Commodity Buyer at American Honda Motor Co Inc

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!

About this Position: 
The Commodity Buyer is responsible for the assigned auto part’s piece price, investment, and annual cost reduction, all of which have significant impact on HDMA financial performance.  Establishment of part and supplier SAs (Situation Analysis) through understanding of the Global and North American supply base, manufacturing process and critical part design elements. Considering input from key stakeholders, propose the selection of the best cost, quality, development, and delivery supplier.

Responsibilities include:

• Develop, gain approval, & execute “Model SA’s” for assigned commodities/suppliers between 8~10 suppliers with $150M ~ $300M in annual spend
• Responsible for accurate and timely supplier selection & Bill of Material (BOM) Maintenance
• Establish and achieve logical new model cost targets through supplier selection & negotiation
• Responsible for achieving annual mass production cost improvement goals (ACR), between $4M ~ $7M
• Ensure accurate and timely quotation processing to ensure efficient payment to suppliers
• Research and monitor industry trends (sourcing, technology, market price)
• Gain consensus on new model supplier selection, managing multiple model (13-17) developments during correlation activity with stakeholders
• Responsible for building long-term supplier relationships based on trust
• Maintain the Global Maker Layout (GML) system and issue Global Sourcing Requests (GSR)

Minimum Educational Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience (Business Degree preferred)

Minimum Experience:

• 0 – 4 Years, depending on education

Other job-specific skills:

• Ability to negotiate based on logic
• Manage cost and supplier relationships
• Work in teams to build consensus and solve problems
• Analytical thinking, project contribution, and technical aptitude

Additional Position Factors:

• International travel may be required once or twice a year with an average length of 1-2 weeks per trip (10%)
• Willingness to work overtime due to the cyclical business needs of our NM launches 
• Open office environment with moderate level of noise and activity
• Expect large amount of day at computer and in meetings, 10% travel to suppliers
• Blended remote work is an available option based on management discretion and operating needs
• Regular occurrence of communicating and presenting information in groups for evaluation purposes

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.