UAP Manager

Forvia, a sustainable mobility technology leader

New trends and expectations are reshaping the automotive industry. Inspired by the exciting new challenges associated with this revolution, Faurecia anticipates the future of mobility developing cutting‑edge solutions for smart life on board and sustainable mobility. If you’re willing to contribute and create value for tomorrow’s cleaner and smarter mobility, Faurecia is the place to be.

If you’re ambitious, driven and team‑spirited, this is your opportunity to build a career as a UAP Manager in San Juan del Río, Qro.

Your mission, roles and responsibilities

Overall responsibilities and duties:

• Be a leader of HSE (Health Safety & Environment) to ensure and allocate the necessary resources to maintain HSE programs, encourage and motivate MOD personnel to actively participate in Hazzard Hunting and maintaining leadership as an agent of HSE cultural change.
• Ensuring a strict adherence to all established TCS (Total Customer Satisfaction) standards on the shopfloor, as well as ensure the commitment of supervisors to comply with LPAs programs and Ok First part routines, full involvement in 8QBs programs, be a leader in developing 8D, as well total involvement in customer reception activities on the shopfloor.
• Develop the UAP team in such a way as to maintain the functionality and autonomy of all areas in terms of Quality, Processes, Manufacturing and Maintenance. Develop and execute the annual training plan for the MOI & MOD. Be a leader deploying and coaching according to FES policies to achieve excellence in the fundamentals of production, consolidation of the role of supervisor and gap leadership.
• Ensure full compliance with the production plan (PDP), as well as be a leader in the continuous improvement of DLE or TRS.
• Ensure total control of inventories, obsolescence, and scrap. In the same way, the execution in return of materials to PC&L; the optimal maintenance of the WOs in SAP

The main missions of the role are:

• Be a leader of the daily top 5 in the shopfloor with all their staff to ensure the communication with collaborators on existing priorities, to organize, distribute workloads in their control section and comply with objectives.
• Update the monthly Scorecard management by UAP according with the KPIs, OARS and IDP (if apply), to ensure the correct deployment through PIP (Plan Improvement Plan), Pareto Analysis and Action Plan definition.
• Continuous reviews with all production areas to ensure correct compliance with the established requirements.
• Analyses in conjunction with their collaborator’s reports sent by quality control, to take corrective and preventive measures to improve the quality of the product.
• Maintains general control over the inventory of the productions work centers, through the analysis of reports prepared by the production and materials control staff or generated by other areas.
• Analyses quality problems with their collaborators to solve them through corrective and preventive actions, focused on reducing the levels of rejections.
• Promote and ensure compliance with Safety, Quality, and Environmental policies and objectives of the company, fostering a preventive culture, continuous improvement, and shared accountability, in accordance with applicable legal, regulatory, and corporate requirements.
• Ensure the proper implementation and monitoring of FORVIA corporate policies, as well as their effective integration into daily operations and strategic site decision‑making, guaranteeing readiness, compliance, and effective response to internal, external, and customer audits.
• Support and participate in the creation of methods to ensure the performance of the site’s management systems.

Your profile and competencies to succeed

The ideal candidate will have/be:

Minimum education level: Bachelor´s degree in Electronic, Industrial Engineering, Mechanical, Mechatronics and equivalent.

Experience:

• 5 years of experience in production area as Superintendent production, Sr. Production Supervisor, in electronics sector.
• 2 years of experience in manager operations electronics

Skills and competencies

• Advance English
• Requires initiative to foresee, solve and decide on production related problems, as well as to propose new methods, systems, procedures and improvements that contribute to improve productivity results and the achievement of objectives.
• KPI improvement (Scrap, OEE, DLE, TRS, PPM)
• Basic knowledge of Mexican health, safety, energy, and environmental standards.
• Knowledge and identification of environmental aspects and impacts.

Technical competencIes

• LEADERSHIP COMPETENCIES
• RISKS ASSESSMENT
• Collaborates with Others

KNOWLEDGE IN LEAN INDUSTRIAL DESIGN

• Manages Complexity
• ISO 45001
• Manages AmbiguityBASIC KNOWLEDGE IN IATF 16949
• Drives Results
• ISO 14001
• Customer Focus

KNOWLEDGE IN LEAN MANUFACTURING TOOLS

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.