Cost Innovation Project Lead Development

We are seeking a Cost Innovation Project Lead Development to join our team at American Honda Motor Company. 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

• Support New Model Development: Preliminary Cost Planning
• Centralized management of CR ideas in a database
• Promoting CR in mass production design changes, Support Drawing Issue for CR
• Optimizing manufacturing processes in collaboration with suppliers
• Improvement of in-house manufacturing processes
• Development of new suppliers
• Formulation of a parts strategy

Qualifications, Experience, and Skills

• Minimum Educational Qualifications: Bachelors or Associates degree 2 years’ experience or 6+ years of applied work experience.
• Minimum Experience: 2 years’ of job related experience, 1-3 years development experience.
• Other Job-Specific Skills: Understanding of development procedure, SEDB functions, competent drawing and layout skills, excellent multi-tasking, prioritizing, and decision-making skills.

Working Conditions

• Majority of time is in 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%

Total Rewards

• Competitive Base Salary
• Paid Overtime
• Regional Bonus (when applicable)
• 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)