Business Analyst

About Umicore

Reducing harmful vehicle emissions. Giving new life to used metals. Powering the cars of the future. As a global materials and technology group, we apply our specialist knowledge to offer materials and solutions that are essential to everyday life. We aim to be a clear world leader in materials for clean mobility and recycling and have turned our sustainability approach into an even greater competitive advantage. With ambitions like this, imagine what you could do?

About Rechargeable Battery Materials

We are all on the move. Umicore’s rechargeable battery materials give people autonomy and connectivity. We are a pioneer in battery materials that give added range and performance to electric vehicles. Our materials also ensure longer battery life for portable electronics. To enable our customers to produce even better performing batteries we cannot stand still. We need to find new ways to do things, discover new solutions and develop new ideas. Which is where you come in.

What you will be doing

•    Project management: 
o    Primary contact for IS during all system implementations – liaison between the IS team and the business when it comes to translation of business know-how and requirements into developments to be done by the IS team
o    Change management – driver of the change, improver and solver

•    Business Support and contribution to knowledge increase at key users
o    Since RBMP is a greenfield, extra support training effort will be required during the start up, qualification, mass production preparation and  of ongoing process/system related changes. Ensure that business (key users) knowledge on processes and systems can be safeguarded, so that at mass production, key users are well trained, have a complete understanding of their responsibilities in the different systems. Contribute to the training manuals and systems (COP, LIMS, PI, EWM, Sharepoint,..)  documentation. 
o    Responsible for all business support related to the functional domain
o    Organizing and coordinating of regression testing locally
o    Change request initiation and follow-up – clear communication between IS and business on business needs and requirements. Provide feedback to business regarding approval (or rejection) of changes
o    Retrofits pertaining to the functional domain
o    Organize training for the local teams: identifying training needs, preparing training material. Safeguard process and application know-how.

•    SAP Material Master Data Management & authorizations
o    Creation of new materials in SAP
o    Assigning authorization roles to SAP end users

•    Innovation
o    Active participation in innovation workshops / groups, i.e. digital workplace / digital literacy

Who we are looking for

Functional requirements 

• Master’s degree in applied economics, commercial engineering, applied computer sciences. 
• Minimum 2 years experience in a business analyst position or equivalent.
• Knowledge of different project management methodologies.
• Working experience in a service driven, customer oriented environment.
• Solid knowledge of SAP
• Business Process minded

Personal skills 

• Analytical
• Creative
• Flexible 
• Good people skills (EQ), political savvy
• Initiative
• Independent (self-propelling)
• Strong communication skills (structured, transparent & frequent reporting)
• Willing to walk the extra mile when needed
   

What we offer

We aim to lead the way. Not just for our customers, but for our employees too. That is why we strive to create a collaborative environment in which we can all succeed, and a culture through which we can all share ideas, develop our expertise and advance our careers. We engage in building an inclusive work culture that offers equal opportunities for all employees irrespective of their diverse backgrounds. As you would expect from a world-leading organisation, we will also reward your contribution with a competitive salary and benefits. With all this and more, imagine what you could do?

Since this is a greenfield project, we are looking for specialist candidates to get our site started.

We look forward to receiving your application!

If our teams can improve battery performance, IMAGINE WHAT YOU COULD DO?