Powersports Procurement & Sourcing Specialist (Raymond)

What Makes a Honda, is Who makes a Honda

Honda has a clear vision for the future, and its 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 Hondas, we want you to join our team to Bring the Future!

Location

Raymond, OH

Job Purpose

Procurement Sourcing Specialist must work independently and with others to competitively bid outsourced parts amongst suppliers to realize the best value to the company for providing PS&P accessory kits. Evaluate responses and make decisions on sourcing selection to support the business direction, maintain positive business relationship with the suppliers, and exercise signature commitment authority in accordance with corporate guidelines. Manage part set up, cost maturation and stakeholder collaboration to ensure QCD is achieved by in-warehouse date.

Key Accountabilities

• Represent Honda with minimal supervision in interactions with suppliers to request, review, negotiate, and approve quotations that set the accessory kit costs of global ATV, SxS, PE, Marine, & NA MC new model projects. Deliver results that consistently meet defined cost targets. Prepare cost analyses and effectively negotiate with suppliers / development engineers to contribute to target achievement.
• Create and execute supplier / part / commodity strategies under the direction of Accessory Unit Lead, to realize cost reduction, mitigation, avoidance and unit achievement of annual team Quality, Cost, Delivery business plan objectives.
• Propose maker layout selections to Accessory Unit Lead by considering numerous factors including quality, cost, delivery, development, and strategy that result in determining which supplier will provide accessory kits. Support supplier costing activity though IWD and transfer to e-quote.
• Manage new parts set up and maturations process to ensure parts are ordered and in warehouse on time. Lead coordination and communication with internal customers to ensure smooth transition at IWD.
• Contribute occasionally to spec maturation with suppliers / development engineers by providing input on design changes that impact cost to provide critical part design at optimized cost.
• Provide support to team members; assist management in accomplishing special projects. As a special project arises, provides appropriate level of support based on management direction.

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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.