Plant Material Planner/Scheduler

Faurecia Services Groupe; Columbus (IN); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Forvia is seeking a Plant Material Planner to ensure production line delivery aligns with minimum stock and cost targets. You will build and monitor the procurement program, manage supplier performance and logistics partners, and drive transportation planning while overseeing packaging and logistics compliance.

The role requires a Bachelor's or Master's in Engineering and prior production experience in an industrial setting, with a focus on inventory control and on-time delivery.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Engineering.
• Experience in production in an industrial environment.

Responsibilities

• Align production line delivery with minimum stock targets and logistics costs.
• Build and follow up the procurement program.
• Manage supplier delivery performance and the logistics partners service.
• Achieve the transportation program and the transportation scheme.
• Direct packaging management.
• Ensure compliance of the logistics conventions.
• Verify sales and production plan capacity requirements.

Skills

Production

Supply Chain

Logistics

Customer Service

Inventory Control

On-Time Delivery

Education

Engineering degree

Job description

Forvia, a sustainable mobility technology leader

We pioneer technology for mobility experience that matter to people.

Your mission, roles and responsibilities

Are you looking for a challenging and rewarding career in supply chain management? Do you want to join a global leader in automotive technology that values your planning and analytical skills? If so, you might be the Plant Material Planner we are looking for at Forvia.
As a Plant Material Planner, you will be responsible for ensuring the alignment of production line delivery with minimum stock targets and logistics costs. You will be responsible for building and following up the procurement program, managing the supplier delivery performance and the logistics partners service, achieving the transportation program and the transportation scheme, directing the packaging management, ensuring the compliance of the logistics conventions, and verifying the sales and production plan capacity requirements.

Your profile and competencies to succeed

Minimum education level:

• Education: Bachelor's or Master's degree in Engineering.

Professional Experience:

• Experience in production in an industrial environment

Skills and competencies:

• Production
• Supply Chain
• Logistics
• Customer Service
• Inventory Control
• On-Time Delivery

Visa sponsorship is not offered for this position now or in the future.

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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.

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.