Product Planner, Sr (Cca)

Product Planner

Location: Torrance, California

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 which 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!

About this Position:

The Sr. Product Planner (Caribbean & Central America (CCA) represents the voice of the customers and distributors in the CCA sales region and acts as the lead CCA Sales Project Leader proposing the required features and specifications to the North American, Japan, and Asian (Thailand/Indonesia) based SED development teams for Honda and Acura vehicles sold in the CCA (and SA) region. The Sales Project Leader purpose is to understand the CCA market information from all 24 CCA countries for right-hand drive and left-hand drive configurations in order to lead and propose product development direction and product launch strategies in order to create attractive and competitive products to maximize CCA sale volume, increase CCA market share, and improve over CCA profitability.

Responsibilities include:

• Gain consensus and approval for all product development feature and specification requests in time to meet SED milestone dates for all assigned Honda & Acura product lines & emission types (KK, KK-CR, KU, KT, etc.), correlating with South America Regional PP for shared models.
• Coordinate and communicate all SED approved CCA product information (timing, change points, volume, etc.) to support CCA launch activities per schedule.
• Export Sales department projects (10-year forecast/BIM & business plan) & Ad Hoc items (MTOIC reduction effort for CCA).

Who we are seeking:

Required Work Experience:

• 8-10+ years of experience with an auto manufacturer; preferably experience in the area of Product Planning or Market Research
• Experience leading or supervising a team is a plus

Required Education:

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Marketing International Business, or equivalent work experience. MBA is a plus

Desired skills:

• Proficient in MS Office (Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Word, etc.)
• Excellent planning, negotiating, analytical, communication and presentation skills
• Ability to understand automotive development disciplines (R&D and Manufacturing) and automotive technologies
• Knowledge of Central America and Caribbean automobile landscape
• Multi-lingual English/Japanese/Spanish is a plus
• Basic understanding of Honda acronyms is a plus

Additional Position Factors:

• Workstyle: Virtual (60% work from home)
• Travel: 10%

At Honda, you will play a key role in our journey to become a company that society wants to exist now, and in the future. Your endless curiosity will drive innovation and your courageous spirit will challenge the status quo. We believe having a workforce made up of diverse thinkers and innovators makes us a better Honda. Respect for each other and respect for diversity each and every day drives our associates to contribute at the highest level and work effectively in a team environment. We make the dream of mobility a reality with our innovative and high-quality products. Together, we Bring the Future to our customers, associates, and communities. We are Honda!

What differentiates Honda and make us an employer of choice?

Total Rewards:

• Competitive Base Salary: $77,800 to $116,700

Pay will be based on several variables that include, but not limited to geographic location, work experience, education, etc.

• Annual Bonus
• Overtime Pay
• Industry leading Benefit Plans (Medical, Dental, Vision, Rx)
• Paid time off, including vacation, paid holidays, sick time, personal days
• 401K Plan with company match + additional contribution

Career Growth:

• Advancement opportunities
• Career mobility
• Education reimbursement for continued learning
• Training and Development programs

Additional Offerings:

• Wellbeing program
• Community service and engagement programs
• Product programs
• Free drinks onsite

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.