FES&Productivity Engineer

Your mission, roles and responsibilities

Join a forward-thinking automotive technology leader as our Division FES and Productivity Maestro. We are on a mission to drive excellence, innovation, and sustainable growth.

FES Excellence Leader

• Provide FES expertise at the plant level, collaborating with departments to create an impactful FES deployment plan.
• Ensure Production System deployment, supporting standardized work, OHP development, and leading FES training sessions.
• Contribute to lead time reduction through continuous flow implementation and provide expertise on Kanban loop sizing.
• Lead the digital tools deployment, ensuring quality data capture and delivering training on tools like NEO, DMC, mLean.
• Participate in FES principles application from the design stage, implementing lean process design and submitting plant good practices.

Productivity & Waste Reduction Champion

• Reduce the Gap to Benchmark for Plant Operations through identification of Productivity Potential and active participation in productivity workshops.
• Contribute to MOD, MFC, Scrap/Yield improvement initiatives, focusing on Hoshin, 7 wastes, cycle time improvement, bottleneck management, and more.
• Ensure DLE/DLP tracking process and manage action plans, closing gaps to DLE max.
• Run value management workshops for MFC and lead problem-solving activities for Scrap/Yield improvement.

FES Network Animator

• Act as a change agent within the plant, cultivating a FES mindset rooted in Lean Manufacturing Concepts.
• Promote FES X.0 through effective communication, pulling teams into the journey of continuous improvement.

Your profile and competencies to succeed

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Engineering, or related field.
• Experience in manufacturing operations.
• Minimum 1-year of working experience within a production environment.
• Recognized experience and ability to improve processes and KPI's within a plant using FES principles.
• Previous plant launch experience and previous management experience is a plus.
• Network animation, coaching and influencing/persuasion skills.
• Ability to train and coach within the plant.
• Continuous improvement mind set.
• Ability to master change.
• Understand basic P&L and operational levers.
• Fluent English language knowledge written and spoken, minimum B1, ideally C1.
• Problem Diagnosis and analytic skills to understand contexts and define/support the definition of action plans.

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 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.