Strategic Planning Senior Specialist

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 role is responsible for supporting key business activities and decisionmaking efforts to improve PS&P system efficiency and achieve established objectives.

Key Accountabilities

• Lead the PS&P Systems Improvement Assignments Team to identify improvement opportunities, close process gaps, and drive implementation.
• Conduct site visits to PS&P facilities to evaluate current operations and recommend improvement and innovation initiatives.
• Coordinate Yamagamori-related activities with the Systems Innovation Team to ensure alignment and execution.
• Develop, maintain, and communicate long-term strategic plans for PS&P leadership.
• Evaluate current KPIs, prioritize the most critical measures, and align performance tracking to improvement goals and business results.
• Define benchmarks and performance metrics to measure progress, accountability, and overall success.
• Assess existing processes and workflows, then implement streamlining strategies to improve efficiency and effectiveness.
• Establish and implement cross-department best practices that support business objectives and long-term growth.
• Maintain and update the PS&P Systems Roadmap to reflect priorities, timelines, and approved initiatives
• Manage and track all approved PS&P system projects to ensure progress, alignment, and status visibility.
• Lead communication and coordination for PS&P Midterm Planning activities (IT Summit).
• Lead and coordinate Topgun quarterly meetings to identify performance gains, gaps, and follow-up actions.
• Support and deliver training for systems used by PS&P to improve user capability and adoption
• Assess current organizational systems and develop strategies that improve agility, scalability, and business responsiveness.
• Review available reporting tools, identify capability gaps, and recommend system enhancements.
• Partner with ISD and the PS&P systems group to implement solutions that reduce manual work, improve efficiency, and strengthen agile operations.
• Serve as Product Owner for the One Truth PS&P Enterprise Data Analytics Platform project.
• Coordinate training activities that support implementation and adoption of the One Truth Project.
• Ensure AI solutions are incorporated throughout system implementation plans.
• Prepare executive-level presentations and status reports for Projects.
• Coordinate and support training for PS&P systems to ensure effective rollout and ongoing usage.
• Document business requirements, testing activities, and standard operating procedures to support effective system implementation.

Qualifications, Experience, and Skills

• Bachelor's degree required, master's degree preferred.
• 5+ years of relevant work experience specialized in Systems and Project Management.
• 5+ years of experience in the industry or acting as a consultant on major strategic planning projects required.
• Sound written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to leverage cross-departmental contacts to influence support for PS&P objectives.
• Ability to create an environment that allows open communication and feedback from associates.
• Solid planning and organizational skills
• Aptitude for leading teams; influencing others to achieve goal
• Strong interpersonal skills with an ability to manage stakeholders at all levels of the organization
• Experience with Microsoft suite, including advanced Excel and Powerpoint

Job Dimensions

Decisions Expected

Working Conditions

This position requires 25% travel.

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.