Forvia, a sustainable mobility technology leader

The role of a Assistant Plant Controller is to monitor site activity level on a regular basis and to guarantee the accuracy of selling prices towards customers in line with sales negotiations and commercial claims to secure the plant's financial performance and competitiveness. 

Your mission, roles and responsibilities

Price Management :
▪    Follow selling prices evolution on regular basis.
▪    Monitor gaps between selling prices in system and Purchase Orders from customer, and also vs. Self Billing Invoices from customers.
▪    Be key contact person to sales team to manage & solve price discrepancies.
▪    Pilot weekly reviews with sales of open issues 
▪    Participate in Engineering Change Requests reviews to make sure any change is done at the best economical advantage for the plant and follow corresponding implementation in prices with sales team. Monitor ECR financing performance.
▪    Control retrobilling activity from customer and make sure that related price changes are known for implementation on purchasing side.
▪    Follow non mandated parts margin on regular basis.
▪    Control correctness of self billing invoices vs. internal deliveries, and follow not paid parts with customer & sales team.
▪    Calculate & report monthly sales performance for the site.
▪    Employee is informed about Code of ethics, Code of Management and Being Faurecia philosophy and is respecting and following it

Monthly closing & budget :
▪    Manage sales monthly closing in all aspects 
▪    Main Contributor to the Budget & forecasts processes with volumes / sales / Added Value calculations.
▪    Monthly reporting in reporting system & group official reports for his/her perimeter in respect of deadlines.
▪    Main contributor to the Budget and the Strategic plan process
 

Your profile and competencies to succeed

Education
▪    Business School or Engineering background with a Finance degree, Masters degree in Finance or Master in Economics (or equivalent) or in Science with proven financial knowledge
Professional experience (years and area of experience)
▪    2 to 5 years of professional experience in finance / controlling environment
▪    Industrial experience and strong accounting knowledge (automotive a plus)  

Professional knowledge 
▪    Czech legislation and legal requirements
▪    Strong sense of teamwork  
▪    Business minded  
▪    Results orientation with strong written and oral communications skills  
▪    Computer literate
▪    Self-starter

Language knowledge level 
▪    English fluent for daily communication on a profesional level                   

PC skills
▪    MS Office (Excel, Word, Power Point, Outlook)
 

What we can do for you 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.