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**_
In the CVA Inventory & Data Management Unit, the Assistant ManagerUnit Lead
position is responsible for developing, strategizing, and coordinating short
and long-term budgets and predictive data analysis. This role is accountable
for the management, strategy, and execution to achieve CVA Fleet Management
objectives and CAPEX investments goals.
The Assistant Manager is also the Project Lead between CVA and IT, ensuring
business needs and processes are well defined, meet the needs of the business
unit, and properly communicated to IT. The Assistant Manager will act as the
SME in providing strategic system solutions to existing system gaps and
oversee the continuous regionalization of CVAHDMA system enhancement. The
system responsibilities include maintenance, improvement implementation for
existing systems, approval processes and migration of the new Fleet Management
system.
Mentor and develop direct report associates to improve job performance and
associate engagement as part of the goals for the 2030 Vision.
## _**Key Accountabilities**_
- *Budget Analysis**
- Continuous analysis of CVA Fleet Management expenses and investment trends to validate S&GA; and CAPEX finance planning for ALL U.S Honda companies and subsidiaries.
- Developing strategy and coordinate planning efforts of shortmidlong-term budget forecasts
- Conduct predictive data analysis for Capital Investment and SG&A; for 12 Honda companies and subsidiaries.
- Manage and coordinate the development of budget classification & adjustment processes.
- Establish strategy with Subsidiary stakeholders to develop chargeback policy for subsidiary vehicles.
- Communicate data supported insights to CVA Management team to help improve accuracy of budgets and forecasts.
- Present key findings and propose CVA direction to Executives during monthly Division leader meetings.
- *CVA Inventory Analysis**
- Manage CVA Niguri (Business Plan) and Vehicle Inventory including Gap Analysis.
- Oversee the CVA interests during monthly S&PO; event process.
- Manage monthly PDCA of vehicle utilization for Honda companies, anticipate financial impact of Cost Center gaps in planning and identify countermeasures.
- Analyze month-end acquisitioninventory reports and provide key insights to Executives that will influence direction of operations.
- *Systems**
Project Management and continuous analysis of CVA system and data to achieve
the desired functionality to optimize data accuracy.
- Lead team of system analysts and ensure CVA systems are effectively supporting current and future business needs by providing clear direction, tools & aids to support daily activities, provide necessary job training, and monitor the team’s daily performance.
- Analyze root cause and manage testing, validation, resolution & functionality issues of CVA Mainframe database and websites.
- Identify areas of opportunity for process improvement, countermeasures, system enhancements and recommendations for existing and future systems migration.
- Lead CVA accessory eligibility strategy and system implementation planning to launch and accelerate model releases.
- Establish a regionalized Used Vehicle CVA Lottery process including system enhancement, testing, validation, and implementation.
- Lead the CVA Regionalization Project as the IT Liaison and SME.
- Conduct AHM strategy for maintaining & updating CVA policies on Honda Intranet sites, including CVA Portal, Honda Web and external vendor sites.
- Manage the accuracy and maintenance of AHM CVA Motor Vehicle Records.
- Manage HALO UAT & Production testing, validation, and system strategy to maximize existing system functionality.
- Collaborate with BI external vendors for dataset validation and report analysis.
- *Special Projects**
- Redesign, maintain & update existing CVA forms.
- Develop new forms for business condition changes.
- Ad Hoc report coordination.
- Serve as the CVA Diversity and Inclusion Liaison for GA BU
## _**Qualifications, Experience, and Skills**_
- 7+ years of work experience in the automotive or related industry
- 2+ years of managing teams
- Bachelors degree or equivalent work experience
- Budgeting, planning, and forecasting companys finances
- Data analysis, including forecasting and data visualization
- Generating executive management reports, creating presentations, presenting,
- handling special projects, and conducting data analysis
- Knowledge of computerized inventory control (CICS) and distributionwarehouse
- operations
- Advanced in all MS Office applications (Excel emphasized)
## _**Working Conditions**_
- Office Work Environment
- Minimal Travel Required
- No Physical Demands
- * _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.)
- 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
- 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.
Job Tags
Holiday work, Full time, Temporary work, Work experience placement, Relocation package,