at all levels of executive management are essential for this role.

Visa sponsorship:

• This position is not eligible for any work visa sponsorship.

What differentiates Honda and makes us an employer of choice?

Total Rewards: 
•    Competitive Base Salary (pay will be based on several variables that include, but not limited to geographic location, work experience, etc.)
•    Regional Bonus (when applicable)
•    Manager Lease Car Program (No Cost - Car, Maintenance, and Insurance included)
•    Industry-leading Benefit Plans (Medical, Dental, Vision, Rx)
•    Paid time off, including vacation, holidays, shutdown
•    Company Paid Short-Term and Long-Term Disability 
•    401K Plan with company match + additional contribution
•    Relocation assistance (if eligible)

Career Growth:
•    Advancement Opportunities
•    Career Mobility  
•    Education Reimbursement for Continued learning
•    Training and Development Programs 

Additional Offerings:
•    Lifestyle Account
•    Childcare Reimbursement Account
•    Elder Care Support
•    Tuition Assistance & Student Loan Repayment
•    Wellbeing Program
•    Community Service and Engagement Programs
•    Product Programs
•    Free Drinks Onsite

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.