What are the responsibilities and job description for the Deputy Plant Manager position at Faurecia?
## Forvia, a sustainable mobility technology leader
Forvia, a sustainable mobility technology leader where we pioneer technology for mobility experience that matters to people.
## Your mission, roles and responsibilities
The Deputy Plant Manager sets up the organization and manages operations 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, logistics, and quality. Finally, he/she supports the Autonomous Production, Logistics, and Quality Unit Managers and develops their skills.
The main mission of the role:
* Supervise the Production (UAP), Logistics, and Quality managers, while supporting function managers (HSE, HR, Finance, 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.
* Delivers 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 Forvia experts and managers.
* Animate the Gap (TOP5, QRQC, TOP 60, HSE audit).
* Generate and implement improvement ideas.
## Your profile and competencies to succeed
Minimum education level:
Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Business, or Supply Chain Management
Professional Experience:
* Successful experience in production management utilizing lean manufacturing systems.
* Minimum 8 years of progressive leadership experience in an industrial manufacturing environment. Preferably in the automotive industry.
Skills and competencies:
* Strong leadership skills and ability to coach.
* Experience in creating and managing department budgets with a focus on cost reduction.
* 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
* Drives Results
* Fluent (written and spoken) English
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## 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, 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