Distributor Business Development Management Placement 2027

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 2 days per week, again providing there is no business requirement to attend the office.

The role

This is an undergraduate placement opportunity for a current university student looking to gain practical experience as part of their degree programme.

Working closely with the Distributor Business Development Department Manager and Distributor Operations Manager, you’ll support Honda’s European distributor operations through sales analysis, reporting and the development and improvement of business processes.

The placement provides practical experience in data analysis, sales operations, logistics and process improvement within an international business environment. The undergraduate will work with colleagues across Honda and its distributor network, gaining valuable exposure to how European operations are managed and supported.

Main responsibilities

• Manage and maintain Distributor Sales reports for senior management.
• Support distributors through ad-hoc reports & documents creation.
• Support optimisation of European Stock and Export operations.
• Support with the development of the market price monitoring tool (Honda and competition) for distributor countries.
• Process control of European Distributors factory orders and plans.
• Coordinate logistic information between factories and distributors.
• Maintain up to date the Distributors Operations Handbook.
• Manage the Training Reporting for Distributors.
• Support distributor events preparation.
• Liaise with Finance department for invoice queries and adjustments.
• Coordinate with PR department for assets for events.

Qualifications, skills and experience

Required

• Current undergraduate student seeking a work placement as part of their degree programme.
• Very good numerical and logical analytic skills is essential to ensure high levels of accuracy to gather and interpret data.
• Strong organisation skills and customer service excellence.
• Able to plan and prioritise own time and work independently.

Desirable

• Studying towards a degree in Business Management, International Business, Economics, Finance, Business Analytics or another relevant subject.
• Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office, particularly Excel and PowerPoint.