Resource Planning Specialist

American Honda Motor Company, Inc.; Marysville (OH); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive base salary

Paid overtime

401K with company match

Health benefits

Paid time off

Job summary

American Honda Motor Company, Inc. is seeking an analyst to ensure proper staffing for permanent and contingent resources. You will plan, analyze manpower data, enter budget figures in SAP, and generate trend and gap analyses for cost control and workforce forecasting.

The role requires a bachelor’s degree in business or related field and up to four years of experience, with the ability to handle confidential information and work in a fast-paced plant environment. On-site work is required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in business, accounting, or equivalent.
• 0–4 years of relevant experience.
• Strong data analysis and ability to handle confidential information.

Responsibilities

• Staffing planning and budgeting input in SAP.
• Analyze manpower trends and cost data for departments.
• Maintain strong relationships with customers local and regional.
• Identify and mitigate issues affecting production and propose countermeasures.

Skills

Data analysis

Confidential information

Prioritization

Problem solving

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in business, accounting, or equivalent

Tools

SAP

Job description

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!

Job Purpose

Ensures proper staffing for perm and contingent resources through effective planning, data/trend analysis, communication, customer specific knowledge and strong relationships with department leadership for direct and indirect resources. Prepares and enters manpower stat and cost budget in SAP. Analyzes labor stat and cost data (wage & overtime). Generates detailed gap analysis for the departments of responsibility to be shared at budget events as well as monthly scorecards for customers. Detailed trend/gap analysis on weekly, monthly, and yearly basis for manpower that includes recommendation for countermeasures. Data analysis includes attrition, unavailability, hiring and budget plan vs. actual as well as forecasting future needs for resources. Conducts audits of manpower related information to ensure accuracy of reports/analysis. Independently determines orders for appropriate resource management by labor type based on data/trend analysis results.

Key Accountabilities

• Thorough understanding and accurate reporting of manpower trend specific information to customers both local and regional to ensure appropriate awareness of resource information and trends to support successful daily production and stable DPC.
• Establish and maintain strong relationships with customers, local and regional to ensure understanding of current, and projected future resource conditions.
• Identify, evaluate, and escape potential issues that could negatively impact the customers’ ability to produce vehicles and propose countermeasures as appropriate through complex data analysis and critical thinking including manpower stat and cost impact.
• Accurately and efficiently input into SAP department budget information for labor and overtime and generate cost comparisons so that customers (dept & plant) can understand the impact and reasons behind the changes to achieve company targets (stat & cost).
• Participate in department and division level projects, requests, and activities as appropriate as well as support business plan projects and activities at both local and regional levels.
• Identification of improvement opportunities for increased efficiency, customer service and accuracy.
• Manpower management system entry to ensure accurate reporting.

Qualifications, Experience, And Skills

Minimum Educational Qualifications

BACHELOR’S DEGREE IN BUSINESS, ACCOUNTING, OR EQUIVALENT RELATED EXPERIENCE

Minimum Experience

0-4 years of relevant experience depending on degree

Other Job-Specific Skills

• Skilled in data analysis
• Knowledge of relevant policies and/or laws relating to position
• Ability to appropriately manage confidential information
• Ability to appropriately prioritize tasks with limited direction
• Ability to collect and analyze data for decision making/problem solving
• ABILITY TO TROUBLESHOOT COMPLEX PROBLEMS IN A TEAM-BASED ENVIRONMENT

Working Conditions

Must be able to work overtime approximately 5-10 hours per week. Work in a fast-paced environment with demanding customers and critical deadlines. Must be able to work occasional weekends based on deadlines (usually at budget events). Must be able to work on site at plant

What differentiates Honda and make us an employer of choice?

Total Rewards

• Competitive Base Salary (pay will be based on several variables that include, but not limited to geographic location, work experience, etc.)
• Paid Overtime
• Regional Bonus (when applicable)
• Industry-leading Benefit Plans (Medical, Dental, Vision, Rx)
• Paid time off, including vacation, holidays, shutdown
• Company Paid Short-Term and Long-Term Disability
• 401K Plan with company match + additional contribution
• Relocation assistance (if eligible)

Career Growth

• Advancement Opportunities
• Career Mobility
• Education Reimbursement for Continued Learning
• Training and Development programs

Additional Offerings

• Tuition Assistance & Student Loan Repayment
• Lifestyle Account
• Childcare Reimbursement Account
• Elder Care Support
• Wellbeing Program
• Community Service and Engagement Programs
• Product Programs

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.