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:
Uses advanced knowledge and understanding to lead the development and evolution of standard process flows and tools that enable the most effective and efficient utilization of Production Engineering Business Unit (PEBU) resources. With developed processes, drive efficiency and standardization through the creation of cost and resource data and analytics systems. This opportunity involves facilitating the execution of Honda’s investment data strategy through reporting and visual management solutions to optimize efficiency and quality across Production Engineering’s cost plans (70% of Honda Development & Manufacturing of America (investment).
Key Accountabilities:
Lead quarterly spend timing forecast process for the Business Unit. Develop and maintain financial reporting Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), Check Act Plan (CAP)-Do workflows and tools, provide “plan vs. actual” cost tracking/analysis. Facilitate reporting to Accounting and Planning & Strategy Busniess Unit’s.
Lead the development and creation of strategies including plans & targets to standardize and improve the cost and resource data and analytics tools for the Business Unit. Collaborate with Cost and Resource Planning teams to create proper business systems to achieve proposed improvement theme results. Prepare and deliver training to system users as needed
Implement best practice processes for data visualization requests, governance, and create/maintain related information.
Oversee the design and delivery of reports and insights that analyze business functions and key operations and performance metrics. Collaborate with system owners and IT to verify report/visual management implementation or changes.
Qualifications, Experience, and Skills:
Bachelor's degree in Business, Accounting, Project Management, or Engineering, or equivalent experience
8+ years of experience in data analytics and/or forecasting cost
Experience with data structures (structured/unstructured) and data modelling in Power BI or other similar tools.
Experience in creating dashboards in PowerBI to visualize and access data.
Advanced-level Microsoft Excel knowledge and use to develop and test prototype tools before hardcoding and modify datasets as necessary for usability.
Mentorship/training of Cost Estimators, Resource Planners, Project Managers, Project Leaders, PPL’s, and others that influence Honda Development & Manufacturing of America investment planning.
Working Conditions:
Minimal travel (
