Undergraduate - European Digital (Automobile)

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Undergraduate - European Digital (Automobile)

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: 

Honda Motor Europe is offering the opportunity to join as the European Digital Undergraduate, responsible for supporting the Automobile New Business department.

This role is part of the Automobile New Business Department which has several functional areas including Digital platform support, digital content publishing, A/B testing and digital platform customer surveys, data management and market sensing for Digital Retail and Connected Services. 

Your role will support the department with communication, utilisation and analysis of PAN-European digital platform and Digital Retail activities. You will also help provide an analytical review of the website and digital activities. You may be required depending on the schedule to support with testing connected services. The role includes taking a broad look at automobile activity and gathering of competitor research.

Main Responsibilities: 

• Support the Connectivity Product Section Manager with connected services testing for new vehicles and new features. 
• Collate comparison research of the competitor’s landscape, in particular, their Digital Retail and Connected Services activity.
• Support Digital team for applying ‘best practice’ guidelines for content uploading and publishing of new content.
• Assist Digital team with Pan European content translations through our suppliers to publish on a timely manner supporting the needs of our European branches.
• Support with the creation of regular customer surveys on the Digital platform (European websites) to understand various customer engagements. 
• Generate regular reports to evaluate the customer’s High Value Behaviour on the digital platform using Google Analytics and other dashboards.
• Assist the Digital Retail and Digital team with any other daily activities.

Qualifications, skills and experience: Required/Desirable

Required

• Must be an undergraduate, studying a Marketing/Business/Administration based course, looking for a placement as part of their studies.
• Excellent written and verbal communication.
• Strong numeracy and comfortable working with data and systems.
• Attention to detail and have an analytical mindset.
• Ability to prioritise and plan effectively.
• Ability to deal with confidential information.
• Deadline oriented and ability to work under pressure.
• Must be digitally savvy with regards to the use of internet and social media.
• Proficient Microsoft Office experience, especially Excel, PowerPoint and Word.

Desirable 

• Experience with Google Analytics would be preferable.
• Previous digital experience favourable but not necessary.
• Interest in cars and automobile industry an advantage but not prerequisite.

About Honda

Honda aims to become the “power” that supports people around the world who are trying to do things based on their own initiative. In order to continue to be a company society wants to exist, Honda strives to help people create a better society through our technologies, ideas and designs. 

Honda is looking for talented Associates to innovate and shape the future of our society. By choosing Honda, you’re choosing a path to personal and professional success. 

The Honda Philosophy and our Fundamental Beliefs drive our desire to “help people and society” and “expand life’s potential”. The underlying basis of such efforts is the concept of “Respect for the Individual,” which is at the centre of our philosophy. We always put “people” in the centre of our thinking, and we believe in the potential of people.

This philosophy is not only shared by all Associates, but also forms the basis for all company activities and sets the standard for the conduct and decision-making of all Associates throughout the Honda Group. 

With over 70 years of heritage, Honda has always been focused on bringing joy to its customers and society. We are always focused on delivering products that answer the real needs of customers. 

Over 76 years, Honda’s passionate associates have delivered innovation and excellence that has made it the world’s largest maker of internal combustion engines. But the challenge of decarbonisation is now the most pressing concern and Honda has committed to act. 

Honda has set an ambitious target and began initiatives to realize carbon neutrality throughout its operations by 2050. Here in Europe, our Automobile range is 100% electrified and this year saw the addition of our second electric motorcycle; the CUV e: scooter to our line-up. At the same time, we will strive to realize a “zero environmental footprint” through our initiatives in manufacturing, such as the utilisation of renewable energy and recycling of resources.

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