## Your profile and competencies to succeed
### Description
The main missions of the role are to
The role of a Program Quality Leader is to guide quality development in programs until Start of Production, using the Program Management System to ensure customer satisfaction, and to coordinate efforts from all internal and external suppliers. The main missions of the role are to:
Coordinate, develop and coach Program Quality Engineers in the advanced quality planning requirements in programs.
Serve as the interface with customers regarding program quality and ensure that any customer complaints are correctly processed by the Program Quality Engineers and program team.
Ensure that the quality development in any given program is on track with the program schedule.
Ensure that product quality is guaranteed during the program phases, before Start of Production and during any modification process.
Assure coordination between Program Quality Engineers and Supplier Quality Engineers so that quality from supplied parts is optimised.
Validate prototypes with suppliers and customers.
### Qualifications
The ideal candidate will have/be
Bachelor's degree in Engineering
Minimum 5 years experience, combining development and production
Business and finance basics
Knowledge of the automotive industry
Results and teamwork orientation
Customer management experience
Experience and success managing a functional network
Knowledge of Quality tools and a project or program management system
English language required. Chinese language preferred.
## 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.
