Forvia, a sustainable mobility technology leader

We pioneer technology for mobility experience that matter to people.

Your mission, roles and responsibilities

Job title: Sales Graduate
Location: Uitenhage
Reporting to: Sales Manager
Contract: Fixed-term (12 months)
Closing Date: 14 November 2025

Main purpose of the roleThe role of a Sales Administrator Graduate is to support all periodic (daily/monthly/annually) internal and externally (customer) related commercial administration requirements.

The main missions of the role are to:
• Compile and submit pricing schedules to customers as and when required
• Ensure the receipt of PO’s and subsequently update the system
• Take responsibility and action to ensure the system is always at the latest pricing level
• Compile, submit and invoice EA payments, and payment tracking thereof
• Support invoicing of tooling and payment tracking thereof
• Download PO’s and TO’s from the relevant systems and distribute them accordingly
• Validate all retrospective payments received from customers
• Fulfil tasks relate to monthly requirements of plant controlling
• Ensure invoicing and payment in cooperation with the Accounts Receivable department
• Create and update articles, codings, prices, product information, etc...
• Set up the budget reporting and follow-up for Sales Engineers and Sales Managers (sales volumes, deliveries, forecasts...)

Your profile and competencies to succeed

• Bachelor’s degree in business management and/or Manufacturing Engineering
• Engineering background
• Results oriented with strong written and oral communications skills
• Good analytical skills and rigor, agile with figures
• Appetite for negotiation
• Fluent in English
• Proficiency in Excel, Power Point, MS Word
• Ability to work in a matrixed organisation
• International mind set, strong analytical skills
• Languages: Ability to speak, write and read the English language.

Leadership competences As an employee – promote Being Faurecia
Respect of Faurecia code of ethics (Entrepreneurial mindset, autonomy and accountability, fairness and respect)
Knowledge of Employee Empowerment (EE) basics

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.