Forvia, a sustainable mobility technology leader

We pioneer technology for mobility experience that matter to people.

Your mission, roles and responsibilities

The main missions of the role are:
○Understand market value: 
 Understand the market for a given product line: competition, technology, norms and regs, segmentation, price trend, customers, and end users
- Describe and document market and customers expectations for engineering and sales department
- Build diagnostics and identify business opportunities: growth, profitability, innovation, cost improvement
- Provide market oriented ranking criteria to prioritize our innovation portfolio 

○ Build value offer: 
- Business owner of innovation projects in his/her product field
- Provide support and orientation to innovation projects (identify the target customers and models)
- Assess the market opportunities of new offerings
- Contribute to the definition of new offerings: functions, specs, price, positioning, and market approach
- Identify adequate business model (make versus buy, partnership, supplier panel,...)
- Issue every year the product plan
- Establish the business plan and present it during innovation project milestones

○ Deliver value: 
- In charge of bringing the innovation to the market successfully: support acquisition process, define the product communication (selling tools, demonstrators,...)
- Lead the definition of a value based pricing policy (together with costing, engineering and sales)
- Monitor the deployment of the product strategy: product improvement, footprint strategy, cost improvement, profitability
                      ○ Support the Product line Strategic plan
- Prepare every year to the product plan
- Support the product line strategy initiatives (e.g. footprint, profitability, convergence roadmap)
- Support the strategic plan according to the Product line ambition

○ Lead Business Development Strategy
- Identify potential strategic partners (vertical integration) to increase profitability and product offer to customer
- Propose to the Product line and BG the partnership strategy and lead the validated initiatives with the potential partner

o    Lead a community of people involved in his product range (transversal management)

Specific : He will be in chage to prepare the go-to market by developping as a support to CBU the advanced phase activity to prepare RFQ & lobbying at OEM our product vs competition 
 

Your profile and competencies to succeed

Qualifications  

The ideal candidate will have/be :

Minimum Education Level: Master or Bachelor in Engineering Degree and/or Business 

Experience :
o    Minimum 5 years of experience in automotive industry
o    Professional background in client facing positions (CBU, Acquisition, Program) and/or in Marketing

Nice to have: Has developed successfully product expertise (R&D)

Skills and competencies :  
o    Fluent in English
o    Ability to develop a strong product and technology expertise
o    Business acumen (business plan, business model)
o    International projects management skills
o    Results oriented  with strong written and oral communications skills
o    customer orientation
o    Ability to work in a matrix organization and strong internal networking capabilities 
o    International mind set, strong analytical skills
o    ability to deep dive
o    influencing skills
o    ability to adapt to different people

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 better and use 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.