Forvia, a sustainable mobility technology leader

We pioneer technology for mobility experience that matter to people.

Your mission, roles and responsibilities

Overall Responsibilities and duties:

At the heart of three core dimensions — Organization & Business, Leaders, and Talents — the Talent and Organization Development Manager ensure organizational effectiveness, leadership capability, and sustainable talent pipelines to support short-, mid-, and long-term business challenges.

The main missions of the role are:

Organization & Business - The TOD Manager ensures proper organizational design and talent reservoir management to support business strategy.
• Develop and implement the Strategic Workforce & Organization Plan
• Drive organizational design aligned with roles, responsibilities, required skills, and operating model
• Build and maintain a clear overview of: Talent reservoirs, Performance levels, Succession plans, High potentials
• Anticipate business challenges (short-, mid-, long-term) and assess their impact on organizational needs
• Build a roadmap to align Business requirements, Talent acquisition strategy, Reinforcement plans, Organization effectiveness
• Lead Talent Acquisition & external reinforcement planning
• Manage succession planning and internal talent pools
• Contribute to employee engagement initiatives

Talent Development - The TOD Manager ensures individual performance and long-term development of employees.
• Drive the Performance Management process
• Identify and validate high potentials and ultimate potential
• Lead Individual Development Plan processes
• Design individualized career trajectories
• Conduct regular career interviews and development follow-ups
• Activate the right development actions aligned with both employee aspirations and business needs
• Develop internal successors and the next generation of leaders at all levels
• Ensure strong intimacy with talents (listen, observe, anticipate expectations)
• Manages VIE within all worldwide perimeter

Leadership Development - The TOD Manager partners closely with business leaders to strengthen leadership capabilities.
• Develop leaders in alignment with the Leadership Competency Model and company values
• Enable leaders to face current and future business challenges
• Strengthen leaders as People Developers
• Support leaders in building effective, diverse, and high-performing teams
• Foster leadership engagement and inspirational management

Operations Support - The TOD Manager supports Division HR Director and HR sites managers to support operational efficiency.
• Participate in the Strategic planning and budget elaboration in link with HR division controlling
• Ensure the deployment of FES EE standards within the perimeter
• Support HR managers in deployment of Restructuring plan
• Foster team connections within division between all entities

Internal Relations
• Report hierarchically to Division HR Director
• Report functionally to BG TOD Director
• Collaborates with Group HR functions (Talent Acquisition, TOD, C&B, …)
• Collaborates with all Directors, Managers, Engineers and Technicians at all levels in the organization
• Support site 1st line and Managers
External Relations
• Schools / Campus
• Training and Coaching organizations
• Business France for VIE Management 

Your profile and competencies to succeed

Minimum education level:

Master’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or related field

Experience:

• 7–10 years of experience in Talent Management, Organisational Development, or HR Business Partner roles
• Proven experience in business partnering, succession planning and talent reviews within a complex organisation

Skills & Competencies:

• Pro-activity, energy and drive
• Good teamwork
• Ability to manage complexity
• Strong strategic and analytical thinking
• Deep understanding of organisational design and workforce planning
• Expertise in performance and talent management processes
• Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills
• Coaching capability and leadership advisory skills
• Ability to translate business challenges into people actions
• High level of discretion and integrity
• Fluent in French and in English 

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.