Logistics Senior Specialist

Honda Dev. and Mfg. of Am.,LLC Marysville, Ohio, US

About the Role

<p><span style="font-size:16.0px"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><strong><u>What Makes a Honda, is Who makes a Honda</u></strong><br>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.”</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size:16.0px"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">We are looking for qualified individuals with diverse backgrounds, experiences, continuous improvement values, and a strong work ethic to join our team.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size:16.0px"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">If your goals and values align with Honda’s, we want you to join our team to Bring the Future!</span></span></p><div><div style='padding: 10px 0px;border: 1px solid transparent;'><div style='font-size:16px;word-wrap: break-word;'><H2 style='font-size: 1em; margin: 0px'><u><b>Job Purpose</b></u></H2> </div><div><p style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">This job contributes to the overall mission and goals of HDMA by ensuring delivery of parts at the right time, right condition, to plants by acting as a liaison between carriers, suppliers, Delivery Team and cross-docks.  </span></p></div></div><div style='padding: 10px 0px;border: 1px solid transparent;'><div style='font-size:16px;word-wrap: break-word;'><H2 style='font-size: 1em; margin: 0px'><u><b>Key Accountabilities</b></u></H2> </div><div><ul style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0px;"><li style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 0px; line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Lead group comprised of Carriers, Suppliers, X-Dock associates, and Delivery associates to facilitate PDCA / Root Cause Analysis/ Why-Why analysis to determine and carryout appropriate countermeasure activity.</span></li><li style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 0px; line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Provide leadership and direction to carriers and cross-docks on consolidating and reducing loads to provide cost down for Transportation to meet Business Plan.</span></li><li style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 0px; line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Lead the department monthly report roll-up for UL review and signoff.</span></li><li style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 0px; line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Acting as liaison between Carriers and Cross-Docks with Delivery, Packaging and Transportation Teams to lead Reroute preparation activity.</span></li><li style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 0px; line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Monitor daily pulse reports to ensure Carriers and Cross-docks are processing and delivering on time and provide direction on path forward.</span></li><li style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 0px; line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Lead projects for Cross-Dock and Carrier Planning and future expansion</span></li><li style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 0px; line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Analyze Weekly invoices to ensure SOW is followed and being billed correctly </span></li><li style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt 0px; line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Provide daily direction and guidance to Carriers and Cross-dock management team on potential damages and claims of parts flowing through Cross-docks.</span></li></ul></div></div><div style='padding: 10px 0px;border: 1px solid transparent;'><div style='font-size:16px;word-wrap: break-word;'><H2 style='font-size: 1em; margin: 0px'><u><b>Qualifications, Experience, and Skills</b></u></H2> </div><div><p style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Minimum Educational Qualifications</span></strong><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">:</span></p><ul style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0px;"><li style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt 0px; line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Bachelor’s Degree in Business or Supply Chain or equivalent </span></li></ul><p style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Minimum Experience</span></strong><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">:</span></p><ul style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0px;"><li style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt 0px; line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">2+ yrs. equivalent experience</span></li></ul><p style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Other Job-Specific Skills</span></strong><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">:</span></p><ul style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0px;"><li style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 0px; line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Extensive knowledge of Honda Supply Chain flow</span></li><li style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 0px; line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Extensive knowledge of PPT and Excel for reporting and analysis.</span></li><li style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt 0px; line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Customer Service skillset to deal with Honda Internal and external customers and problem resolution.</span></li></ul></div></div><div style='padding: 10px 0px;border: 1px solid transparent;'><div style='font-size:16px;word-wrap: break-word;'><H2 style='font-size: 1em; margin: 0px'><u><b>Job Dimensions</b></u></H2> </div><div><p style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">No. of Direct Reports:</span></strong><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> 0</span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">No. of Indirect Reports:</span></strong><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> 0</span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Financial Dimensions: </span></strong><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">N/A</span></p></div></div><div style='padding: 10px 0px;border: 1px solid transparent;'><div style='font-size:16px;word-wrap: break-word;'><H2 style='font-size: 1em; margin: 0px'><u><b>Decisions Expected</b></u></H2> </div><div><ul style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0px;"><li style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 0px; line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Decide if recovery shipment timing will meet Mass Production need time understanding consolidation center pack out times. </span></li><li style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 0px; line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Decide if premium transportation/expedite is needed</span></li><li style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 0px; line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Decide to expedite from X-Dock to plant to avoid downtime.</span></li><li style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 0px; line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Decide when to cut loads from SAX to provide cost down activity.</span></li><li style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt 0px; line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Decide when to award overtime, extra drivers, etc. to ensure deliveries are on time.</span></li></ul></div></div><div style='padding: 10px 0px;border: 1px solid transparent;'><div style='font-size:16px;word-wrap: break-word;'><H2 style='font-size: 1em; margin: 0px'><u><b>Working Conditions</b></u></H2> </div><div><ul style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0px;"><li style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 0px; line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Strong Sense of urgency and flexibility to respond to critical issues and unplanned risk events</span></li><li style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt 0px; line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Ability to work 1st, 2nd, or 3rd shift on a limited basis to support crisis.</span></li></ul></div></div></div><p><span style="font-size:16.0px"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><strong><u>What differentiates Honda and make us an employer of choice?</u></strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size:16.0px"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><strong>Total Rewards:</strong></span></span></p><ul><li><span style="font-size:16.0px"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Competitive Base Salary (pay will be based on several variables that include, but not limited to geographic location, work experience, etc.)</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size:16.0px"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Paid Overtime</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size:16.0px"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Regional Bonus (when applicable)</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size:16.0px"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Industry-leading Benefit Plans (Medical, Dental, Vision, Rx) </span></span></li><li><span style="font-size:16.0px"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Paid time off, including vacation, holidays, shutdown</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size:16.0px"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Company Paid Short-Term and Long-Term Disability </span></span></li><li><span style="font-size:16.0px"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">401K Plan with company match + additional contribution</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size:16.0px"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Relocation assistance (if eligible)</span></span></li></ul><p><span style="font-size:16.0px"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><strong>Career Growth:</strong></span></span></p><ul><li><span style="font-size:16.0px"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Advancement Opportunities</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size:16.0px"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Career Mobility  </span></span></li><li><span style="font-size:16.0px"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Education Reimbursement for Continued Learning</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size:16.0px"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Training and Development programs </span></span></li></ul><p><span style="font-size:16.0px"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><strong>Additional Offerings:</strong></span></span></p><ul><li><span style="font-size:16.0px"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Tuition Assistance & Student Loan Repayment</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size:16.0px"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Lifestyle Account</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size:16.0px"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Childcare Reimbursement Account</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size:16.0px"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Elder Care Support</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size:16.0px"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Wellbeing Program</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size:16.0px"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Community Service and Engagement Programs</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size:16.0px"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Product Programs</span></span></li></ul><p> </p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size:16.0px"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">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.</span></span></p>

Required Skills

logistics supply chain operations analytical communication

Keywords

logistics senior specialist transport supply chain

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