October 24, 2024

Umicore

Hoboken

Transportation Project Manager

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?

Support Functions, Purchasing & Transportation and others
A global organization. It’s not just those in our industrial sites and technical centres that are vital to Umicore’s growth. Across our support functions we ensure that we continue to grow and evolve – whether it’s by making sure our decisions are commercially viable, enhancing our reputation, building new customer relationships or finding the right people who can build on what we’ve already achieved. The variety of our work means 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
As Transport Project Manager your main purpose is to design, set up and manage logistics projects and to establish active stakeholder management. Overall you contribute to global, sustainable and safe transport and external logistic solutions for Umicore’s products from different Business Units. The solutions you design, are future proof, cost effective and compliant with the applicable regulations for the transport and storage of eg Dangerous Goods, (hazardous) waste and valuables. You also contribute to the development of transport management processes of existing and new Umicore sites all over the world.
Detailed responsibilities:

You actively investigate and set up different logistics projects that improve Umicore’s supply chain in terms of cost, efficiency, compliance and sustainability, whilst taking the requirements and specificities of the different business units into account.
You proactively identify gaps and opportunities for improvement and discuss them with the strategic business partners.
You develop and implement projects and contribute to the design and implementation of procedures, systems and processes.
You lead the project teams by guiding, inspiring and motivating them to reach the project goals within the predefined timing.

Who we are looking for
An enthusiastic colleague with:

A Master’s degree in business or logistics management or equivalent through experience
Min 5 years of experience in the field of transport or logistics management
Comprehensive knowledge of project and process management
In depth knowledge of transportation processes, the operation of various transportation modes, available transportation solutions, and transportation systems
A good understanding of market trends regarding digitalization and sustainable transport

Next to that, you:

Enjoy tackling challenges and you have a continuous improvement mindset
Are a strong communicator, focusing on clear and effective communication to all stakeholders
Show strong organizational skills to manage tasks, timelines, and resources efficiently and you prioritize and manage tasks effectively to meet the project deadlines
You are fluent in English and Dutch

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 organization, we will also reward your contribution with a competitive salary and benefits. With all this and more, imagine what you could do?

If our technologies can tackle some of the world’s most pressing challenges, IMAGINE WHAT YOU COULD DO ?