Cost Innovation Project Lead - Purchasing

American Honda Motor Co., Inc.•Raymond, OH

1d•Onsite

About The Position

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 Cost Innovation (CI) project lead - Purchasing is responsible for Cost Reduction (CR) activities for SxS/ATV/PE/L&G products. Implement various CR activities in collaboration with purchasing, production, and GO, and work with the new model development team to achieve business cost targets.

Requirements

Bachelor’s or Associate degree with 5 years’ experience. 8+ years of related work experience may be substituted.
1-3 years procurement/purchasing/supplier development experience.
Understanding of procurement procedure.
Competent in estimating rough cost.
Understanding of SEDB (Sales, Manufacturing, R&D, Purchasing) functions.
Competent in creating a plan and schedule.
Excellent multi-tasking, prioritizing, and decision-making skills.
Ability to positively influence & motivate team members.
Strong communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills.

Responsibilities

Centralized management of CR ideas in a database
Utilize Honda's global CR database to manage CR ideas at AH and advance their application to new models.
Promoting CR in mass production design changes
By integrating readily applicable CR ideas with DEB and applying them to mass production, costs can be reduced.
Optimizing manufacturing processes in collaboration with suppliers
Understand the supplier's manufacturing process and optimize the manufacturing process by modifying drawings to make them easier to produce.
Development of new suppliers
Collaborate on purchasing and develop new suppliers.
Formulation of a parts strategy
Develop procurement strategies and component strategies that incorporate specification evolution.