Purchasing Senior Specialist

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

8d•Onsite

About The Position

This position supports to maintain high level of service and parts availability for Honda and Acura Genuine Accessories by maintaining on-time delivery, shipment integrity, maximizing service level while minimizing Accessory Backorders. At this level, specialists have gained knowledge of the supplier network and internal Honda operations. Specialists will continue to be responsible for meeting on-time delivery, backorder, DTR and Service level targets through direct involvement with the Accessory Supplier Base. This level supply specialist is responsible for suppliers and products of low to moderate complexity (parts and vendors have average visibility and supply levels may have some financial consequences). Specialists at this level have moderate knowledge of manufacturing processes, production planning, and general accessory development flow. Specialists at this level will work with moderate oversight from group leader/unit leader. Specialist at this level will have low to moderate involvement in department PDCA/Project planning and decision making.

Requirements

BA/BS degree in Business, Economics, Mathematics preferred
2+ years experience in inventory control, procurement and expediting, production control, or related field, depending upon education
Proficiency in MS Suite – Excel, Access, Power Point, Word
Basic understanding of SED Development Process
Basic ability to read an engineering drawing and BOM

Responsibilities

Support low to moderate supplier of Coordination of Domestic & Import Model Launch Inventory Requirements, Part Maturation Coordination, SED Evaluation Prep & Presentation to AHM & HAA Executive Management, Coordination with AHM Deployment & Auto Accessory Marketing for distribution of Model Introduction Requirements.
Manage day to day activities with supplier to ensure high level of parts availability.
Support (Low to moderate complexity on commodity part) Identify, evaluate, and establish mitigation plan for supplier critical issues to ensure no impact to new model launch.
Escalate to management as needed per department escalation.
Identify, evaluate, and establish mitigation plan for supplier critical issues to ensure no impact to customers.
Lead Time Reduction and EDI implementation