Undergraduate - Product Management

Job Title:Undergraduate - Product Management 
Department:UK - Marketing, Product & Business Management 
Job Location: Bracknell 

Role:

The role is responsible for providing operational support to the Product Section Managers.

As the primary contact for operational matters, the key responsibility will be to contribute and support the Product Management team in managing and developing the Honda Car product line up in Europe. 

The role will focus on supporting product management team in day to day activities including preparing and analysing market and customer data to support product development.   It will require working closely with a number of internal departments to obtain and communicate necessary information and data in a timely manner including Head Office in Japan and Honda’s Research & Development teams.

Main Responsibilities:

• Support day to day activity of Product Management team including:
• Market information
• Prepare necessary market information on European Car market analysing current and future trends reporting to Product Management team.
• Study Key Competitor’s products and activities including pricing to support key model
• Product development
• Customer information
• Update & analyse European customer information for Honda & key competitors reporting to Product Management team
• Research Support
• Support ongoing database administration for market and customer databases
• Involvement in ad-hoc research projects for new model
• Others
• Liaising with internal teams within Honda including Sales, PR & Marketing within Europe
• & Product management in Head Office in Japan.
• Providing product information and support for Honda’s Branches across Europe.

Qualifications, skills and experience required/desirable:

• Advanced Excel & PowerPoint skills
• English and other language preferred
• A natural fit for Honda Culture (Human, Passionate, Imaginative, Challenging)
• An enthusiastic person who seizes the initiative and is prepared to challenge the norm
• Logical thinking and well organised with a high degree of accuracy
• Well organised, calm under pressure with the capacity to manage several tasks at once and prioritise effectively.

Honda is dedicated to the principle of creating equal opportunities within the workplace for all associates, agency workers, contractors, job applicants and visitors. Central to this is Honda's commitment to being a fair, discrimination free company that accepts the uniqueness and differences of people around the world and adheres to the principle that all people are created equal. This commitment comes directly from the Honda Philosophy and belief that we all work together for a common purpose. Honda recruits, hires, trains and promotes into all levels the most qualified individuals without regard to race, colour, origin, religion, gender, sexual orientation, age, disability or any other protected characteristic.