Procurement Sourcing Assistant 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

The Procurement Team Lead supervises a team that performs direct Purchasing work for PS&P manufacturing sites and supports Procurement Unit Lead and Department Lead with operation, resource, and performance responsibilities to realize business plan objectives.

Key Accountabilities

• Manage the collection, accuracy, reporting, and visualization of Department Key Performance Indicators (KPI) related to New Model and Mass Production duties. Use data to conduct PDCA analyses of Plan vs Actual (PvA) differences as required.
• Develop strategies to ensure smooth workflow and efficiency across different functions within the team. Provide leadership in procurement methods to guide the team in balancing priorities, overcoming obstacles, applying best practices, and realizing business plan objectives.
• Manage New Supplier Process (NSP) registration activity within team. Create and conduct training of NSP to team members. Create standard workflows and support critical issues as subject-matter-expert (SME) for NSP.
• Handling of change requests from suppliers (DCR / CRF) to ensure accuracy and timely closure. Responsible for overseeing the entire process, ensuring requests are logged, assessed, and acted upon. Clearly document the change request process and make it accessible to all stakeholders.
• Manage associate performance through annual review process with input from Unit Lead. Participate in the hiring process with Management to identify / select candidates for retaining target headcount level.
• Manage onboarding process of new associates. Support associate training plans. Contribute to skill assessments within area of responsibility.
• Substitute for the Unit Lead occasionally with management responsibilities related to procurement, travel approvals, timekeeping, and / or facility access to prevent disruptions of business operations.

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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.