Logistics 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 job contributes to the overall mission and goals of HDMA by utilizing a regional viewpoint to ensure efficient and effective design and utilization of logistics requirements for delivery of supplier parts at the right time and right condition to support smooth production operations across North American manufacturing facilities in order ensuring customer satisfaction. Key Accountabilities Provide leadership and direction for design, planning, and utilization of transportation routing characteristics through mileage efficiency, inbound/outbound routing flow, cost reduction and efficiency gain improvements across all transportation modes (i.e. truckload direct routes, network collection routes, etc.). Lead continuous improvement activities through collaboration with 3PL providers, carriers, suppliers, and key internal customers through timely trend identification, data analysis, and categorization / prioritization of issues to understand root cause and establish effective countermeasures for complex and broad scope projects and themes. Develop and enhance metrics to monitor and lead situation appraisal and analysis of carrier performance to include within route bid process and sourcing recommendations to support overall carrier strategy. Conduct and lead meetings with carriers to develop and implement appropriate improvement plans. Develop and maintain detailed project plans using recognized project management tools to track milestones, dependencies, and deliverables. Ensure project activities are completed on schedule to meet cost improvement and delivery efficiency targets. Facilitate cross functional project meetings to ensure alignment, resolve conflicts, and maintain stakeholder engagement. Ensure gap identification, root cause analysis summary, and countermeasure implementation schedule to ensure appropriate communication and effectiveness. Provide structured reporting and status progression to department leadership. Escalate unresolved gaps promptly to leadership and stakeholders to maintain transparency and ensure timely resolution. Collaborate with internal teams & external partners (3PLs, suppliers, carriers) to drive continuous improvement initiatives and resolve operational challenges. Ensure alignment and execution of tasks to meet business plan targets and promote effective, open communication to gain buy in and within areas of influence. Leverage data and available resources to thoroughly investigate areas of concern and utilize fact-based data to drive action. Monitor daily and weekly cube reports to ensure timely identification and resolution of issues and appropriate escalation as needed. Qualifications, Experience, and Skills Minimum Educational Qualifications : Bachelor’s Degree in Business, or Supply Chain or equivalent work experience Minimum Experience : 2+ yrs. equivalent experience Other Job-Specific Skills: Extensive knowledge of Honda Supply Chain flow and systems Extensive knowledge of PPT and Excel for reporting and analysis. Data analytics & dashboard development, (Power BI, SQL, etc.) Customer Service skillset to deal with Honda Internal and external customers and problem resolution. Job Dimensions No. of Direct Reports: 0 No. of Indirect Reports: Ceva Engineers/Planners Financial Dimensions : Influence within $500M+ Transportation budget Decisions Expected Determine best solution for improved cube efficiency opportunities. Determine options to consider decide on proposed solution for optimal transportation cost impact for new model and/or project change points. Working Conditions Strong Sense of urgency and flexibility to respond to critical issues and unplanned risk events Ability to work 1st,2nd, or 3rd shift on a limited basis to support crisis. 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.