Senior Principal Business Planning Specialist

American Honda Motor Company, Inc.; Raymond (OH); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

American Honda Motor Company, Inc. is seeking an experienced leader to head and coordinate planning and operations within the ADC Operations Business Unit.

The role emphasizes standardizing, automating, and innovating processes to drive productivity and efficiency while engaging associates and fostering collaboration. The position requires a Bachelor's degree and 10+ years of leadership experience, with strong project management and data analysis skills, and will involve domestic travel.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related discipline.
• At least 10+ years of related professional work experience.
• Proven cross-functional leadership and team guidance.
• Experience establishing KPIs to monitor goals.
• Strong knowledge of Honda operations, policies, and procedures.
• Excellent project management and process improvement skills.
• Excellent interpersonal communication, mentoring, and relationship-building.
• Advanced resource management and data analysis for fact-based decisions.
• Strong negotiation and conflict resolution abilities.

Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate planning and operations within Honda's ADC Operations Business Unit.
• Standardize, automate, and innovate processes to achieve productivity and efficiency targets.
• Engage associates and ensure effective communication to foster a collaborative and motivated team environment.
• Communicate strategy and plans to leadership with concise updates and risk assessments.
• Balance resources to meet objectives; manage KPIs and relationships with other units, suppliers, and vendors.
• Develop operational experts and coordinate across divisions to maximize efficiency.
• Oversee performance monitoring and ensure compliance with policies.
• Support special assignments for ADC and leadership development.

Skills

Leadership

Cross-functional

Project management

Process improvement

Data analysis

Communication

Negotiation

Resource management

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor's degree in related discipline

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

• To lead and coordinate planning and operations within Honda's ADC (Auto Development Center) Operations Business Unit.
• This role is essential for standardizing, automating, and innovating processes to achieve productivity and efficiency targets.
• Additionally, the role focuses on engaging associates and ensuring effective communication to foster a collaborative and motivated team environment.

Key Accountabilities

• Leadership and Direction
  • Communicate Strategy and Plans: Clearly articulate the Business Unit’s (BU) strategy and its alignment with the organization’s mission, vision, and values.
  • Operational Priorities: Identify and communicate the necessary actions to achieve the business unit’s strategic priorities.
  • Executive Communication: Translate complex technical, business, and program information into concise executive-level updates
    • Communicate progress, risks, tradeoffs, and recommendations to leadership, ensuring timely escalation of issues affecting program targets or cross-functional execution.
• Business Planning and Budgeting
  • Resource Management: Balance priorities and resources to meet business unit objectives.
  • Standardization: Work with business unit management to standardize processes and manage key performance indicators, workforce, and relationships with other business units, suppliers, and vendors.
  • Monitor and review Business Unit performance to ensure compliance with policies and minimize business risk.

Key Accountabilities (Contd.)

• Improvement and Innovation
  • Process Optimization: Identify areas for improvement and implement enhancements across the business unit through strengthened workflows, standardized processes, and Plan-Do-Check-Act (PDCA) cycles.
  • Innovation Strategy: Establish and execute business plan priorities, ensuring active management across the business unit.
• Operations Business Unit Leadership
  • Subject Matter Experts: Develop operational experts within the business unit to maximize efficiency.
  • Interdivisional Coordination: Foster collaboration across geographically and functionally diverse teams, constructively resolving conflicts and building alignment around common objectives.
  • Operational Balance: Balance work between operations and planning, and lead internal and external communication for the Business Unit.
• Performance Monitoring
• Staff Development
  • Conduct performance appraisals, capability assessments, and succession planning.
  • Address associate relations issues and mentor leaders.
  • Promote a culture of accountability, continuous improvement, innovation, and creative problem-solving.
• Special Assignments
  • Support Associate Development Centers (ADC), business unit, or divisional needs by taking on special assignments as required.

Qualifications, Experience, And Skills

• Minimum Education
  • A Bachelor's level degree in a related discipline.
• Minimum Work Experience
  • At least 10 or more years of related professional work experience.
  • Demonstrated leadership ability with a proven track record of guiding teams.
  • Proven ability to work cross-functionally to achieve maximum organizational results.
  • Experience establishing Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to monitor and ensure progress toward strategic goals.
  • Strong knowledge of Honda operations, policies, and procedures.
  • Excellent project management and process improvement skills.
  • Excellent interpersonal communication, mentoring, and relationship-building skills.
  • Advanced resource management and allocation skills.
  • Advanced ability to analyze complex datasets to support fact-based management decisions.
  • Excellent negotiation and conflict resolution skills.

Workstyle

• This is an onsite job. One remote workday per week may be possible with prior departmental approval.
• Other Physical Requirements: Sitting 80%, Standing 5%, Walking 15%, Lift/Carry upto ~ 50lb 1%
• Annual Travel requirements: Up to ~ 10% - largely domestic; limited international
• Overtime: overtime expected based on demands/responsibilities
• Maintains professional conduct and follows all departmental, safety department, and company policies, procedures, and rules

Visa sponsorship issues

• This position is not eligible for work visa sponsorship.

What differentiates Honda and makes 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.)
• Regional Bonus (when applicable)
• Manager Lease Car Program (No Cost - Car, Maintenance, and Insurance included)
• 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

• Lifestyle Account
• Childcare Reimbursement Account
• Elder Care Support
• Tuition Assistance & Student Loan Repayment
• 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.