At Honda we embrace inclusion in our various policies, so whilst our contracts state that the hours are as required to fulfil 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 & 08:00 – 13:00 on a Friday. However, we offer flexibility of when you work with our daily flex-time start of between 07:00 and 11:00 providing that there is no business requirement.
Whilst there is no contractual right to work from home, the flexibility we offer is that 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:
Reporting to the Publications Section Manager, this role is an opportunity to support the Honda customer experience through the provision of printed and digital Owners Manuals and other documentation. This important role involves the entire process from receipt of master data from Japan, local adaptation, translation through to production and delivery to local logistics centres in the UK and across the European region. There are a number of external agencies and internal customers whose activities need to be managed in order to ensure success in this role.
To be successful in this role requires great communication and analytical skills. You will be an innovator, capable of generating new ideas and identifying opportunities, and then carrying them through successfully against an agreed set of objectives.
Main Responsibilities:
1. Management of translation and printing processes for the Automobile business.
2. Ensure accuracy of printed publications delivered to Branches and Honda Logistic Centres across Europe.
3. Management and provision of digital versions on websites and other platforms for the Honda Motor Europe (HME) Region.
4. Negotiation with Translation and Printing Suppliers, Publications division in Japan, Branches and HME Sales in order to achieve challenging deadlines and budgets.
5. Identify and implement new opportunities for improvements in working practices.
6. Report preparation and analysis, collating data from multiple sources, using Excel and other tools to manipulate data into a usable format.
7. Drive project activity within the department to ensure smooth implementation of new initiatives/systems.
8. Accurately ensure that your activities follow the defined Standard Operating procedures.
Qualifications, skills and experience:
Required
1. Proficient using Microsoft Office tools, including Outlook, PowerPoint and Excel, Teams and OneDrive.
2. Experience of Sharepoint and/or Sharefile.
3. Proven ability to analyse data to create clear and concise reports.
4. Capable of managing and prioritising conflicting requirements to achieve deadlines.
5. Ability to work to a high degree of accuracy without compromising productivity.
6. Fluent in other European languages.
7. Experience of collaborating with others in diverse geographical locations.
8. An understanding of the European market and Honda’s dealer network.
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 recognise 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.
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