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Tullamarine, Victoria, Australia

- Development and implementation of the Internal audit program, this includes facilitation of the audit, development of the audit report including recommendations in consultation with relevant stakeholders, presentation to the board of recommendations and implementation strategy and quality assurance of recommendation implementation.- The development and presentation of the audit program on a quarterly basis to the board of directors- Working in collaboration with Honda globally, I am responsible for reporting the Honda Australia audit program and outcomes to Asian Honda as part of the regional audit team- Pre COVID, this included, the attendance and participation in the annual Honda Internal Audit forum with representatives from across the globeKey achievements:• Demonstrating the rigour I had applied to the Honda audit program, following from the A&O Constitutional audit, we were reported to only have 3 lows. Within our region we were identified as the top performing site (Genpo) and noted as the ‘centre of excellence’.• I was awarded the position of Head of Internal Audit after demonstrating high potential in my previous role. Considering I had not previous audit experience my achievements in this program positioned me for inclusion in the Honda Australia Talent pool for future leaders

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Due to Honda Australia undergoing a significant restructure I was asked and accepted the additional responsibility of acting in the Corporate Services Manager role. This was in addition to the Head of Internal Audit role.These additional responsibilities included:• Responsible for an operational budget of $2.5 million, this includes budget development, reconciliation, re-forecasting and specific project costing. Budget reporting as per board requirements• Management of the corporate fleet division (500 vehicles), this team is responsible for the fleet vehicle cycle from provisioning, service, repairs and maintenance, insurance and disposal• Management of the Service Technician Team, this includes pre-delivery tasks of fleet cars, servicing and maintenance and provision of bespoke accessory orders• Facilities management of Honda head office site (corporate offices, workshop and warehouse) and regional offices. This includes the management of 24hr security, maintenance, security access control, vendor contract management, compliance to WHS, overseeing administrative functions such as reception, stationary management, printers and cleaning.Key achievements:• Nominated and accepted into the Honda Australia Talent pool for future leaders• Oversaw and implemented Honda Australia staff rapid transition to work from home during COVID-19• Development and implementation of protocols• Developed the strategy and implemented the operational plans for Honda Australia’s phased return to work• As part of Honda’s transformation program, I was invited to contribute to multiple projects. This included projects such as the development of a new strategy for Honda fleet vehicles used for sales & service purposes along with the Corporate Insurance review project. This demonstrates that I have been recognised for my ability to think both operationally and strategically

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

- Supporting the Honda Australia Dealer training strategy I was responsible for, facilitation and delivery of identified sales training needs at Honda locations across Australia- With the training SMEs reporting directly to me, I was responsible for scheduling the delivery of the training, ensuring SMEs had the relevant content for the delivery of the training and that they met their KPIs- Management of the training budget of $3.5 million. This included budget development, reconciliation and monitoring as well as financial reporting for the board as required.- Development of board reporting that included departmental training KPIs and training linkages to strategic objectives Program co-ordinator for the Honda Business Institute. This program provided university level qualifications to identified high performers across our dealerships.- Responsible for the Honda Australia e-Learning portalKey Achievements• In 2015, Honda Australia identified a requirement for 300 regionally dispersed dealers to attend the HR-V sales training that was to be conducted within a week in Brisbane. As the lead for this project, I co-ordinated registrations, travel and accommodation and attendance of all 300 attendees within a 6 week window• On request of the General Manager of Dealer Business, I delivered a training workshop on driving customer satisfaction at the launch of the new Honda CR-V. Following this delivery I received a number of commendations including endorsement from the board of directors. This recognition laid the foundation for my promotion into the Head of Internal Audit

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

- Co-ordination of the corporate fleet (700 vehicles), this included overseeing the life cycle of the fleet vehicles from ordering, delivery to incumbent, insurance, fines and tolls management and change over to disposal of vehicle.- Management of Loan Vehicle requests. - Complaints management and resolution- Development of Fleet Management processes and continuous improvement program.- Project Management of Fleet Vehicle Disposals including, auction activities, stakeholder management and contract management- Financial management responsibilities included lease payment creation and reconciliation, allocation of interdepartmental charges, monthly cost code allocation and reconciliation and end of month accrualsKey Achievements• When I commenced in this role, I identified a lack of appropriately documented processes relating to key fleet management activities. I initiated a project and delivered a full suite of process and policies ensuring quality fleet management outcomes.

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