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Purchasing VIE
Division:  FCE DIV TRANS
Job Type:  VIE
Job Location:  SHANGHAI HQ-R&D
Job Description: 

Forvia, a sustainable mobility technology leader

We pioneer technology for mobility experience that matter to people.

 

Forvia’s VIE Program?
The VIE Program of Forvia is an international young graduate program, which enables young graduates native from the European Economic Area (EU + Norway, Liechtenstein and Iceland) aged between 18 and 28 to work for one of our subsidiary around the world!
 
Business France, the French agency for international business development, is in charge of all the administrative procedures of your assignment. For further information, please visit the following link: https://www.civiweb.com/ and http://careers.faurecia.com/job-offers


PLEASE NOTE: your application must be submitted in English to be considered by our non-French speaking teams in our plants worldwide.

PLEASE NOTE: as part of your international development, you cannot perform a VIE in the country of your citizenship.

Your mission, roles and responsibilities

The main missions of the role are:

    • Cash Committee Support
      Objective:  Support cash optimization initiatives by identifying spending trends, improvement opportunities, and value creation levers across the organization.
       Key Responsibilities:
      •  Collect, consolidate, and analyze procurement spend data to identify opportunities for cash flow and working capital improvement.
      • Support the preparation of reports, dashboards, and management presentations to facilitate data-driven decision-making.
      • Assist in driving regional collaboration projects and identifying procurement synergy opportunities across business units.
      • Participate in Cash Committee governance meetings, track action plans, and support the execution of cash optimization initiatives.
      • Coordinate with cross-functional stakeholders, including Purchasing, Finance, and Operations teams, to ensure timely follow-up and implementation of agreed actions.
    • EOL management

Goal: Support End-of-Life (EOL) component management by monitoring supplier notifications, assessing business impact, and coordinating mitigation plans with cross-functional teams to ensure supply continuity.

    • Prepare Monthly Purchasing Performance Review
      Goal:  Coordinate monthly Purchasing review meetings by consolidating inputs, preparing presentation materials, documenting key decisions, and tracking action items to ensure timely execution.

Secondary missions:

    • Big data analysis, Analysis to meet business needs :
      Goal: Download and verify purchasing data in SAP: Use the different transaction codes for SAP (MB51, ZJMM01, ZPP_SCHED, MM02)
    • Target 99% accuracy on existing and new entry (maker name, MPN, Taxonomy, Unit) in SAP
    • Send the requests to update SAP to PSP when needed
    • Collaborate with the Group and Excellence team to ensure compliance and optimization of the data in SAP and other tools (Ariba, Palantir, Octoplus)
    • Support the team to implement new process, organization, data, …
    • Prepare Top 98 spend analysis on monthly basis based on divisions’ data
    • Provide on monthly basis a master database for the purchasing community
    • Prepare gap analysis SAP vs Palantir on monthly: reception & cost
    • Propose solutions to solve the gap
    • Prepare reports requested by purchasing VP
    •  

Your profile and competencies to succeed

What you need to join us?

  • English language is mandatory as you will be speaking with people from all over the world.
  • Master’s degree/Engineering diploma in purchasing
  • Minimum 2-3 years purchasing experience. (Automotive preferred / capital preferred)

Who are we looking for?

  • Innovation mindset and able to make proposals
  • Able to drive multi-functional working teams
  • Customer oriented (internal & external)
  • Electronics understanding
  • Computer skills
  • Analysis skills
  • Negotiation skills
  • Eager to learn
  • Open-minded, proactive and autonomous
  • Able to provide “fresh eyes” on current organization
  • Team player with an international mindset
  • Knowledge of products and technology
  • Supplier audit process and quality management

What we can do for you

  • You will work within an international team full of energy;
  • You will work on challenges that matter;
  • You will find a strong emphasis on talent development and abundant opportunities for growth;
  • You will have the autonomy to launch processes and to be accountable for them as a process owner;
  • A powerful VIE community spirit within Forvians.

Why join us

FORVIA, a global automotive technology supplier, comprises the complementary technology and industrial strengths of Faurecia and HELLA.

With over 137 500 people, including more than 12,000 R&D engineers across 40+ countries, FORVIA provides a unique and comprehensive approach to the automotive challenges of today and tomorrow. Composed of 6 business groups and a strong IP portfolio of over 12,400 patents, FORVIA is focused on becoming the preferred innovation and integration partner for OEMs worldwide.

In 2025, the Group achieved a consolidated revenue of 26.2 billion euros prior to IFRS 5. FORVIA SE is listed on the Euronext Paris market under the FRVIA mnemonic code and is a component of the SBF 120 index.

FORVIA aims to be a change maker committed to foreseeing and making the mobility transformation happen. www.forvia.com
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