Purchasing Specialist at Honda Dev. and Mfg. of Am.,LLC

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

This Tooling Buyer is responsible for managing the overall tooling, design change, and trial part maturation readiness throughout the new model development cycle. Effectively communicate and work with North American suppliers to ensure on-time achievement of project goals

Key Accountabilities

• Issue and manage Tool Release for new model tools and equipment. Correlate tooling lead-times and die go readiness with Supplier and Design. Support recovery activity to ensure part maturation achievement.
• Review and issue design change and Change Request Form (CRF) application, negotiate with supplier as needed. Review and assess supplier compensation requests as a result of design change activity.
• Confirm supplier readiness against project targets at key stages in development
• Manage one or more Tooling Buyer level special projects for the department and implement improvement plans
• Conduct and review transfer of relevant new model information to the mass production team. Support production recovery efforts as requested

Qualifications/Experience/Skills

Minimum Educational Qualifications: Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience (Business or Supply Chain Management Degree preferred)

Minimum Experience: No experience required; Co-Op experience preferred

Other Job-Specific Skills: Good project management skills, manage supplier relationships, work in teams to build consensus, multi-task, solve problems, manage projects and strong excel

Working Conditions

• Position is Hybrid (80% in Office, 20% Remote).
• International travel may be required once or twice a year with an average length of 1-2 weeks per trip (5%), depends on supply base and activity.
• Willingness to work overtime due to the cyclical business needs of our New Model launches.
• Open office environment with moderate level of noise and activity.
• Office base work with travel required (as much as 2-3 days/week. Travel may increase during critical development periods and could have potential last-minute travel due to crisis support.
• Possible shift time adjustment to support critical development phases or production support requests.
• Regular occurrence of communicating and presenting information in groups for evaluation purposes.

What differentiates Honda and make 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.)
• 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)

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

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.