IT Project Leader

Faurecia; Brières-les-Scellés; Sur place; EUR 51 000 - 69 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Forvia is seeking a senior Manufacturing IT professional to lead and shape IT solutions across JIT environments in highly automated plants. You will drive continuous improvement, develop global standards, and collaborate with ME and Plant teams across regions.

The role requires 5–10 years in Manufacturing IT, strong English, and a proven track record in multi-site projects, with willingness to travel extensively.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Engineering, IT, or Industrial Systems.
• 5–10 years of experience in Manufacturing IT, Industrial digitalization, Logistics/JIT.
• Fluent English (written and spoken).
• Understanding of JIT processes.
• Willingness to travel worldwide.
• Valid driving license type B.
• Proven experience managing complex, multi-site IT projects.
• Strong cross-cultural communication and teamwork.

Responsabilités

• Ensure robust, secure, and scalable IT for automated assembly, sequencing, traceability, and shopfloor in JIT environments.
• Drive continuous improvement of JIT IT solutions (availability, performance, usability).
• Develop and maintain global JIT IT standards (Whitebook, templates, guidelines).
• Capitalize lessons from pilots and proof-of-concept plants.
• Support rollout and replication across regions.
• Apply GIT standards: cybersecurity, data integrity, system robustness.
• Guide ME & Plant teams on IT projects and JIT/JIS architecture.
• Contribute to RFQ phases, cost estimates and timing.
• Define standard IT solutions for JIT/JIS plants: sequencing, WMS, IJCore/JISPOS/EDI, traceability, automation bricks, AI integration.
• Ensure alignment with corporate IT architecture and standards.
• Foster collaboration between GIT and ME teams (PLCs, automation bricks).
• Mobility for travel worldwide.

Connaissances

Manufacturing IT

Industrial digitalization

Logistics / JIT systems

Fluent English

JIT process understanding

Software development knowledge

Driving licence B

Formation

Master’s degree in Engineering / IT / Industrial Systems

Description du poste

Forvia, a sustainable mobility technology leader

We pioneer technology for mobility experience that matter to people.

Your Mission, Roles And Responsibilities

• To ensures robust, secure, and scalable IT solutions enabling automated assembly & logistics, sequencing, traceability, and shopfloor execution in highly automated JIT environments.
• Drive and challenge continuous improvement on JIT IT solutions (availability, performance, usability).
• Develop and maintain global JIT IT standards (Whitebook, templates, guidelines).
• Capitalize lessons learned from pilot and “proof-of-concept” plants.
• Support rollout and replication in multiple regions.
• Ensure GIT standard rules are applied. Cybersecurity, data integrity, and system robustness.
• Guide and train ME & Plant teams for IT projects and architecture in JIT / JIS.
• Contribute to RFQ phases, cost estimates and challenge development timing, business case validation.
• Define and ensure standard IT solutions for JIT/JIS plants, for example:

• Sequencing & kitting
• Warehouse Management Systems (WMS)
• IJCore / JISPOS / EDI interfaces
• Traceability & paperless production
• Automation bricks
• AI integration to improve systems
• Ensure alignment with corporate IT architecture and standards.
• Ensure collaborations between GIT and ME Team (PLCs, automation bricks), as a Complete seat ME IT interface.
• Mobility for travel worldwide.

Your profile and competencies to succeed

• Master’s degree (Engineering, IT, Industrial Systems) or equivalent (Bac+5).
• 5–10 years experience in Manufacturing IT, Industrial digitalization, Logistics / JIT systems.
• Fluent English (written and oral)
• Understanding and knowledge of JIT process.
• Software development knowledge is a benefit.
• Driving licence type B.
• Proven experience managing complex, multi-site IT projects.
• Strong communication in cross-cultural and global environments
• Teamwork skills.
• Leadership, autonomy, ownership, and accountability.
• Ability to work in fast-changing, high-pressure industrial programs.
• Strong problem-solving abilities.
• Creativity and technical curiosity.

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 betteranduse 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 from 60000