Cost Data Analytics and Solutions Lead

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:

Uses advanced knowledge and understanding to lead the development and evolution of standard process flows and tools that enable the most effective and efficient utilization of Production Engineering Business Unit (PEBU) resources. With developed processes, drive efficiency and standardization through the creation of cost and resource data and analytics systems. This opportunity involves facilitating the execution of Honda's investment data strategy through reporting and visual management solutions to optimize efficiency and quality across Production Engineering's cost plans (70% of HondaDevelopment &Manufacturing of America (investment).

Key Accountabilities:

• Lead quarterly spend timing forecast process for the Business Unit. Develop and maintain financial reporting KeyPerformanceIndicators (KPIs), CheckActPlan (CAP)-Doworkflows and tools, provide "plan vs. actual" cost tracking/analysis. Facilitate reporting to Accounting and Planning & Strategy BusniessUnit's.
• Lead the development and creation of strategies including plans & targets to standardize and improve the cost and resource data and analytics tools for the Business Unit. Collaborate with Cost and Resource Planning teams to create proper business systems to achieve proposed improvement theme results. Prepare and deliver training to system users as needed
• Implement best practice processes for data visualization requests, governance, and create/maintain related information.
• Oversee the design and delivery of reports and insights that analyze business functions and key operations and performance metrics. Collaborate with system owners and IT to verify report/visual management implementation or changes.

Qualifications, Experience, and Skills:

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Accounting, Project Management, or Engineering, or equivalent experience
• 8+ years of experience in data analytics and/or forecasting cost
• Experience with data structures (structured/unstructured) and data modelling in Power BI or other similar tools.
• Experience in creating dashboards in PowerBI to visualize and access data.
• Advanced-level Microsoft Excel knowledge and use to develop and test prototype tools before hardcoding and modify datasets as necessary for usability.
• Mentorship/training of Cost Estimators, Resource Planners, Project Managers, Project Leaders, PPL's, and others that influence HondaDevelopment &Manufacturing of America investment planning.

Working Conditions:

• Minimal travel (<10%) as needed to fulfil role, typically to Honda sites. Overtime as necessary to complete job function. Onsite role (80% onsite) in open office environment.
• Occasional support to plant operations, requiring associate being comfortable on plant floor and other production areas.

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
• 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.