Energy Business Operations Analyst

Location: TOR, CA

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 which 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:

Developing and executing product and business strategy in a world of rapid technological and social change requires a highly capable, highly knowledgeable, and highly engaged team. American Honda’s Sustainability & Business Development (SBD) business unit (BU) is tasked with navigating the business and technology application path for Honda's future renewable energy, resource circulation and innovative business initiative products, services, and businesses. Our focus is to establish an ecosystem of hardware, software, and renewable energy that achieves these goals by focusing on real-world user experiences. By providing solutions to users that are intuitive, generate value for users in terms of time savings, money savings, and enriching their lives we can expand and deepen our relationship with each customer. The team will focus on building and sustaining Honda's core brand values and enhancing brand image and competitiveness in the marketplace by innovating, incubating, selecting, developing, applying, and operating new businesses, features, products, and services with responsibility for their profitability, competitiveness, and customer satisfaction for Honda in North America. 

Responsibilities include:

• Energy Business Operations Analyst ensures all assigned programs in-market are operating at levels meeting customer needs. The associate provides monthly and ad hoc reporting to stakeholders and is considered the expert in the product's operation.  The associate will collect market data, organize and analyze the data, and clearly identify the market quality trend. Utilizing market data, the associate must provide direction to the development and operations team for quick fix resolution to minimize customer impact. The Operations Analyst will also lead, propose, implement and be accountable for market action, including coordination, communication and success.
• Utilizing the understanding of customer needs and contract terms, will create and manage operational procedures. Upon creation of the procedures, the associate must ensure proper implementation, operations and measure the effectiveness. Must propose improvements in process to continue improvement of efficiency in operation.
• Coordinate with internal customers and third party service providers to resolve program issues. This includes research to completely understand the issue, creating a actionable resolution through analysis of various options, and obtaining approval for action. The associate must ensure adherence to the plan by all stakeholders, as well as obtain legal, regulator clearance and manage budget spending.
• Through identifying and understanding the market quality issues, contribute and act as the voice of customer to ensure changes are made for future products and operational procedures. This associate must act as a leader of change management projects and process.
• Responsible for financial success of the assigned program. Working with the Financial Analyst, ensure all appropriate actions are taken to meet assigned goals and also ensure financial operations are in order.

Additional Position Factors:

• OT necessary to complete task deadline for Quality Reporting
• Travel may be necessary for training & meeting with other Mfg. facilities

At Honda, you will play a key role in our journey to become a company that society wants to exist now, and in the future. Your endless curiosity will drive innovation and your courageous spirit will challenge the status quo. We believe having a workforce made up of diverse thinkers and innovators makes us a better Honda. Respect for each other and respect for diversity each and every day drives our associates to contribute at the highest level and work effectively in a team environment. We make the dream of mobility a reality with our innovative and high-quality products. Together, we Bring the Future to our customers, associates, and communities. We are Honda!

What differentiates Honda and make us an employer of choice?

Total Rewards:

• Competitive base salary
• Overtime compensation
• Annual Bonus
• Associate lease car program with a cost
• Industry leading Benefit Plans (Medical, Dental, Vision)
• Paid time off, including vacation, paid holidays, sick time, personal days
• 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:

• 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.

Who we are seeking:

• BA/BS in engineering, marketing, market research, business or equivalent work experience.

Required Work Experience:

• 3+ years of Deep understanding of customer technology and customer solutions

Desired Skills:

• Experience with energy-related discipline or EV Charging a Plus
• Strong research, technical writing, communication and presentation skills
• Strong program and project management experience
• Excellent analysis skills
• Ability to think big picture and out of the box
• Experience in presenting at executive level meetings
• Honda specific knowledge across all product lines (Preferred)
• Strong proficiency with MS Office is required, especially PowerPoint and Excel.
• Strong presenter with Ability To Present To all levels of management and executives.
• Excellent teamwork skills for both NA and GO offices and employees
• Driver’s License required and ability to operate a diverse assortment of automobiles.  Proficiency with manual transmission preferred but not required.
• Function in an Agile Project team.