Plant Manufacturing

**Forvia, a sustainable mobility technology leader**:
We pioneer technology for mobility experience that matter to people.

**Your mission, roles and responsibilities**:
Our Just-In-Time (JIT) plant in Flers-en-Escrebieux is looking for its next Plant ME Manager

This 22,000 m² site specializes in the assembly of fully trimmed seats for several leading automotive manufacturers, right in the heart of the Douaisis region.

As the Plant ME Manager, you will oversee the Manufacturing Engineering function at the plant level. You will lead a team of engineers to ensure optimal production processes, drive continuous improvement, and support the plant's strategic goals. Reporting to the Plant Manager, you will play a critical role in delivering operational excellence and maintaining high-quality standards.

**Key Responsibilities**:

- Ensures the proper functioning of the support activities: "Install or modify production means," "Maintain production means," and "Manage the information system."
- Ensures the participation of industrialization methods in all development projects.
- Contributes to reducing committed capital through the optimization of development costs and the productivity of existing resources.
- Proposes any action to improve the quality of equipment, products, and industrial processes.
- Ensures the maintenance and availability of machinery.
- Ensures consistency in industrial strategies at the plant level.
- Participates in the training of operational staff on new processes.
- Guarantees the quality assurance approach within the production unit (FMEA, Surveillance Plan, control instruction sheets, workstation instruction sheets, etc.).
- Ensures, as an operational leader, that these support activities deliver the expected results in terms of Quality Management System performance.
- Supervises the methods and maintenance functions.

**Your profile and competencies to succeed**:
**Qualifications**:

- Master’s degree in engineering (Mechanical, Industrial, or related field).
- 5 years of experience in Manufacturing Engineering.
- Proven track record of implementing Lean methodologies and continuous improvement strategies.
- Strong project management skills with experience in product launches and process development.
- Excellent leadership, communication, and problem-solving abilities.
- Proficiency in both French and English

**What we can do for you**:

- At Forvia, you will find an engaging and dynamic environment where you can contribute to the development of sustainable mobility leading technologies.
- We are the seventh-largest global automotive supplier, employing more than 157,000 people in more than 40 countries which makes a lot of opportunity for career development.
- We welcome energetic and agile people who can thrive in a fast-changing environment. People who share our strong values. Team players with a collaborative mindset and a passion to deliver high standards for our clients. Lifelong learners. High performers. Globally minded people who aspire to work in a transforming industry, where excellence, speed, and quality count.
- We cultivate a learning environment, dedicating tools and resources to ensure we remain at the forefront of mobility. Our people enjoy an average of more than 22 hours of online and in-person training within FORVIA University (five campuses around the world)
- We offer a multicultural environment that values diversity and international collaboration. We believe that diversity is a strength. To create an inclusive culture where all forms of diversity create real value for the company, we have adopted gender diversity targets and inclusion action plans.
- Achieving CO2 Net Zero as a pioneer of the automotive industry is a priority: In June 2022, Forvia became the first global automotive group to be certified with the new SBTI Net-Zero Standard (the most ambitious standard of SBTi), aligned with the ambition of the 2015 Paris Agreement of limiting global warming to 1.5°C. Three principles guide our action: use less, use better and use longer, with a focus on recyclability and circular economy.

**Why join us**:
FORVIA is an automotive technology group at the heart of smarter and more sustainable mobility. We bring together expertise in electronics, clean mobility, lighting, interiors, seating, and lifecycle solutions to drive change in the automotive industry.

With a history stretching back more than a century, we are the 7th largest global automotive supplier, employing more than 157,000 people in 43 countries. You'll find our technology in around 1 out of 2 vehicles produced anywhere in the world.

In June 2022, we became the 1st global automotive group to be certified with the SBTI Net-Zero Standard. We have committed to reach CO2 Net Zero by no later than 2045.

As technological innovation and the need for sustainability transform the automotive industry, we are ideally positioned to deliver solutions that will enhance the lives of road-users everywhere.