Plant Quality Manager level 1

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Faurecia Forvia is hiring a Plant Quality Manager Level 1 in Auchel to drive the Plant Quality System under the Faurecia Excellence framework, representing customer needs, defining and tracking quality objectives, staffing the quality team, ensuring safety and regulatory compliance, reporting results, and collaborating with Purchasing on Supplier Quality Assurance while ready to interrupt manufacturing if quality is not assured. The ideal candidate has a Bachelor’s degree (Master’s preferred), at least 5 years in manufacturing, ideally automotive with customer relationship experience, and strong English with bilingual skills preferred. To apply, tailor your CV to show leadership of quality systems, cross-functional collaboration, and measurable quality improvements; include concrete examples of audits, supplier QA success, and safe decisions to halt production when needed.

Forvia, a sustainable mobility technology leader

We pioneer technology for mobility experience that matter to people.

Your mission, roles and responsibilities

The role of a Plant Quality Manager is to ensure that all actions in the Plant comply with the requirements of the Faurecia Excellence System with consideration to customers, Quality, Division, Business Group, and corporate guidelines.

The main missions of the role are:

• Represent customer requirements internally
• Define Plant Quality objectives and monitor progress
• Manage the Plant Quality System in accordance with the Faurecia Excellence System
• Define, staff, and develop the Plant Quality organization
• Ensure the Plant's compliance with all Safety and regulation standards
• Report Quality results to all relevant parties and maintain Quality records and documentation 
• Collaborate with the Purchasing organization in all activities and initiatives concerning Supplier Quality Assurance
• Interrupt the manufacturing or the delivery of products when Quality is not assured

Your profile and competencies to succeed

Minimum education level: Bachelors degree required.  Master’s degree in engineering preferred

Experience:

• Minimum of 5 years of professional experience 
• Manufacturing experience, preferably in the automotive industry 
• Customer relationship experience 

Skills and competencies:

• Solid knowledge of Quality in Production 
• Process orientation 
• Communication skills 
• Bi-lingual preferred (English required) 
• Commitment to the highest ethical standards and willingness to adhere to Forvia’s Code of Ethics and Code of Management
• Demonstrates leadership and commitment with respect to the Environmental Management System by taking accountability, communicating, and supporting the system
   

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.