Forvia, a sustainable mobility technology leader

We pioneer technology for mobility experience that matter to people.

Your mission, roles and responsibilities

Main Mission

The Traffic Manager is functionally responsible for leading the operations across North America,

This role ensures execution of budgets, performance targets, and proper use of transportation resources, while driving efficiency, cost control, and strategic freight initiatives with high operational and financial impact.

Transportation Strategy & Operations

• Provide functional leadership for North America transportation operations across the Bussines unit.
• Execute the freight strategy in alignment with corporate objectives.
• Ensure compliance with transportation budgets, performance targets, and governance standards.
• Drive centralization of freight operations and process standardization.
• Act as the main escalation point for critical transportation issues.

Efficiency & Cost Optimization

• Ensure proper mode selection and effective use of transportation resources.
• Monitor and improve key efficiency metrics, including:
• Truck Filling Rate
• Network and capacity utilization
• Cost per shipment and cost per unit
• Lead active cost recovery initiatives and ongoing freight cost control.

Carrier Management & Performance

• Define, monitor, and continuously improve carrier performance KPIs.
• Lead carrier performance reviews, escalations, and corrective action plans.
• Ensure service, cost, and compliance expectations are consistently met.

Special Freight Projects

• Lead special freight projects, including:
• Validation processes
• Cost control and tracking
• E4P deployment and execution
• Ensure projects deliver measurable improvements in cost, service, and efficiency.

Cross-Functional & Strategic Collaboration

• Serve as the primary point of contact for XBG initiatives led by NWD and Sustainability teams.
• Act as the main interface with the Ignition team for new freight and transportation initiatives.
• Collaborate closely with Finance, Operations, Procurement, and Sustainability to ensure strategic alignment.

Your profile and competencies to succeed

Qualifications

The ideal candidate will have/be:

• Experience in operations, especially in supply chain,
• Multi-functional & Multi-cultural communication, foreign experience a plus
• Minimum bi-lingual (English required)
• Lean Management and industrial experience in complex environments
• Network animation, coaching and influencing/persuasion skills
• Developed communication skills, ability to negotiate mainly internally and often at higher levels
• Continuous improvement mind-set
• Ability to master change
• Problem Diagnosis and analytic skills to understand contexts and define/support the definition of action plans

Leadership / Team spirit / Autonomy / Openness to new ideas / Priorities management

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.