10 Honda operations leaders
Arjun Jayaraman, Senior Vice President of Automobile Manufacturing Operations at Honda Development and Manufacturing of America, is one of ten Honda operations leaders listed here, alongside people who hold or have held plant head and business operations roles at the company. A reader can learn how operations leaders work at Honda from people who have held the role.
Professionals to explore
Ahmad Joeffrey Jasmawi
LinkedInExperience: Senior Vice President Operations · Honda Malaysia Sdn. Bhd.
Senior Vice President Operations at Honda Malaysia Sdn. Bhd. since June 2024, based in Melaka, Malaysia; the profile headline reads Senior Vice President and Manufacturing Business Unit Head. Ahmad Joeffrey Jasmawi also lists Vice President Manufacturing Group Head at Honda Malaysia since April 2019, and was Vice President QCC there (2001–2019).
Arjun Jayaraman
LinkedInExperience: Senior Vice President of Automobile Manufacturing Operations · Honda Development and Manufacturing of America
Senior Vice President of Automobile Manufacturing Operations at Honda Development and Manufacturing of America since April 2025, based in Marysville, Ohio. Arjun Jayaraman also lists East Liberty Auto Plant General Manager at Honda of America Mfg. since 2020, and was Plant manager, Marysville Auto Plant (2022–2024) and Plant Manager, Performance Manufacturing Center (2017–2019) there.
Benjamin Hess
LinkedInExperience: Assistant Vice President Operations · Honda Aero
Assistant Vice President Operations at Honda Aero since April 2026, based in Greensboro, North Carolina; the profile says the role oversees the daily performance, efficiency and strategic direction of the facility producing aerospace engines and components. Former Senior Manager, MRO/Production (2023–2026) and Manager/Senior Engineer, MRO/Production (2019–2023) at Honda Aero.
Keri Thomas
LinkedInExperience: Assistant Vice President, Fixed Operations · Honda Canada Inc.
Assistant Vice President, Fixed Operations at Honda Canada Inc. since May 2025, based in the Greater Toronto Area. Keri Thomas also lists Senior Manager, Dealer Digital Integration at Honda Canada since 2022, and was Senior Manager, Honda Auto Sales (2018–2022), Honda Auto Sales Manager, Central Zone (2016–2018) and Manager, Central Zone Fixed Operations (2011–2016) there.
Neeraj Jain
LinkedInExperience: Vice President of Manufacturing · Honda India Power Products Limited
Vice President of Manufacturing at Honda India Power Products Limited since April 2024, based in Noida, India, a role the profile places in the operations department. Former AVP, Manufacturing (2022–2024), Senior General Manager (2020–2022), General Manager (2018–2020) and Deputy General Manager, Quality & Purchase (2014–2018) at Honda India Power Products.
SAIBAL MAITRA
LinkedInExperience: Plant Head & Vice President · Honda Motorcycle & Scooter India Pvt. Ltd.
Plant Head & Vice President at Honda Motorcycle & Scooter India Pvt. Ltd., based in Gurugram, India, with Honda roles dated from July 2000. The profile also lists Operating Head, Manesar Plant. Former Section Head, New Project Execution at Daewoo Motors India Limited (1997–2000) and Executive Plant Engineering at Asahi India Safety Glass Limited (1993–1997).
Sandeep Sansanwal
LinkedInExperience: Vice President Business Operations · Honda Power Pack Energy India Pvt. Ltd.
Vice President Business Operations at Honda Power Pack Energy India Pvt. Ltd. since April 2023, based in New Delhi; the role entry lists the Operations department at vice president level. Former Associate Vice President, Business Operations Business Incubation E-Mobility Sustainable Energy at Honda Power Pack Energy (2022–2023), Associate Director at Infosys Japan (2018–2019) and Manager-Client Relationship & Operations for Japanese Customer at HCLTech (2005–2018).
Sanjiv Kumar Gupta
LinkedInExperience: Vice President (Operating Head - Frame and Power Train [Manufacturing]) · Honda Cars India Ltd
Vice President and Operating Head, Frame and Power Train (Manufacturing) at Honda Cars India Ltd since April 2025, based in New Delhi. Former General Manager (2022–2025) and Deputy General Manager (2021–2022), both as Division Head, Quality Control Centre, and Assistant General Manager, Deputy Chief Engineer Quality, Frame (2017–2021) at Honda Cars India.
Shailendra Singh
LinkedInExperience: Vice President Manufacturing Operations · Honda Cars India Ltd
Vice President Manufacturing Operations at Honda Cars India Ltd since March 2024, based in Noida, India. Shailendra Singh also lists Vice President, manufacturing business planning strategy and new model since April 2023, GM manufacturing, Div Head Frame since October 2018 and Divisional head manufacturing since March 2011 at Honda Cars India, and was head of facility there (1997–2011).
Stephen Frey
LinkedInExperience: Former Vice President Development Operations · Honda R&D Americas, LLC
Former Vice President Development Operations at Honda R&D Americas, LLC (2023–2025), in Raymond, Ohio. Now Vice President Development Strategy at Honda R&D Americas since April 2025, based in Powell, Ohio, and was Chief Engineer (2017–2023) and Principal Engineer (2008–2017) at the company.
Choose the right perspective
Choose the person whose title names the operations area or region closest to your decision, and note whether the role is current and when it began. Weigh scope too, because a leader with company-wide duties and one running a single site or market see different parts of the work.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01What took most of your time in your current operations role, and what did you change first?
- 02How did you balance day-to-day performance against longer-term improvement work?
- 03What did you carry over from earlier roles that changed how you run operations?
Reaching Honda operations leaders
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