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Plant Floor Applications Team Lead

Honda North America
$79,300.00 - $119,000.00
paid time off, tuition assistance, tuition reimbursement, 401(k), relocation assistance
United States, Ohio, East Liberty
May 05, 2025
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 Plant Floor Applications (PFA) Team Lead is responsible for projects, system enhancements and product support of several key Manufacturing Support (E-Support) systems such as Maximo, DeviceWISE, Activplant, MDT Autosave, Octoplant, MSIP, among others. This includes tools, methods and processes necessary for the development, verification and production of Automotive, Power Sports, and Power Equipment. Plant Floor Applications (PFA) have a large user base and is complex due to multiple interconnected regional application platforms. Leveraging an Agile servant leadership mindset, and competencies in Humility, Ability, Passion, Youthful-in-thinking, Results-oriented, and Courage (HAPYRC), the Team Lead will provide expert direction, leadership and supervision of the technical staff managing the operations for this area. The staff includes associates, contractors and outsourced vendor resources. The PFA Team Lead is also expected to serve as the technical expert for the PFA tools when collaborating with other AHM IT Units/Teams and with HDMA user teams and functional groups. Key Accountabilities Supervisory responsibility for tools and processes within the Plant Floor Applications team. Define system and application support metrics and use such metrics to monitor support quality and performance. Key roles in implementing next generation PFA tools and processes. Lead medium to large projects and act as NA Lead for Regional projects. Define steps required to meet required outcomes for broad and complex initiatives Set the necessary budget and resource plan for complex initiatives. Identify opportunities for sharing and utilizing PFA tools across the enterprise thus extracting maximum benefit. Planning and Developing Strategy across the Plant Floor Applications team portfolio. Establish and nurture a lean and agile collaborative culture, building strong partnerships with business teams to jointly prioritize and bring maximum value to Honda's innovation and operations Work with multiple, diverse AHM & HDMA business unit leaders to develop 1-3 years strategic roadmap for future PFA functionality. Supervise associates and contingents working in the Plant Floor Applications Team. Adjust work plans and priorities to adapt to changing business environment. Prioritize work among team members. Assist Unit Lead in setting & evaluating associates' goals and development targets At this level, the associate has some accountability in this category although will begin to contribute to the Unit and Department vision. Workstyle Onsite at the Honda corporate office location Qualifications, Experience, and Skills Engineering or IT Bachelors Degree or equivalent job experience. Relevant industry certifications may also be considered in lieu of a Bachelors Degree. Experience: Around 7 to 15 years practical experience, of which4+ years supervisory experience. Qualified candidates must have expert knowledge of at least 5 of these disciplines: Product development principles (Design, Specification, Testing, Release) Project development life cycle (Initiation, Design, Build, Monitoring and Controlling, Closeout) Project/Product Management Methodologies principles (Agile, Scrum, SAFe, etc.) Enterprise Management Applications principles. Electrical, Mechanical, Computer engineering principles. Manufacturing Applications Computer Operating systems (Windows, RHEL, AIX), database (IBM DB2, MS SQL, PostgreSQL) and application server administration (Java Fuse/EAP, Openshift, IBM WAS) Programming skills (Java, .NET, Python, HTML/CSS, Jira, Atlassian Confluence, GitHub, Bitbucket) Fundamentals of DevSecOps framework Ability to communicate clearly in writing or verbally and adapt style depending on audience Expert knowledge of product and manufacturing development lifecycles Expertise at project & resource planning Expertise in resource and budget planning Expertise in managing vendors Proficiency in developing a strategic plan Ability to navigate a manufacturing plant floor as needed 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.