General Manager (HED), Electronics China

General Manager (HED), Electronics China, FORVIA HELLA Group

FORVIA HELLA is a listed international automotive supplier. As a company of the FORVIA Group, FORVIA HELLA stands for high-performance lighting technology and vehicle electronics and, with the Lifecycle Solutions Business Group, also covers a broad service and product portfolio for the spare parts and workshop business as well as for manufacturers of special vehicles. With currently around 34,000 employees at over 125 locations, the company is active worldwide and generated adjusted sales of €8.0 billion in the fiscal year 2025.

YOUR TASKS

Location: Xiamen, China

• Drive sustainable business growth and customer excellence by building strong, long-term customer relationships, understanding evolving customer requirements, and strengthening HED’s position as a trusted and preferred partner.
• Take full accountability for HED’s overall business and operational performance, ensuring achievement of agreed KPI targets across financial performance, operational efficiency, quality, delivery, launch stability, capital efficiency and customer satisfaction.
• Drive operational excellence across Operations, with a strong focus on productivity, process robustness and continuous improvement, while accelerating automation, standardization and digitalization to strengthen competitiveness and execution reliability.
• Translate HELLA’s global strategy into clear local priorities and execution, while creating the organizational, operational and capability readiness required to support Xiamen’s mid- to long-term ambition and sustainable growth.
• Build and lead a high-performing organization, ensuring the right capabilities, talent pipeline and succession across key functions, while fostering an open, accountable and performance-oriented culture that embraces change and continuous improvement.
• Ensure strong cross-functional and stakeholder alignment, working closely with key internal stakeholders across the global organization as well as customers, authorities and other external partners, while ensuring compliance with corporate standards, governance requirements and applicable regulations.

YOUR QUALIFICATIONS

• Master’s degree in Engineering, a technical discipline, Business Administration, or a comparable field.
• 10+ years of leadership experience in a high-volume, complex manufacturing environment, preferably within an automotive Tier 1 company, including full financial and operational responsibility for a business unit or manufacturing site.
• Proven track record in operational excellence, including significant improvements in productivity, efficiency, quality, cost competitiveness and launch performance; strong experience in automation, standardization and digitalization of manufacturing is highly desirable.
• Strong strategic and transformation leadership, with demonstrated ability to translate strategy into execution, lead complex cross-functional initiatives and collaborate effectively with key internal and external stakeholders.
• Strong people and change leadership, with the ability to build high-performing teams, develop talent and succession pipelines, drive organizational transformation, and create a culture of accountability, continuous improvement and innovation.
• Entrepreneurial and resilient leadership mindset, combining strong business acumen, customer and results orientation, sound decision-making and the ambition to continuously strengthen the business in terms of technology, operational performance and cost competitiveness.