Training Management Specialist

Location: Marysville, OH (MMC), (hybrid remote)
Level: EX 3
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:
Manage a development focused training alignment process across HDMA using engagement, evaluation, communication, and Vendor interfacing to align career level and job family training systems, methods and training opportunities with defined knowledge and skills to promote associate development to better meet company objectives and targets.
Responsibilities include:

• Maintain an understanding of career level and job family competencies needed across HDMA to identify training needs and development opportunities. Must also analyze and support identification of company designated role critical training.
• Manage job family training budget by understanding existing contracts and payment timings as well as forecasting each Ki's future spending to ensure adequate payment timings and available trainings. Makes the case for training funding.
• Stay current with both internal Honda as well as vendor supplied training in industry to identify sources of material / content with applicability to Honda needs.
• Evaluate and recommend appropriate training based on identified needs for appropriate vendor sourcing or internal content creation. Vendor sourced areas will require management from scope of work through the purchasing (PO issuance and invoicing approval) and implementation process; whereas internally developed material will require SME identification and support through content creation.
• Manage a detailed schedule for needed training content creation and provide regular communication of each project’s status to ensure timely decision making and delivery of needed content.
• Understand and communicate to training delivery team instructor need and expected frequency of training delivery to ensure proper trainer selection and timing.
• Maintain PDCA of training to understand cost effectiveness, applicability and utilization to effectively use company resources. When beneficial and effective learning technology and methods are identified, propose long term management resources and methods for company approval.
• Collaborate with related departments and divisions within Honda to understand common challenges and adopt best practices to improve human development characteristics.

Who we are seeking:
Required Work Experience:

• 5 years technical experience (manufacturing or design) in business area/division

Required Education:

• Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent relevant work experience)

Desired Skills:

• Budget Management & Analysis
• Consulting Management
• Contract Negotiation
• Curriculum Planning
• Evaluation and Management Auditing
• New Business Development
• Organizational Development
• Program Development and Management
• Research Analysis
• Strategic Project Management
• Strategy Development
• Training Management

Additional Position Factors:

• Remote work available for this position
• ~ 5-10 hours of OT/week
• Some travel (~5%) may be required to visit HDMA sites

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
• Overtime compensation
• Annual Bonus
• Associate lease car program with a cost
• Industry leading Benefit Plans (Medical, Dental, Vision)
• Paid time off, including vacation, paid holidays, sick time, 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.