Job Description
R e a d y to take on a new c h a l l e n g e ?
Who is Forvia, the technology leader in the automotive industry?
FORVIA comprises the complementary technology and industrial strengths of Faurecia and HELLA. With over industrial sites and 77 R&D centers,, people, including more than 35, engineers across 40+ countries, FORVIA provides a unique and comprehensive approach to the automotive challenges of today and tomorrow.
FORVIA aims to be a change maker committed to foreseeing and making the mobility transformation happen. Forvia is the place to be!
What's the VIE Forvia Program all about?
The VIE Program of Forvia is an international young graduate program, which enables young graduates native from the European Economic Area (EU + Norway, Liechtenstein and Iceland) aged between 18 and 28 to work for one of our subsidiary around the world!
Business France, the French agency for international business development, is in charge of all the administrative procedures of your assignment. For further information, please visit the following links: and
PLEASE NOTE: as part of your international development, you cannot perform a VIE in the country of your citizenship.
What is your role and surroundings?
Our Faurecia Automotive Seating Business Group is looking for you as a Deputy Program Manager m/f for our localization, Vitoria in Spain.
What will be your main missions?
1. Interact with Core and APQP (Advanced Product Quality Planning) Team members to establish and support program goals.
2. Coordinate all the program activities, set up and follow program master schedule (design, validation, industrialization), inform about deviations and propose action plans
3. Support Program Manager(s)
4. Liaise between departments to ensure all financial, engineering, and quality needs are addressed
5. Gain knowledge of Risk/opportunity analyses by supporting the development and implementation of appropriate action plans
6. Assist in ensuring all cross-functional program teams understand their objectives and assignments
7. Assist in organization of communications throughout the program lifecycle
8. Assist in transition from development center to production plant
9. Follow up all project intersection topics with plant (machine readiness, Material readiness, Ramp-up, resource, …)
10. Manage program documentation
11. Contribute to meeting preparation with clients on the economic, timing and technical fields
12. Understand business systems and assists in applying them to the program(s)
13. Observing quality topics of product and project in plant
14. Reporting the status of project progress in plant to Project
15. Observing the Stock status with Quality (Project and Plant Quality)
The mission will last 12 months .
What you need to join us?
16. Engineering diploma or equivalent .
17. Previous automotive experience is advantageous.
18. English language is mandatory as you will be speaking with people from all over the world.
19. MS Office tools good command (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
Who are we looking for?
20. International mindset ;
21. A proactive approach to work and optimist energy;
22. Excellent interpersonal skills, ability to build business relationship in diverse environment
23. Great organization skills, prioritization and rigor in the use of systems
24. Ability to learn on the fly and openness for self-development
25. Ability to work autonomously and analytical mindset
What will this role offer you?
26. You will work within an international project team full of energy;
27. You will work on challenges that will help you for your self-development
28. You will have the autonomy to launch processes and to be accountable for them as a process owner;
29. You will grow professionally; polyvalence will be part of your daily work;
30. A powerful VIE community spirit within Forvians. #JTS
A p p l y and join u s!