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!
The Supplier Process Sr. Engineer position supports supplier delivery and characteristic improvement activity with automotive part suppliers in North America. Responsible for evaluating negative delivery, production, inventory management, plant/equipment, sub-supplier management, packaging control and/or workforce trends within the supply base; and developing and implementing systemic countermeasures to ensure acceptable delivery characteristics for Honda products and parts. This includes cross-functional collaboration in areas within Supply Chain Management, as well as New Model, Procurement, and Supplier Assurance to drive supplier characteristic improvement.
• Support supplier improvement activity as part of Department Business plan, reporting performance measurables and targets, forecast impact, monitor results & develop gap elimination plans to achieve Department goals
• Identifies problems on a systemic level and conducts problem analysis / situation appraisal, which may include analysis on a specific part or assembly process (Tooling / Equipment Spec / Part Drawing Spec or Evaluation / OEE / Volume Assessment, etc.) to develop effective countermeasures to correct problems or potential problems to avoid impacting delivery performance
• Perform in-depth analysis related to the supplier’s production planning, results and/or current business practices and correlation to Honda systems/requirements (example CMS) and propose improvement options
• Champion engagement strategies for suppliers that are causing impact/risk to Honda. Performing deep root cause analysis through individual supplier Situational Analysis, engage with supplier top management, and work collaboratively to understand supplier SA and develop an overall activity SAP.
• Coordinate activity with concerned suppliers to understand current progress to overall SAP. Monitor, report on, and escalate suppliers that are not capable of meeting project milestones within the timeframe established.
• Evaluate NARS reports (A-Rank, mislabel, etc) and applicable parts and identify actual and potential problems, clarify and review with applicable departments, implement countermeasures to avoid problem occurrence from production planning through delivery
• As needed, serve as the subject matter expert to support and/or train Delivery associates in performing deep root cause analysis through data analysis, and work collaboratively to understand supplier situation analysis
• Collaborate in supplier selection activity with cross-functional areas to confirm and improve actual supplier capability
• Provide support after initial supplier crisis activity, as needed, to ensure supplier operational stability, efficiency, and characteristic improvement
• Complete reporting and Gemba activity for root cause analysis/countermeasure implementation to solve complex problems with/ attention to closure speed and effectiveness. Engage in continuous improvement through cycling Plan Do Check Action (PDCA).
Minimum Educational Qualifications:
• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering or equivalent related experience.
Minimum Experience:
• 2-8 years of relevant experience
Other Job-Specific Skills:
• General knowledge of manufacturing environment and engineering principles as it relates to safety, quality, cost, delivery, new model, and manpower
• Delivery specific knowledge of production planning, efficiency/OEE, labelling, inventory management, plant/equipment, sub-supplier management, process control
• Manufacturing process knowledge (stamping, welding, assembly, material flow, electronics, injection molding, paint, casting, machining, etc.)
• Honda systems knowledge (NARS, CMS, GPCS, APS, NAPS, QMF, CPCS)
• Strong interpersonal skills, high-impact communication skills, project management skills, and Microsoft Office
• Ability to present to varying audiences including top management, conduct in-depth technical analysis, lead, and prioritize multiple projects, work in a team environment as well as independently
• Approve or provide guidance to identify corrective actions that eliminate defect reoccurrence (Problem Solving / PDCA)
• Understand NA Supplier SDM
• Manage multiple projects and activities at the same time (MDSR, Red Card/6 Step, LPF, OEE analysis and improvement, Workforce Stability engagement, etc.)
• Ability to balance workload and set priorities
• Result Orientation
• Make sound decisions with limited direction
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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.
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