What Makes a Honda, is Who makes a Honda
Honda has a clear vision for the future, and its 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 Hondas, we want you to join our team to Bring the Future!
Job Purpose
The Department Leader is responsible for overseeing the daily operations, performance, and team capabilities within a functional department. This role ensures that departmental objectives are aligned with broader business goals through effective resource management, continuous process improvement, and strong people leadership. The Department Leader drives operational execution, maintains compliance, and partners cross-functionally to deliver consistent results.
Key Accountabilities
Strategic & Department Planning translates divisional strategy into departmental goals and execution plans, identifies operational opportunities and proses improvements to leaders, and supports change initiatives and process optimization efforts.
Operational Management in a single-function operation or may support multiple sites but with one discipline - leads daily operations to meet quality, service, productivity, and safety targets. Monitors KPIs, address performance gaps, and drive continuous improvements, and ensures consistent application of policies, standard operating procedure, and compliance requirements.
Financial & Resource Management Manages departmental budget, including labor, materials, and operating expenses. Forecasts resource needs and ensure staffing aligns with demand and recommends cost improvements and validate spending decisions.
People Leadership Coach and develop staff; conduct performance reviews, feedback sessions and development planning. Ensures effective onboarding, training, and succession planning within the department. Fosters an inclusive, engaged, and high-performance culture.
Cross-Functional Collaboration Partner with HR, Finance, Supply Chain, IT, Legal, and other corporate functions to support business objectives. Represents the department in divisional meetings and working groups, and participates in cross-functional initiatives and process improvements
Compliance, Risk & Governance ensures adherence to regulatory, safety, environmental, and internal standards. Monitors operational risks and implements mitigation plans. Maintains audit readiness and accurate departmental reporting.
Qualifications, Experience, and Skills
Bachelors degree in relevant field (or equivalent relevant work experience)
6-10 years relevant HR IS/Technology functional experience incl. leadership roles.
Demonstrated experience managing supervisors or large teams
Strong operational knowledge of the departments processes and systems
Demonstrated leadership of enterprise HR technology platforms (SAP SF, ECP, ServiceNow, Phenom) including system stability, integrations, audit readiness, and release management.
Strong understanding of HR Operations, data governance, SOX controls, and compliance requirements for payroll, talent, and employee data.
Ability to translate HR strategy into scalable technology solutions that balance stability, speed, and user experience.
Proven capability leading cross-functional teams through complex change involving IT, Finance, and multiple business units.
Job Dimensions
Decisions Expected
Working Conditions
Open office environment with Staff members working both onsite and remote locations.
Travel to be expected
Overtime as necessary
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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.