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SalarySupplier Support Engineer
Location: Marysville, Ohio
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:
This roles mission statement is to “Advance our ability to improve supply chain stability with a single and efficient regional mindset.” This contributes to maintaining strong delivery characteristics with a regional viewpoint in order to support smooth production operations across North American manufacturing facilities ensuring customer satisfaction.
Under limited supervision, responsible for leading NA Crisis mitigation and countermeasure for OEM Suppliers and managing supplier performance, in addition to other duties not specified but required for production and/or other core business activities. Participates in broad scope projects and handles complex supplier situations.
Approach to job:
- Collaborate with Suppliers and other Honda Business Units to achieve supplier stability
- Minimize supplier touchpoints thru optimizing activity.
Clearly summarize each supplier situation so issue, impact, root cause and CM are clearly communicated
Responsibilities include:
- Initiate / support situation appraisal and analysis of a supplier crisis on a specific part or assembly process (Tooling / Equipment Spec / Part Drawing Spec or Evaluation / OEE / Volume Assessment / SAP development, Etc.)
- Coordinate and support implementation of immediate corrective action plan (short term and long term) at critical suppliers.
- Support communication, interaction and summary reviews with supplier and HDMA Management.
- Support critical proactive projects (Capacity Management / Minimum Process Requirements / A-Rank NARS reporting, Shutdown, Etc.)
- Complete reporting and Gemba activity for root cause analysis / countermeasure implementation to solve complex problems w/ attention to closure speed and effectiveness
- Engage in continuous improvement through cycling Plan Do Check Action (PDCA) for area of responsibility (Capacity and/or Special projects) to ensure associate success
Who we are seeking:
Required Experience:
- 2 – 8 years of relevant engineering experience
Required Education:
- Bachelor's Degree IN engineering or equivalent related experience
Other job-specific skills:
- Manufacturing process knowledge (stamping, welding, assembly, material flow, electronics, injection molding, paint, casting, machining, etc)
- Honda systems knowledge (nars / cms / gpcs)
Additional Position Factors:
- Strong Sense of urgency and flexibility to respond to critical issues and unplanned risk events
- Ability to travel at moments notice to confirm supplier situation at the spot (50% time)
- Ability to work in an open office environment, at a suppliers operations, or conduct business virtually where expectations are maintained.
- Ability to work 1st,2nd, or 3rd shift in a limited basis to support on-site supplier crisis.
- Ability to work up to 5-15 hours OT each week as needed
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
- Annual Bonus
- Overtime Pay
- Industry-leading Benefit Plans (Medical, Dental, Vision, Rx)
- Paid time off, including vacation, paid holidays, sick time, and personal days
- 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:
- 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.
