VIE Program Purchasing

faurecia S.A.; San Luis Potosí; On-site; MXN 30,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

International team experience

Talent development opportunities

Autonomy in process management

Strong community spirit

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking automotive technology group that champions sustainable mobility. As a VIE Purchasing in San Luis Potosí, you'll enhance supplier performance and drive productivity initiatives. This role offers a unique opportunity to work in an international team, tackle significant challenges, and develop your skills in a dynamic environment. With a commitment to innovation and sustainability, this position is perfect for those eager to make a meaningful impact in the automotive industry. Embrace the autonomy to lead processes and become a key player in a community focused on driving change and excellence.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in Purchasing or Engineering diploma required.
• Experience in purchasing, preferably in the automotive sector.

Responsibilities

• Improve supplier performance in production quality, cost, and delivery.
• Contribute to productivity actions for cost reduction.
• Support Supply Chain team in improving supplier deviations.

Skills

English language proficiency

Negotiation skills

Analysis skills

Customer orientation

Innovation mindset

Education

Master’s degree in Purchasing

Engineering diploma

Job description

Forvia, a sustainable mobility technology leader

We pioneer technology for mobility experiences that matter to people.

Your mission, roles and responsibilities

What's the VIE Forvia Program all about?
The VIE Program of Forvia is an international young graduate program, which enables young graduates native from the European Economic Area (EU + Norway, Liechtenstein, and Iceland) aged between 18 and 28 to work for one of our subsidiaries around the world!
Business France, the French agency for international business development, is in charge of all the administrative procedures of your assignment. For further information, please visit the following links: Civiweb and Faurecia Careers.

PLEASE NOTE: as part of your international development, you cannot perform a VIE in the country of your citizenship.

What will be your main missions?
Our FAS division is looking for a VIE Purchasing to be based at its plant at San Luis de Potosi, Mexico.

The VIE Purchasing is responsible for improving the supplier performance in production (quality, cost, delivery) in line with purchasing strategy.

• Contribute to the identification and implementation of productivity actions (product/process) for cost reduction, in close coordination.
• Monitor productivity performance for supplier perimeter through cross-functional teamwork in the plants under his/her responsibility (i.e. productivity committees) and assist Purchasing Manager to present to the plants management board the productivity plan.
• For most critical topics, support the Supply Chain team to improve supplier deviation in Misdeliveries Per Million (MPM).
• Be involved in the kickoff in program phase to prepare the start of Production.
• Lead negotiation for Engineering Change Requests within his/her perimeter, and product productivity, in close relationship with commodities.

The mission will last 12 months..

Your profile and competencies to succeed

What you need to join us?

• English language is mandatory as you will be speaking with people from all over the world.
• Master’s degree/Engineering diploma in purchasing.
• Purchasing experience (Automotive preferred / capital preferred).

Who are we looking for?

• Innovation mindset and able to make proposals.
• Able to drive multi-functional working teams.
• Customer oriented (internal & external).
• Electronics understanding.
• Analysis skills.
• Negotiation skills.
• Knowledge of products and technology.
• Supplier audit process and quality management.

What we can do for you

• You will work within an international team full of energy;
• You will work on challenges that matter;
• You will find a strong emphasis on talent development and abundant opportunities for growth;
• You will have the autonomy to launch processes and to be accountable for them as a process owner;
• A powerful VIE community spirit within Forvians.

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.