Job Details

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

The North American Indirect Procurement (NAIP) Procurement Governance Sr. Specialist will drive adherence to policies and processes by applying subject matter expertise in governance, compliance and audit practices, and monitoring adherence to Indirect Procurement and relevant company policies and developing tools that proactively enhance compliance. Specific activities of the function include:

• Managing Honda's North American Indirect Procurement Governance Policy (IPGP), to include the following tasks: Updating policy when required to align with company changes, coordinating and communicating policy changes, and maintaining document integrity in IntellaQuest to support audit readiness.
• Oversee the IPGP training course in HLC, ensuring content remains up-to-date and supports effective learning outcomes.
• Execute NAIP's governance and compliance strategies by monitoring NAIP sourcing projects and purchase transactions for compliance violations, and leading the development and implementation of appropriate countermeasures.
• Leverage available technology platforms to develop and implement reporting metrics and dashboards to monitor purchasing governance and compliance behaviours, assess results, and advising NAIP leadership on trends, effectiveness of countermeasures, and opportunities for improvement.
• Serve as the NAIP primary point of contact or representative for external requests (e.g., audits, risk questionnaires, dangerous goods, safety, etc.), coordinate timely and effective responses, and align the appropriate resources to support.
• Manage internal audit initiatives and collaborate with NAIP functional leads to share best practices and improvement opportunities.
• Govern the NAIP division's end-to-end processes, playbooks, flow charts, and aligning R&Rs across NAIP departments and teams, to include internal governance and compliance policies, SLA expectations, and KPI adherence.
• Maintain effective ERP system Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) controls by reviewing user access requests.

Key Accountabilities

• Track, document, and assess monthly non-conformance issues and provide appropriate remedial training and/or corrective actions to impacted users.
• Develop, execute, and analyze monthly Business Intelligence (BI) reports to visualize and assess adherence to company procurement policies. Leverage technology and analytical tools to identify non-compliance issues and trends and enhance reporting outcomes.
• Monitor various aspects of data governance, including adherence to policies and standards, risk management, and performance tracking through KPIs and SLAs.
• Manage the internal and external audit requests received relative to the NAIP procurement policies and procedures.
• Report the quarterly KPI metrics and facilitate PDCA as required. Communicate key insights and best practices with NAIP leadership to support understanding of current enterprise compliance status, effectiveness of existing countermeasures, and identify opportunities for continuous improvement.
• Manage Honda's North American IPG Policy to align with company changes, coordinate and communicate policy changes, lead training initiatives, and maintaining document integrity in IntellaQuest to support audit readiness.
• Conduct periodic reviews of the NAIP division's end-to-end processes, playbooks, flow charts, and R&Rs.
• Conduct periodic reviews of ERP system by reviewing Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) roles and access for Indirect Procurement-owned roles.
• Execute ad hoc projects to advance the division, department, or team's strategic goals and objectives.

Qualifications, Experience, and Skills

Minimum Educational Qualifications :

• Bachelor's degree in business or closely related field or equivalency in procurement tenure and experience.

Minimum Experience :

• 5+ years of experience required in procurement, governance, risk, and compliance, supply chain management, or related field where job knowledge & skills are transferable.

Other Job-Specific Skills

• Proficient in business analytic techniques, business intelligence and/or business process data interpretation, and data visualization methods.
• Experience transacting and working with ERP technology, reporting, and data analytics tools.
• Advanced computer skills in Microsoft Suite to include Word, Excel, PowerPoint, TEAMS, SharePoint, etc.
• Demonstrated project management and organizational skills.
• Ability to apply logic, reasoning, situational analysis, problem solving and decision-making techniques to identify process weaknesses and lead continuous improvement initiatives.
• Familiarity with Data Governance, Data Management or Risk Management.
• Good understanding of procurement source-to-pay processes & business operations.
• Self-motivated & results driven with strong verbal , written, and presentational communication skills.

Job Dimensions

No. of Direct Reports: 0

No. of Indirect Reports : 0

Financial Dimensions : $7bn annual indirect and new business spend; $15m annual savings; $45m annual avoidance

Decisions Expected

• Review, analyse, and provide response to internal and external audit and/or requestors, with supporting data, to communicate compliance effectiveness.
• As a result of data analysis, the procurement governance specialist will be expected to interpret information, identify gaps, anomalies and/or trends in the data, draw conclusions and decide which issues require further investigation and/or escalation.

Working Conditions

• 80% On-site in open-office environment, 20% remote work, and less than 5% travel is required.

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.