Inventory Senior 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

The Supply Chain Operations Department is responsible for the oversight, standardization, and technical leadership of the internal material handling operations at the Honda automobile powertrain and final assembly sites across North America. Specifically, the Inventory Sr Specialist role will lead inventory analysis and decision making with our contracted logistics companies, other Supply Chain management Departments, and the manufacturing plant, such as Assembly, Bumper Paint, Paint, Weld. This analysis covers inventory within the entire facility and supporting warehouses / trailer yards. Additional functions include leading onsite physical inventory activity when needed along with New Model and buildout activities.

Key Accountabilities

• Maintain accuracy of systems required to support production (operation standards, parts, GCCS, GPCS) through complex inventory discrepancy analysis and validate department readiness to assure manufacturing achievement.
• Review / maintain daily reports then go to the spot (Genba) to understand situation, support action for resolution of issues and improvement opportunities.
• Lead mass production build-out for Major Model changes and below. Support Full Model change build outs.
• Lead new model launch activity to ensure quality and accuracy of data with minimal supply chain impact for event / mass production readiness.
• Manage and execute project related activity through Specified Action Plan (SAP) to ensure project strategy and activity is completed in a comprehensive and timely manner for project success, including capturing successes and failures into future models.
• Lead and / or Support in department initiatives such as business plan, FSI (loss elimination) to gain or share knowledge, promote continuous improvement and foster engagement.
• Develop and maintain professional communication networks with other facilities to share best practice, reduce duplicate workload, and collaboration activity.
• Identify opportunities for continuous improvement, develop and execute activities / tasks to achieve strategic objectives, collect data and apply business knowledge to solve a range of problems.
• Support physical inventory activity at site location.

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Financial Dimensions : $10k-150k Minor / Major Model Change Buildout Budget

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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.