Stamping Specialist H/F

Forvia, a sustainable mobility technology leader.

We pioneer technology for mobility experience that matters to people.

Roles and responsibilities

The main missions of the role are:

• Within your area of expertise, you develop, industrialize and optimize stamping tools processes to ensure performance, quality and competitiveness of production systems.
• The stamping specialist oversees stamping tools from concept definition to start of production at plant.

Process Development

• Analyze and validate product/process feasibility for stamped part and support product development team.
• Define tooling concepts for sheet metal forming to achieve tooling performance.
• Ensure feasibility assessment for stamping parts by using stamping simulation (AUTOFORM).
• Support acquisition team (design-to-cost).
• Validate tools concept of external stamping supplier.

Industrialization

• Define tool specifications and launch/lead RFQs.
• Manage tools suppliers from design phase up to final validation (worldwide) including all validation steps (strip layout, studies, construction, reception at supplier sites and Forvia plants).
• Define and ensure compliance with program targets (cost, quality, cycle time, ...) and manage action plan to reach them with external and internal resources.

Production Launch

• Lead tools installation and commissioning in Forvia plant (Europe) until full process validation.
• Train plant teams and support start of production.
• Contribute to achieving targets.

Continuous Improvement

• Optimize tools performance (cycle time, OEE, cost, ...).
• Capitalize and deploy best practices.

Profile and competencies to succeed

The ideal candidate will have/be:

• Engineering degree or equivalent experience.
• Experience in stamping manufacturing and development (tool shop).
• Strong mechanical knowledge.
• Experience with simulation tool (Autoform and CATIA).
• Able to learn on the fly and work in shopfloor environments.
• Able to communicate effectively in English in a multicultural environment.
• Ready to travel (worldwide) as required by projects (approximately 20% to 30% of the time).

What we can do for you

• Engaging and dynamic environment where you can contribute to the development of sustainable mobility leading technologies.
• Opportunity for career development within a global supplier employing more than 157,000 people in more than 40 countries.
• Multicultural environment that values diversity and international collaboration, with gender diversity targets and inclusion action plans.
• Focus on sustainability: CO2 Net Zero priority, certified with the SBTI Net‑Zero Standard.