Plant Manager

Your mission, roles and responsibilities

We’re hiring a Plant Manager.

Our Clean Mobility Division is looking for a Plant Manager for its manufacturing facility in Columbus, IN to oversee end‑to‑end plant operations, aligning people, processes, and performance to achieve strategic business goals. This leader fosters a culture of safety, accountability, and continuous improvement while ensuring operational and financial results.

You’ll work on challenges that matter.

• Assume management of the Autonomous Production Unit (UAP) Managers and of the support function managers (HR, Quality, Finance, Logistics, Purchasing,…)
• Ensure smooth inbound and outbound information flows
• Ensure customer satisfaction
• Drive plant Quality, Cost, Delivery, People (QCDP) performance, and build and meet the plant budget
• Drive product and process QCD improvement
• Optimize plant layout and equipment usage
• Ensure manufacturing readiness and launches at plant level
• Drive supplier performance improvement
• Define a deployment plan for the FORVIA Excellence System and implement it
• Drive plant improvement networks and involve everyone in continuous improvement processes
• Ensure employees safety, respect for the environment and security of the plant
• Fulfil legal responsibilities and interact with local authorities
• Ensure staffing, induction, training and development of plant employees
• Manage social climate and labor relations
• Develop future FORVIA experts and managers

The ideal candidate.

To succeed in this position, you will ideally have:

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or related field
• Proven experience in production management
• Proven experience in team management
• Ability to build and manage a budget
• Results oriented
• Minimum bi‑lingual (English required)
• Commitment to the highest ethical standards and willingness to adhere to Forvia's Code of Ethics and Code of Management

• 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.