Cost Innovation Project Lead Development

We are seeking a Cost Innovation Project Lead Development to join our team at American Honda Motor Company in Raymond, Ohio. The successful candidate will be responsible for leading cost reduction activities for SxS/ATV/PE/L&G products, collaborating with purchasing, production, and other teams to achieve business cost targets.

Job Purpose The Cost Innovation (CI) project lead Development is responsible for Cost Reduction (CR) activities for SxS/ATV/PE/L&G products. Implement various CR activities in collaboration with purchasing, production, and GO, and work with the new model development team to achieve business cost targets.

Key Accountabilities

• New Model Development: Preliminary Cost Planning - Based on current model costs, proceed with cost planning that includes increasing the added value costs of the new model and defining the CR target.
• Centralized management of CR ideas in a database - Utilize Honda's global CR database to manage CR ideas at AH and advance their application to new models.
• Promoting CR in mass production design changes - By integrating readily applicable CR ideas with DEB (Developmental Engineering) and applying them to mass production, costs can be reduced.
• Optimizing manufacturing processes in collaboration with suppliers - Understand the supplier's manufacturing process and optimize the manufacturing process by modifying drawings to make them easier to produce.
• Improvement of in-house manufacturing processes - Understand the manufacturing process for in-house parts and optimize the design drawings.
• Development of new suppliers - Collaborate on purchasing and develop new suppliers.
• Formulation of a parts strategy - Develop procurement strategies and component strategies that incorporate specification evolution.

Qualifications, Experience, and Skills

• Minimum Educational Qualifications: Bachelor's degree or equivalent in a related field. Associate's and 5+ years of related work experience may be substituted.
• Minimum Experience: 5 years of experience with 1-3 years of development experience.
• Other Job-Specific Skills: Understanding of development procedures, SEDB (Sales, Manufacturing, R&D, Purchasing) functions, competent drawing and layout skills/techniques, including understanding of CAE principles, competent in creating a plan and schedule, excellent multi-tasking, prioritizing, and decision-making skills, ability to positively influence and motivate team members, strong communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills.

Working Conditions

• Majority of time is in an office environment.
• Physical: primarily deskwork, frequent keyboarding.
• Overtime: 10-15 hours overtime per week possible based on project demands and responsibilities. Occasional weekend work.
• Travel: As required depending on project demand, typically less than 25%.

What differentiates Honda and makes us an employer of choice?

• Total Rewards: Competitive Base Salary, paid overtime, regional bonus, industry-leading benefit plans, paid time off, company-paid short-term and long-term disability, 401K plan with company match + additional contribution.
• Career Growth: Advancement opportunities, career mobility, education reimbursement for continued learning, training and development programs.
• Additional Offerings: Tuition assistance & student loan repayment, lifestyle account, childcare reimbursement account, elder care support, wellbeing program, community service and engagement programs, product programs.