Workforce Partnerships Principal 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:

Work to advance Honda's efforts to form collaborative partnerships between government, industry, and academia that support the company's current and future workforce initiatives, focused in the areas of talent, community, and partnerships.

Key Accountabilities:

• Talent - Develop a strategic workforce pipeline for current and future business needs within Honda
• Coordinate activations/engagements focused on talent at all age levels (job shadowing, plant tours, speaking events, conferences, capstones, large scale pipeline events, letters of support, general relationship establishment, PDCA of events, KPI reporting)
• Set, track, and report KPIs for each activation/engagement
• PDCA activation/engagement
• Determine path-forward for all partnerships and report to Talent Acquisition
• Community - Establish strategic relations with community members to support workforce development strategies
• Coordinate activations/engagements focused on community (plant tours, speaking events, workforce-focused community content, Manufacturing Day, general relationship establishment, PDCA of events, KPI reporting)
• Set, track, and report KPIs for each activation/engagement
• PDCA activation/engagement
• Determine path-forward for all partnerships and report to Corporate Social Responsibility
• Partnership - Utilize government, academic, and industry relationships to ensure Honda's interests are represented externally
• Support all external partnerships focused on workforce and the internal assigned representatives to each role
• Participate in workforce-focused board meetings and events
• Attend all workforce-focused conferences
• Set, track, and report KPIs for each partnership
• PDCA partnership
• Determine path-forward for all partnerships and report to Government and Industry Relations
• Overarching workforce strategy participation with HDMA and AHM key leadership to set 3-5 year workforce goals/needs within MMC

Qualifications, Experience, and Skills:

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience
• 10-15 years of experience at a Honda facility(s)
• 1-3 years participating in workforce partnership activities
• Strong business acumen
• Project management skills for large projects

Working Conditions:

• No physical requirements necessary
• Office environment combined with remote work (hybrid work schedule)
• O/T and weekend work as needed to meet deliverables
• Domestic travel to HDMA/AHM/Partner Facilities/US Gov Agency Locations

What differentiates Honda and makes 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.)
• Regional Bonus (when applicable)
• Manager Lease Car Program (No Cost - Car, Maintenance, and Insurance included)
• 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:

• Lifestyle Account
• Childcare Reimbursement Account
• Elder Care Support
• Tuition Assistance & Student Loan Repayment
• Wellbeing Program
• Community Service and Engagement Programs
• Product Programs
• Free Drinks Onsite

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.