# Procurement Senior Specialist - CAPEX

**Company**: Honda
**Location**: Marysville, Ohio
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $72,100.00 - $108,200.00
**Category**: Procurement
**Industry**: Automotive
**Ticker**: HMC
**Wikidata**: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9584

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## Description

## Job Purpose

As a Procurement Senior Specialist, you will be responsible for bringing CAPEX and spend within your category under procurement management. You will engage with the business stakeholder community, establish and lead strategies to achieve optimal cost reduction, and ensure the management of supplier relationships and risk.

This position is directly responsible for owning the relationships with key site and business unit leadership, supporting CAPEX projects. You will also be responsible for the development / implementation of sourcing strategies and collaboration with internal business partners and suppliers to reduce risks and costs for Honda.

## Key Accountabilities

- Responsible for Supplier Performance / Development / Risk/ Support Segmentation

- Develop/Execute/Implement the Strategic Sourcing Function in Alignment with Category

- Lead the team to establish and meet category SEQCDM performance targets and measures, monitor progress and implement countermeasures when necessary

- Responsible For Category’s Legal and Commercial Supplier Contracts Executed to Protect Honda and Business Users

- Lead project implementation and oversee projects and business plan items, monitor progress and adjust direction as needed

- Effectively sell ideas, negotiate, collaborate, and build consensus across Honda North America sites (Mfg., Sales, R&D)

- Apply key customer (upstream, downstream, and end-user) viewpoint in all category activities. Establish, understand, and communicate Total Cost of Ownership to all parties.

- Build a network of productive relationships across HDMA/AHM to achieve category plans and targets

## Qualifications, Experience, and Skills

- Minimum Educational Qualifications: Bachelor Degree in Business, Supply Chain Management, Finance, or related field or equivalent experience

- Minimum Experience: 5+ years of experience in either a Purchasing and/or Procurement related role or in a field where job knowledge & skills are applicable based on education

- Other Job-Specific Skills:

+ Advance computer skills including working knowledge of Microsoft suite to include word, excel, PowerPoint, etc. Familiarity with sap, Ariba or major ERP system(s) 	+ Understanding of commercial terms and conditions and experience in identifying and negotiating master agreement requirements; ability to identify engagement risk factors and ensure commercial contracts and legal agreements appropriately mitigate risk and protect Honda. 	+ Expert understanding of, and experience with, multi-step strategic sourcing processes and category management strategies 	+ Able to explain complex data in an understandable manner for a wide range of audiences 	+ Plan and implement long-term development strategies for category 	+ Strong communication and negotiation skills for all levels of audience

## Job Dimensions

- No. of Direct Reports: 0-3

- No. of Indirect Reports: 0

- Financial Dimensions: All category spend projects >$100k; business users’ budgets – analyse and reduce. Liability and insurance risk high level assessment, total cost of contract ownership including hard and soft costs, commodity/labor markets

## Decisions Expected

- Responsible for Development / Execution of Category Strategies seeking to maximize spend under management and total value for indirect goods and services; Determine and prioritize sourcing strategies that best support HDMA, AHM and Business Units

- Develop strategies to support SEQCDM performance target achievement and monitor progress / perform Gap Analysis, as well as negotiation strategy

- Go/No Go on themes initiated and assignment of theme responsibility to category members

## Working Conditions

- On-site position (80% in office – 20% out of office).

- Up to 25% Travel – Ability to Travel on Short Notice for N.A. Support

- ~5-10 Hours per Week OT

## Skills

### Required
- Advance computer skills
- Understanding of commercial terms and conditions
- Expert understanding of multi-step strategic sourcing processes
- Able to explain complex data
- Plan and implement long-term development strategies
- Strong communication and negotiation skills

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