Forvia, a sustainable mobility technology leader

New trends and expectations are reshaping the automotive industry. Inspired by the exciting new challenges associated with this revolution, Faurecia anticipates the future of mobility developing cutting-edge solutions for smart life on board and sustainable mobility. If you’re willing to contribute and create value for tomorrow’s cleaner and smarter mobility, Faurecia is the place to be.

If you’re ambitious, driven and team-spirited, this is your opportunity to build a career as a Chief Engineer Process in Querétaro.

Your mission, roles and responsibilities

Main responsabilities
Responsible for driving and ensuring that technical and manufacturing solution meets or exceeds the customer and FCM objectives/targets. Maintains smooth relationship with plants , ensuring projects, initiatives, and processes are in conformance with FCM policies and objectives. Manages, coaches and leads the process engineers, manages technical work packages, and sets objectives for all team members. Responsibilities also include obtaining desired profit, quality, delivery, and technical targets.
▪ Leads and directs the establishment of process direction. Directs engineering efforts using available data and development tools. Reviews and approves all phases of Manufacturing Line and T&E Definition. .Ensures process meets the customer and FCM specification-commodity specifications
▪ Responsible for ensuring the technical portion of programs are delivered on time, within budgets, to the satisfaction of the customer
▪ Keeps plants and FCM management informed of process status. Identifies and develops critical contacts at the plant. Understands the customer and their systems as well as FCM. Fulfills internal and customer quality requirement. Ensures customer and internal timing.
▪ Ensures the accuracy of engineering MBOM and Investment List.
▪ Assists with the internal performance targets of the system such that external targets will be met.
▪ Responsible for leading development of specific APQP documents, PFMEA, Investment List, Industrial Timing.
▪ Ensures physics are applied and understood
▪ Ability to interface with plant contacts and provide high levels of customer representation
▪ Fundamental for success is the individual’s ability to lead, direct, and motivate team to achieve targets: Gross margin, investments, T&E&G budget, start up costs, quality, delivery, etc.
▪ Able to relate theory to day-to-day applied practices (i.e. unrelenting need to understand why a process works)
▪ Uses relevant data driven methodology to make decisions
▪ Ability to look at all problems from a systems approach
▪ Problem solving techniques
▪ Excellent verbal and written communication skills
▪ The Process Engineering Manager has authority to make process changes as appropriate.

Your profile and competencies to succeed

PEOPLE MANAGEMENT
o Develop future Faurecia potentials and experts
o Conduct regular people reviews and calibration

Qualifications:
• Knowledge of customer and plant processes and systems
• APQP, PPAP (basic knowledge)
• Understands the use of predictive tools and associated processes
• Effective leadership qualities and motivational skills
• Computer literate
• Exhaust System Application Engineering
• PFMEA (working knowledge)
• Problem solving methodology
• DFM&A

Technical competencies Leadership competencies
o 7 Safety Fundamentals
o Cultivates Innovation
o ISO 45000
o Manages Ambiguity
o APQP Process (overall knowledge)
o Manages Complexity
o PPAP Process (overall knowledge)
o Customer Focus
o Engineering Technical Knowledge for product development and launch process
o Drives Results
o Cross training producto launch phases exposure
o Learning Agility
o Budget management
o Political Savvy
o PFMEA, Performance Target Setting Capable
o Demonstrates Self- Awareness
o PMS (Overall Knowledge)
o Collaborates with others
o FES (Overall Knowledge)
o Instills Trust
o Optimizes work processes
o Being Resilient
o Builds Effective and Diverse Teams
o Develops Talent

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.