What are the responsibilities and job description for the Assistant Manager, Production Operations position at Honda North America?
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
Lead Production team operational management through application of problem solving, continuous improvement and associate mentoring / development, in alignment with efficient production, new model introduction, business plan implementation and innovation to achieve or exceed targets that promote associate success.
Key Accountabilities
- Manage internal / external requests to allow the production team to focus on core responsibilities and avoid distractions.
- Manage required organizational resources (manpower, structure, budget) necessary to achieve operational expectations.
- Continuous development of self, colleagues and team through training and mentoring to proactively improve areas of management expertise for personal and team growth.
- Evaluate and ensure management of critical production issues (wrong / short parts, manpower shortage, Potential Problem Analysis (PPA ) / repairs, down time, etc.) for allocation of resources and appropriate action is taken in a timely manner.
- Evaluate and assess concerns identified by team to help or guide them to address or correct and resolve issues utilizing high speed Plan Do Check Act (PDCA).
- Create and ensure department guidelines / policies / procedures are consistently managed to ensure associate expectations are clearly understood.
- Lead and / or actively participate in department initiatives such as Business Plan (BP), Fundamental Structural Innovation (FSI), Monozukuri (Mono-Z), to gain or share knowledge, promote continuous improvement and foster engagement for the department.
- Monitor daily Safety Environment Quality Delivery Cost Morale (SEQDCM)conditions by reviewing daily reports to manage department outflow (reports, contain, repair).
- Collaborate in the development of new technologies or model introductions to improve production characteristics and ensure voice of the floor is heard.
Qualifications, Experience, and Skills
High School Diploma / GED
10 years production experience
Understanding Intentional Development Purpose
Workstyle
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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.
