Undergraduate - Distributor Business Development Management

Honda Motor Europe; Bracknell; Hybrid; GBP 18,000 - 24,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading automotive manufacturer in Bracknell is seeking an Undergraduate for a Distributor Business Development Management placement. The role involves managing reports, supporting distributors, and optimizing operations. Ideal candidates will possess strong analytical and organizational skills, and must be pursuing a related degree. This opportunity offers flexible working hours and the chance to learn from industry professionals.

Qualifications

• Must be an undergraduate, undertaking a related degree, looking for a placement as part of their studies.
• Very good numerical and logical analytic skills.
• Strong organisation skills and customer service excellence.
• Able to plan and prioritise own time and work independently.
• Advanced level in Microsoft Office packages including Excel and PowerPoint.

Responsibilities

• Manage reports for Support Distributor Sales to senior management.
• Support distributors through ad-hoc reports & documents creation.
• Support optimisation of European Stock and Export operations.
• Support with the development of the market price monitoring tool.
• Process control of European Distributors factory orders and plans.
• Coordinate logistic information between factories and distributors.
• Maintain the Distributors Operations Handbook.
• Manage the Training Reporting for Distributors.
• Liaise with Finance department for invoice queries.
• Coordinate with PR department for assets for events.

Skills

Numerical and logical analytic skills

Organisational skills

Customer service excellence

Planning and prioritising

Advanced Microsoft Excel

Advanced Microsoft PowerPoint

Education

Undergraduate in a related degree

Job description

Undergraduate - Distributor Business Development Management

At Honda we embrace inclusion in our various policies, so whilst our contracts state that the hours are as required to fulfil the role with a minimum of 35 hours per week, we offer flexibility for when you work. The regular office hours are 08:00 – 16:00 Monday to Thursday with a half hour lunch break & 08:00 – 13:00 on a Friday. However, we offer flexibility of when you work with our daily flex-time start of between 07:00 and 11:00 providing that there is no business requirement.

Whilst there is no contractual right to work from home, the flexibility we offer is that you can request to work from home 2 days per week, again providing there is no business requirement to attend the office.

Role

Working closely with the Distributor Business Development Department Manager and the Distributors Operations Manager, this role will support sales analysis activities for distributors operations and the setting & improvement of sales and control processes.

You will have the opportunity to develop your learning and work within w the largest engine manufacturer in the world. Crucially, this is the chance to be part of a busy, ambitious team, with amazing opportunities to meet and network with influential professionals throughout the business.

Main Responsibilities

• Manage the reports which are used for reporting of Support Distributor Sales to senior management.
• Support distributors through ad-hoc reports & documents creation.
• Support optimisation of European Stock and Export operations.
• Support with the development of the market price monitoring tool (Honda and competition) for distributor countries.
• Process control of European Distributors factory orders and plans.
• Coordinate logistic information between factories and distributors.
• Maintain up to date the Distributors Operations Handbook.
• Manage the Training Reporting for Distributors.
• Liaise with Finance department for invoice queries and adjustments.
• Coordinate with PR department for assets for events.

Qualifications, skills and experience (Required)

• Must be an undergraduate, undertaking a related degree, looking for a placement as part of their studies.
• Very good numerical and logical analytic skills is essential to ensure high levels of accuracy to gather and interpret data.
• Strong organisation skills and customer service excellence.
• Able to plan and prioritise own time and work independently.
• Advanced level in Microsoft Office packages including Excel and PowerPoint.

Honda is committed to the principle of equal opportunity in the workplace for all employees, temporary workers, contractors, applicants and visitors. Honda also encourages respect for the individual differences and talents of others while making full use of one's own abilities, based on Honda's philosophy of respect for the individual.

At Honda, we value and celebrate diversity and are committed to being a fair, non-discriminatory company that promotes and welcomes the uniqueness and differences of people around the world. We recognise that a diverse workforce allows for different ideas and perspectives, and we encourage everyone to share them. We strive to foster a culture of belonging that is consistent with Honda's core values and lived out in the way we work and respect each other. For us at Honda, diversifying our workforce means increasing its overall strength by providing people with equal opportunities - regardless of personal characteristics or previous careers.

This commitment flows directly from the Honda philosophy and the belief that we are all working towards a common goal. Honda recruits, hires, trains and promotes the most qualified/experienced individuals at all levels without regard to race, origin, religion or belief, gender, sexual orientation, age, disability or any other protected characteristic.

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