About this role
Forvia, a sustainable mobility technology leader
We pioneer technology for mobility experience that matter to people.
Overall responsibilities and duties:
Within your area of expertise, you develop, industrialize and optimize manufacturing processes (equipment & tools: welding, assembly, control) to ensure performance, quality and competitiveness of production systems. The process specialist oversees equipment and tools from concept definition to start of production for plants and suppliers across Europe.
Purpose and Main Responsibilities
Process Development
- Analyze and validate product/process feasibility
- Define manufacturing concepts (assembly, welding, forming) for machine and tools/jigs.
- Contribute to design-to-cost approach and compliance with standards
Industrialization
- Define equipment specifications and launch/lead RFQs
- Manage suppliers from design phase up to final validation (worldwide) including all validation steps (functional, efficiency, HSE, ergonomics, process rules, …).
- Define and ensure compliance with program targets (cost, quality, cycle time, …) and manage action plan to reach them with external and internal resources.
Production Launch
- Lead equipment installation and commissioning in plant (Europe) until full process validation
- Train plant teams and support start of production
- Contribute to achieving run@rate targets
Continuous Improvement
- Optimize process performance (cycle time, OEE, cost, …).
- Capitalize and deploy best practices
Qualifications
The ideal candidate will have/be:
Minimum education level: Master’s degree in engineering/economics/management.
Skills and competencies
- Experience in manufacturing/Process engineering (automotive preferred)
- Mechanical and automation knowledge
- Experience with design tools CATIA or SolidWorks (viewer)
- Able to learn on the fly and work in shopfloor environments
- Able to communicate effectively in English in a multicultural environment
- Ready to travel across Europe as required by projects (approximately 30% to 50% of the time)
Why join us
FORVIA, a global automotive technology supplier, comprises the complementary technology and industrial strengths of Faurecia and HELLA.
With over 137 500 people, including more than 12,000 R&D engineers across 40+ countries, FORVIA provides a unique and comprehensive approach to the automotive challenges of today and tomorrow. Composed of 6 business groups and a strong IP portfolio of over 12,400 patents, FORVIA is focused on becoming the preferred innovation and integration partner for OEMs worldwide.
In 2025, the Group achieved a consolidated revenue of 26.2 billion euros prior to IFRS 5. FORVIA SE is listed on the Euronext Paris market under the FRVIA mnemonic code and is a component of the SBF 120 index.
FORVIA aims to be a change maker committed to foreseeing and making the mobility transformation happen. www.forvia.com
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