Warehouse Manager/PC&L Program

Forvia, a sustainable mobility technology leader

We pioneer technology for mobility experience that matter to people.

Your mission, roles and responsibilities

As a Warehouse Manager/Program Logistics, you will be responsible for project planning and logistics flow optimization throughout the product development lifecycle.

Your main responsibilities will include

• Overseeing logistics processes, including receiving, delivery, TPA preparation, and alert escalation.
• Ensuring inventory accuracy and stock reliability.
• Driving team performance by optimizing space utilization, deploying priority actions, and improving operational efficiency in collaboration with PC&L and cross-functional teams.
• Leading the shopfloor logistics team by developing competencies, maintaining HSE compliance, identifying training needs, and supporting career development initiatives
• Ensuring project planning and optimizing logistics flows from the prototype phase through to plant transfer and production launch.
• Developing project activity schedules and monitoring deviations between planned and actual performance throughout the project lifecycle.
• Analyzing the logistics and financial impacts of project changes and engineering evolutions.
• Acting as the primary customer interface for the development and management of project schedules, including project milestones, production planning, tooling manufacturing, and related activities.
• Escalating project deviations to the Project Manager and proposing appropriate corrective actions.
• Planning and coordinating packaging, transportation, insurance, and customs clearance activities for tooling and parts transfers within the European Union.
• Anticipating and leading the transfer of projects to the manufacturing plant.
• Engaging operational teams and coordinating the implementation of logistics flows and packaging solutions.
• Ensuring a smooth transition to serial production by training logistics teams, maintaining project records and historical data, conducting cost analyses, and managing inventory required for production start-up.

Your profile and competencies to succeed

• Master's degree in Logistics, Supply Chain Management, or an equivalent qualification
• Minimum of 3 years’ experience in an industrial environment, preferably within the automotive industry
• Proficiency in SAP and Microsoft Office Suite
• Good knowledge of Lean principles and continuous improvement methodologies
• Fluent in French and English, both written and spoken
• Ability to build and maintain effective working relationships with shopfloor teams, customers, and cross-functional stakeholders.
• Strong diplomacy, attention to detail, and organizational skills
• Demonstrated ability to coordinate multiple stakeholders and effectively manage priorities in a project-driven environment.
• 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.

• Salary Range: EUR 45000-55000
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