New Model Senior Project Manager

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

Lead and manage New Model or Business Plan project activities through strategy, planning, communications, and execution to achieve project, department, and plant Safety, Environment, Quality, Delivery, Cost and Morale (SEQDCM) objectives and targets.

Key Accountabilities

Create and manage department A00's and strategies to achieve overall plant targets and improve manufacturing characteristics while developing new model.

• Develop and coordinate (manage) the overall Specified Action Plan (SAP) to ensure all New Model (NM) and project activities are executed as required to achieve project milestones and targets.
• Lead and support new model project evaluation materials (i.e. E-Flow, QAV, 5-step) that meet the requirements of the plant evaluations to gain project approval.
• Lead new model genba activity as needed to reduce investment and improve manufacturing characteristics.  Manage new model or mass production design changes to understand impact to department.
• Test, evaluate and implement new and innovative technologies to drive continuous process and equipment improvements through new model flow.  Ensure new or modified equipment or processes meet all required specifications and standards at new model mass pro start up.
• Plan and execute new model build events through correlation with internal and external groups to assure new model processes, quality, associate training and equipment maturation.
• Utilizing PDCA through the build event process and new model mass pro start up.
• Support new model investment and expense budgets to achieve overall project cost target and future operating costs.
• Mentor associates within the group on problem solving, procedures and fostering development

Qualifications & Experience

Required Education

Required Experience

Decisions Expected

Work with suppliers / designers and come to some agreement on total department impact (SQDCME)

Analyse process and engine development problems to fix root cause issues, must Develop Plan, etc.

Decide the effect of the New Model change points on project and make the plan to countermeasure

Ability to prioritize work and what will give the line / dept / company the most benefit.

Decide what the team needs to execute work assigned

Working Conditions

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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.