Assistant Manage - Supplier Process Engineering

Honda Dev. and Mfg. of Am.,LLC•Marysville, OH

9d•Hybrid

About The Position

This role's mission statement is to “Advance our ability to improve supply chain stability with a single and efficient regional mindset.” This contributes to maintaining strong delivery characteristics with a regional viewpoint in order to support smooth production operations across North American manufacturing facilities ensuring customer satisfaction. Under limited supervision, responsible for supporting NA Crisis mitigation and countermeasure for OEM Suppliers and supporting supplier Delivery performance, in addition to other duties not specified but required for production and/or other core business activities. Participates in broad scope projects and handles critical supplier situations. Approach to job: Collaborate with Suppliers and other Honda technical leaders to achieve supplier stability Review proposals with leadership for final direction setting Minimize supplier touchpoints thru optimizing activity. Clearly summarize each supplier situation so issue, impact, root cause and CM are clearly escalated

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Engineering or equivalent related experience
8+ YEARS OF RELEVANT ENGINEERING EXPERIENCE
Manufacturing process knowledge (stamping, welding, assembly, material flow, electronics, injection molding, paint, casting, machining, etc)
HONDA delivery systems knowledge (GPCS)

Responsibilities

Manage and Direct situation appraisal and analysis of a supplier crisis on a specific part or assembly process.
Manage and oversee implementation of immediate corrective action plan (short term and long term) at critical suppliers.
Escalate communication, interaction and summary reviews with supplier and HDMA Management.
Manage critical proactive projects (Capacity Management / LMPR / A-Rank NARS reporting, Shutdown, Etc.)
Support reporting and Gemba activity for root cause analysis / countermeasure implementation to solve complex problems w/ attention to closure speed and effectiveness
Strive for continuous improvement through cycling Plan Do Check Action (PDCA) for area of responsibility (Capacity and/or Special projects) to ensure associate success
Manage a team of direct report associates