Local IT Manager H/F FORVIA

Your mission, roles and responsibilities

The site IT manager ensures the proper functioning and manages the evolution of the site's information system, particularly by acting as an interface between users and the group IT organization (GIT).

Based at our FAS (Faurecia Seating) plant in Flers en Escrebieux (59), your role will be to:

• Coordinate or ensure the implementation of local applications and infrastructures.
• Ensure the permanent availability of systems and guarantee their proper functioning. In this context, carry out daily operations and monitoring tasks (monitoring, processing, backups, security, etc.).
• Participate in the improvement of the site's information system (local and/or central):
• Collect and address site requests, implement new projects for applications and local structures as well as improvements to existing information systems in order to keep up with site developments.
• Guarantee user ownership of the system. If necessary, coordinate the application and creation of procedures and the necessary support measures (user committees, working groups, etc.).
• Take charge of support and evolution of Process IT: drafting specifications, monitoring, problem analysis.
• Implement and guarantee the proper functioning of degraded IT modes.
• Provide on-call duty periodically, like the other members of the local IT team.
• Provide users with technical support on applications and infrastructures validated by GIT and/or provided by the IT Service.
• Guarantee the application of group standards, particularly regarding support (Helpdesk), hardware, software, security policies, software license control, inventory, etc.
• Manage the site's contracts and relationships with external and internal providers (CC, Helpdesk, etc.).
• Develop and monitor the site's IT budget in collaboration with the Region manager and the site's financial control.
• Manage the on-site IT staff in terms of organization, objectives, and results.
• Establish and monitor the "key indicators/dashboards" and "key events" of the site, with a view to communicating them to the Region Managers.
• Manage the proper maintenance of documents required for operations and internal or external audits.
• Participate in management or service committee meetings to report on the site's, region's, or group's IT actions.
• Participate in the site's on-call duties, which may occur in the evening and on weekends.

Your profile and competencies to succeed

Required qualifications:

The ideal candidate must possess the following qualities:

• Bac +5 in Engineering with a specialization in Information Technologies
• Minimum 5 years of team management experience
• Diplomatic, excellent communication skills, capability to manage a team
• Good level of English, minimum B1, ideally C1

Leadership qualifications:

• You are able to unite a group to achieve common objectives
• You have communication and listening skills
• As a good leader, you are able to empower your team

Technical qualifications:

• Master IT tools (Windows workstation and server environment, SQL environment, OFFICE365, AD, LANDESK, VMWare, etc.)
• Knowledge of the CISCO environment

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.