Your mission, roles and responsibilitiesThe Deputy Plant Manager sets up the organization and manages production in accordance with cost, quality, and deadline constraints. He/she defines the manufacturing strategy for the product lines and ensures the overall performance of production.
Finally, he/she supports the Autonomous Production Unit Managers and develops their skills.
The main missions of the role:
- Supervise the UAP (Autonomous Production Unit) manags, support function managers (HR, Quality, Finance, Logistics, Purchasing, etc.) and ensure the proper flow of information.
- Ensure customer satisfaction.
- Drive the plant's performance in terms of Quality, Cost and Delivery (QCD), develop and respect the plant's budget.
- Obtain improvement in the QCD results of the products and processes, optimize the plant layout and the use of equipment.
- Ensure the proper anticipation, at all levels of the plant, of the production launches of new products.
- Drive supplier performance improvement.
- Define a deployment plan for the Faurecia Excellence System and implement it.
- Involve everyone in the continuous improvement process.
- Ensure employee health, environmental protection, and plant safety.
- Ensure the recruitment, integration, training, and development of the plant's employees.
- Manage with the Plant Manager the social climate and labor relations.
- Develop future Faurecia experts and managers
- Animate the Gap (TOP5, QRQC, TOP 60, HSE audit).
- Generate and implement improvement ideas.
Team ManagementThe Plant has .... employees
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Your profile and competencies to succeedMinimum education level:
- Minimum education level: Bachelor's degree or Master's degree (preferred) from engineering school
Professional Experience:
- Successful experience in production management and lean manufacturing
- Minimum 5 years professional experience, in a multi-site industrial environment
Skills and competencies:
- Proven experience in team management, proven leadership skills and ability to coach
- Knowledge in finance & control management
- High degree of autonomy in day-to-day management and decision making
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
- Ability to unite teams
- Results oriented
Fluent (written and spoken) English + Local language
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 1.56C. Three principles guide our action: use less, use better and use longer, with a focus on recyclability and circular economy.
Salary Range: USD 120,000 - 150,000
