Description

We’re hiring a Plant Manager.
Our Clean Mobility Division is looking for a Plant Manager for its manufacturing facility in Columbus, IN to oversee endtoend plant operations, aligning people, processes, and performance to achieve strategic business goals. This leader fosters a culture of safety, accountability, and continuous improvement while ensuring operational and financial results.
 
You’ll work on challenges that matter.
This job will require you to:
   Assume the management of the Autonomous Production Unit (UAP) Managers and of the support function managers (HR, Quality, Finance, Logistics, Purchasing,…)
   Ensure smooth inbound and outbound information flows
   Ensure customer satisfaction
   Drive plant Quality, Cost, Delivery, People (QCDP) performance, and build and meet the plant budget 
   Drive product and process QCD improvement
   Optimize plant lay-out and equipment usage
   Ensure manufacturing readiness and launches at plant level
   Drive supplier performance improvement
   Define a deployment plan for the FORVIA Excellence System and implement it
   Drive plant improvement networks and involve everyone in continuous improvement processes
   Ensure employees safety, respect for the environment and security of the plant
   Fulfil legal responsibilities and interact with local authorities
   Ensure staffing, induction, training and development of plant employees
   Manage social climate and labor relations
   Develop future FORVIA experts and managers

Requirements

The ideal candidate.
To succeed in this position, you will ideally have:

   Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or related field
   Proven experience in production management
   Proven experience in team management
   Ability to build and manage a budget
   Results oriented
   Minimum bi-lingual (English required)
   Commitment to the highest ethical standards and willingness to adhere to Forvia's Code of Ethics and Code of Management