Undergraduate - Sales & Supply

At Honda, we embrace inclusion in our various policies. While our contracts state that the hours are as required to fulfill the role with a minimum of 35 hours per week, we offer flexibility for when you work. The regular office hours are 08:00 – 16:00 Monday to Thursday with a half-hour lunch break and 08:00 – 13:00 on a Friday. However, we offer flexibility with a daily flex-time start of between 07:00 and 11:00, provided there is no business requirement.

While there is no contractual right to work from home, you can request to work from home for a maximum of 50% of the working days in any one month, again providing there is no business requirement to attend the office.

Role:
The dual aspects of this position provide a thorough insight into the Automobile business and the supply planning function.

For Sales, you will be supporting the generation of reports and presentations covering key information used throughout the Automobile division to manage the business. In addition to already established reports, you will occasionally be required to develop additional reports driven by business activity, e.g., New Model launch.

The other element of the role involves supporting the management of the supply chain. This entails taking actions to minimize the lead-time of products by adjusting the supply plan and availability for each of the markets throughout Europe.

Main Responsibilities:

1. Support with monthly reporting on results and KPIs of key sales metrics.
2. Develop reports as required to support business needs.
3. Support with allocating supply to branches based on demand and availability.
4. Review any conflicts identified in the sales forecast with the Regional Automobile Management team and propose/ensure effective countermeasures are taken.
5. Develop tools (usually within Excel) to automate complicated business processes.
6. Maintain the automobile line-up for Europe in SAP.

Qualifications, skills and experience:

Required:

1. Must be an undergraduate looking for a placement as part of their studies.
2. Confident written and verbal communication.
3. Excellent PC skills - in particular Excel and PowerPoint.
4. High level of numeracy with an obsession for accuracy.
5. Well organized, calm under pressure with the ability to manage several tasks at once and prioritize effectively.
6. Interested in supply chain management or data management.

Honda is committed to the principle of equal opportunity in the workplace for all employees, temporary workers, contractors, applicants and visitors. Honda also encourages respect for the individual differences and talents of others while making full use of one's own abilities, based on Honda's philosophy of respect for the individual.

At Honda, we value and celebrate diversity and are committed to being a fair, non-discriminatory company that promotes and welcomes the uniqueness and differences of people around the world. We recognize that a diverse workforce allows for different ideas and perspectives, and we encourage everyone to share them. We strive to foster a culture of belonging that is consistent with Honda's core values and lived out in the way we work and respect each other. For us at Honda, diversifying our workforce means increasing its overall strength by providing people with equal opportunities - regardless of personal characteristics or previous careers.

This commitment flows directly from the Honda philosophy and the belief that we are all working towards a common goal. Honda recruits, hires, trains and promotes the most qualified/experienced individuals at all levels without regard to race, origin, religion or belief, gender, sexual orientation, age, disability or any other protected characteristic.