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!

About this Position:

This Senior Supplier Development Specialist role is primarily responsible for working with stressed suppliers for Honda service parts and will also support the future growth of electrification within the parts division. This position is responsible for developing and managing project plans for stressed supplier activity to minimize customer impact and to support the electrification initiatives.

For stressed supplier activity, this position will be responsible for negotiations with company owners, banks and/or Holding companies and supplier’s legal representation to ensure availability of Service parts.

The Supplier Development Specialist IV role will work directly with / coordinate activities with the suppliers and multiple departments within Honda. This role will manage objectives and activities for the following stressed supplier issues: Plant closures (natural disaster, bankruptcy, financial stress, etc…), supplier capacity management, lost / damaged tooling and supporting the supply group with critical supplier activities. In addition, this role will also work closely with the stressed supplier teams at HDMA to ensure Service part production needs are met.

The Supplier Development Specialist IV will also support the future growth of Electrification within the parts division. This will consist of supporting existing initiatives and leading / supporting future electrification initiatives within the parts division.

Responsibilities include:

• Stressed Supplier Management - Working with stressed suppliers to ensure continuous supply to our customers to include QAV’s, new supplier set up, resourcing, tooling moves, etc. These activities are directly related to bankruptcy’s, financial alerts, natural disasters, capacity concerns, tooling issues
• Support new / existing electrification initiatives
• Identify potential risk to our dealer network posed by stressed supplier or tooling issues
• Coordinate activities with affected associates / departments and report situation / findings / resolution to necessary parties on a regular basis

Who we are seeking:

We are looking for qualified people and diverse background and experiences, open minds, and a disciplined work ethic, to bring the future to Honda.

Required Work Experience:

• Seven plus years of supply chain experience that ensures a solid understanding of Honda supply base, supplier production environments, supplier costing methods and design changes / engineering standards
• Understanding of Auto parts manufacturing processes (Casting, machining, stamping, molding, etc…)
• Negotiation skills
• Financial acumen
• Prioritization and time management skills
• Project management
• Presentation and communication skills
• Ability to plan for >=3 years
• Technical skills (e.g. drawing interpretation, design changes, knowledge of supplier production processes)
• Required Education:
• Bachelor’s degree (Engineering Preferred)

What differentiates Honda and makes us an employer of choice?

Total Rewards:

Competitive Pay

Annual Bonus

Industry-leading Benefit Plans (Medical, Dental, Vision)

Paid time off, including vacation, paid holidays, sick time, and personal days

401K Plan with company match + additional contribution

Career Growth:

Advancement opportunities

Career mobility

Education reimbursement for continued learning

Training and Development programs

Additional Offerings:

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.