Job Description
Purchasing Controller
Division:  FCM DIV NORTH AMERICA
Contract Type: 
Job Location:  AUBURN HILLS HQ R&D
Job Description: 

Forvia, a sustainable mobility technology leader

We pioneer technology for mobility experience that matter to people.

Your mission, roles and responsibilities

  • Administrate the direct purchasing savings, recurring and non-recurring. This includes performing analysis, ensure consistent and clear tracking, validating results, and reporting accuratly within finance calendar,
  • Act as a business partner of the purchasing team to support division goal achievements,
  • Participate in trend, forecast and budget setting process,
  • Provide support to track and support IP & VAVE activities,
  • Assist in year-end standards roll,
  • Liaise with Account Payables team to book performance in due time and monitore AP aging,
  • Ensure and montore accuracy of purchase prices and variance to year standard,
  • Provide cccasional support to division tariffs and cash controlling.

Your profile and competencies to succeed

The ideal candidate will have/be:

  • Ideally 2 years experience in a controlling position
  • Strong rigor and discipline, ability to control and challenge results
  • Demonstrated strong communication skills and autonomy
  • Ability to challenge status quo and implement effective changes to improve controlling performance
  • Strong teamwork sense
  • Good accounting knowledge
  • Excellent analytical sense
  • Knowledge of SAP and Excel
  • Fluent in english, spanish is a plus

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.