Senior Manager, Accessory Planning

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Purpose

• This position is responsible for achieving the company’s Accessories Sales and Profit objectives by managing and overseeing Accessories for the assigned models from initial planning, project management and development ensuring all accessories are available by the time of vehicle wholesale:
  • Facilitate, plan and track accessory development with key suppliers beginning from initial vehicle concept based on the long-range strategic vehicle plan to vehicle production.
  • Coordinate cross functionally with HMC, HMC Customizing Team and HMNA Product Planning in addition to coordinating all HMA, GMA, Affiliates, and non HMA groups to ensure clarity of roles, responsibilities, and business performance of Accessories.
  • Track and lead development milestones and launch gate activities, ensure vehicle development has proper accommodations for key accessories and to promote ease of installation at ports and dealers by coordinating with HMC R&D and various global product planning areas
  • Report on and track trends for future accessory development and planning to optimize margin and revenue for future vehicle and accessory opportunities.
  • Evaluate and/or propose accessory offerings from vendors and partners. Investigate opportunities to offer new accessories that focus on vehicle system integration, enthusiast accessories, lifestyle accessories, vehicle performance and connectivity.

Major Responsibilities

• Lead creation of monthly executive updates on accessory status, requests, risks and opportunities.
• Collaborate with HMC, GHQ, Product Line Management, Vehicle Pricing, Product Planning, Distribution, Glovis and Genesis as needed.
• Identify and source new accessories through existing or new Suppliers. Implement and coordinate process improvements, or issue resolution with Suppliers.
• Coordinate with HMNA Quality and Engineering to incorporate needs into design specifications to reduce IQS and other customer complaint level potential concerns.
• Develop specifications, testing requirements, lifecycle durability and other design validation related activities to maximize product quality and customer adoption.
• Study installation labor times and feasibility for accessory installation and publishing instructions to ports and/or dealers for installation.
• Work closely with HMNA Vehicle Pricing, Parts Pricing to support Pricing Sheets for DIO and PIO accessories by providing Installation rates, estimated accessory installation rates, sales, and other analytics.

Major Responsibilities (continued)

• Support the Sr. Manager, PIO Sales as needed by interfacing with Distribution, Glovis and Mobis, and other business units to support Accessory sales and development.
• Responsible for the approval and on-time delivery of accessory parts designated by various stakeholders, HMC, GHQ and Product Planning.
• Responsible for tracking progress of all departments’ activities to support accessory part operations and development.
• Manage and develop accessory training, installation guides, Quick Reference Guides (QRGs), and other necessary documentation required to support customer satisfaction and the owner experience.
• Manage staff; effectively coach, counsel, and develop staff. Utilize the diverse talents of the staff by efficiently managing staff’s time, materials and budget while focusing on the goals and vision of the