Cost Innovation Project Lead Development

The Cost Innovation Project Lead Development at Honda is responsible for leading cost reduction activities for SxS/ATV/PE/L&G products, collaborating with purchasing, production, and new model development teams. Key duties include cost planning, managing CR ideas in a database, optimising manufacturing processes, and supporting supplier development. The role requires a bachelor’s or associate degree and at least two years of relevant experience, with 1–3 years in development. Strong analytical, communication, and teamwork skills are essential. The position is primarily office-based, with occasional overtime and travel. Visa sponsorship is not available. Candidates should have experience with development procedures, CAE principles, and effective planning and scheduling.

The Cost Innovation Project Lead Development at Honda is responsible for driving cost reduction initiatives for SxS/ATV/PE/L&G products, collaborating closely with purchasing, production, and new model development teams. This role focuses on implementing cost reduction activities, managing centralized CR databases, and optimising manufacturing processes to achieve business cost targets. The position requires strong communication, leadership, and analytical skills to support new model development and procurement strategies. Honda offers a competitive base salary, paid overtime, regional bonuses, industry-leading benefits, paid time off, 401K with company match, relocation assistance, and various wellbeing and career development programmes, making it an employer of choice.

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

The Cost Innovation (CI)project lead Development is responsible for Cost Reduction(CR) activities for SxS/ATV/PE/L&G products. Implement various CR activities in collaboration with purchasing, production, and GO, and work with the new model development team to achieve business cost targets.

Key Accountabilities

• Support New Model Development: Preliminary Cost Planning
• Based on the current model costs, proceed with cost planning that includes increasing the added value costs of the new model and defining the CR target.
• Centralized management of CR ideas in a database
• Utilize Honda's global CR database to manage CR ideas at AH and advance their application to new models.
• Promoting CR in mass production design changes, Support Drawing Issue for CR
• By integrating readily applicable CR ideas with DEB (Developmental Engineering) and applying them to mass production, costs can be reduced.
• Optimizing manufacturing processes in collaboration with suppliers
• Understand the supplier's manufacturing process and optimize the manufacturing process by modifying drawings to make them easier to produce.
• Improvement of in-house manufacturing processes
• Understand the manufacturing process for in-house parts and optimize the design drawings. Integrate this knowledge into drawings and Cost Reduction.
• Development of new suppliers
• Collaborate/Support with purchasing and develop new suppliers.
• Formulation of a parts strategy
  Support Development of procurement strategies and component strategies that incorporate specification evolution.

Qualifications, Experience, and Skills Minimum Educational Qualifications:

• Bachelors or Associates degree 2 years’ experience or 6+ years of applied work experience.

Minimum Experience:

• Minimun 2 years’ of job related experience
• Should have 1-3 years development experience.

Other Job-Specific Skills:

• Understanding of development procedure.
• Understanding of SEDB (Sales, Manufacturing, R&D, Purchasing) functions.
• Competent drawing and layout skills/techniques, include understanding of CAE principles.
• Competent in creating a plan and schedule.
• Excellent multi-tasking, prioritizing, and decision-making skills.
• Ability to positively influence & motivate team members.
• Strong communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills.

Please Note: Sponsorship for employment visa status for these positions is unavailable. Applicants requiring sponsorship for employment visa status now or in the future (e.g., F-1 CPT/OPT, H-1B, TN, etc.) will not be considered.

Working Conditions

• Majority of time is in office environment.
• Physical: primarily deskwork, frequent keyboarding.
• Overtime: 10-15 hours overtime per week possible based on project demands and responsibilities.
• Occasional weekend work.
• Travel: As required depending on project demand, typically less than 25%

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.

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for supporting new model development by conducting preliminary cost planning based on current model costs and defining cost reduction targets.
• Take ownership of centralised management of cost reduction ideas in a database and advance them to new models using Honda's global CR database.
• Help drive innovation in mass production design changes by integrating cost reduction ideas with developmental engineering and applying them to mass production.
• Collaborate cross-functionally to optimise manufacturing processes with suppliers and in-house teams, modifying drawings for easier production.
• Lead efforts to develop new suppliers and support procurement and component strategies that incorporate specification evolution.
• Deliver high-quality support for drawing issues related to cost reduction and ensure integration of cost reduction knowledge into design drawings.
• Play a key role in shaping in-house manufacturing process improvements and optimising in-house parts design drawings.
• Support the development of procurement strategies and component strategies that incorporate specification evolution.

Skills:

• Demonstrated understanding of development procedures and SEDB (Sales, Manufacturing, R&D, Purchasing) functions.
• Competent drawing and layout skills, including knowledge of CAE principles.
• Ability to create and manage plans and schedules effectively.
• Strong multi-tasking, prioritising, and decision-making skills.
• Proven ability to positively influence and motivate team members.
• Excellent communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills.
• A minimum of 2 years’ job-related experience and 1–3 years of development experience are required.

Education:

• A Bachelor’s or Associate’s degree is required.