Vehicle Quality Assurance Group Lead

What Makes a Honda, is Who makes a HondaHonda 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!About this Position:Responsible for ensuring completion of Sampling Regulation and Quality checks with correct judgement by teaching technicians the requirements of the processes. Managing systems/procedures/documents, utilizing results to improve outflow and presenting the status. Supporting & managing technician while handling critical conversations, managing schedules including PTO and performing yearly evaluations..Responsibilities include:Lead procedure and document creation for sampling technicians. Identify necessary updates from drawings/specifications and opportunities for process improvements.Manage and support direct reports to ensure targets are met on time within the groupCreate and update databases to track data based on current business needs, direct report feedback and continuous improvement activity.Summarize sampling activity status and present information to management to declare event readiness/completion. Create improvement / recovery plan for any gap items.Coordinate root cause investigation and containment for triggered problem itemsLead Internal/External audit activity and relevant meetings from sampling viewpoint to represent team in a professional mannerRequired Experience:2+ years in Technical role based on educationRequired Education:Bachelor/Associate/Technical degree in automotive or related field; or equivalent experienceOther job specific skills:Proficient in Microsoft software (PowerPoint, Excel, Word, Outlook)Ability to extract drawing/specification information from NEWS/Mainframe/BEAMCommunication skills for presenting and ability to train new associatesKnowledge of manufacturing environment and processesAdditional Position Factors:Flexibility in work hours and approximately 1-Hour OT per dayWeekend work (Including shutdown) and production support as needed/scheduledDaily job function variability and environment (Indoor Lab/Production Line & Outdoor)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.