IT ERP Solution Expert Manufacturing

Make your mark for patients.

We’re here because we want to build the future and transform patients’ lives for the better.

At UCB, our people are our experiences and achievements, our passion and drive. That’s why we’re looking for talented individuals with diverse backgrounds and experiences - not just the best and brightest, but those who care about making a meaningful difference in the lives of patients. We promote an environment of diversity, openness, and respect where people can make valuable contributions.

An exciting journey lies ahead. Will you join us in pushing the boundaries of what’s possible?

Creating valuable, unique solutions for our patients, our employees and other stakeholders is our core at UCB IT. We continue to push the bar higher to ensure our solutions provide a first-class user experience, are of top quality, always safe and secure, and exceed our users’ trust standards. Do you want to make your mark on our journey as we prepare for our next biological product launches at UCB? Does your passion lie in ensuring optimal end-to-end manufacturing processes and integrated systems? Then you’ll want to join our IT Manufacturing team as the IT ERP Solution Expert Manufacturing, based in our Braine l’Alleud office in Belgium.

As the IT ERP Solution Expert Manufacturing, you’ll play a leading role in envisioning future state of our global SAP system, while organizing, implementing and managing end to end SAP solution for manufacturing and quality areas , namely production planning, plant maintenance and quality management processes across global sites.

You like to work in an environmentwhere you can:

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  Own and lead IT SAP solutions for Manufacturing, Maintenance and Quality acting as SPOC
• Utilize your expert technical and functional knowledge to drive the scope and results related to multiple project plans (milestones, deliverables, financial targets) and ensure quality “run” and reporting activities
• Apply your passion for collaborating across multiple departments and managing relationships with global and regional stakeholders and vendor partners
• Demonstrate your ability to organize all data and processes across UCB manufacturing units to provide the most efficient and cost-effective solution
• Work with stakeholders to identify the needs and the integration of requirements in the existing IT architecture within a validated environment
• Propose innovative ways to improve quality, reliability & efficiency of SAP ERP solutions

You will contributeby:

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  Delivering projects in close collaboration with all parties involved while following the UCB IT project methodology and associated governance
• Driving decisions and influencing stakeholders, process owners on a global level
• Collaborating with IT Enterprise Architecture to develop roadmaps and ensure product evolution while leading the evaluation, selection and management of vendors with IT Vendor Mgt team
• Tapping into your passion for continuous growth by staying up-to-date with new technologies, industrial trends and related legal, regulatory and compliance requirements while evaluating their implications for UCB

Interested? For this position you’ll need the following education, experience and skills:

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  Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in IT or engineering field
• Proven ability to work across functional and regional boundaries, challenge status quo, and handle multiple projects simultaneously delivering on time and on budget
• Ability to make effective presentations to diverse groups and facilitate brainstorming sessions
• Fluent in English with excellent communication, change management skills

Your Experience:

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  5-10 years’ experience in IT role in a global company, preferably Pharma industry
• Have experience in 2 to 3 end to end implementations, usually with a minimum of 5 years’ experience in Manufacturing & Maintenance systems. Mixed skill should include configuration and expertise in SAP PP/PI (primary focus) and SAP PM / SAP QM (secondary focus)
• Experiences in interfacing ERP with external applications mainly MES ( Manufacturing Execution Systems) & LIMS (Lab information management system)
• Experience in regulated (GxP) process focused on computing

Why you should apply

Being a part of UCB IT means working with the latest technologies on innovative projects with teammates from around the world. Together with us you’ll discover a place where you can express your full potential as well as develop professionally, experimenting in new and different areas.
We place an emphasis on continuous learning, collaboration and impact while putting efforts into cultivating a workplace culture where everyone feels included, respected and has equal opportunities. Through meaningful recognition and a motivating atmosphere, we aim to provide an optimal experience by caring about and valuing our global, diverse employee community – just as we do for the patients we serve.
If you believe you are the perfect match to join us on our pioneering adventure, then we invite you to apply and tell us more about your profile and motivation.

About us.

UCB is a global biopharmaceutical company, focusing on neurology and immunology. We are around 7,600 people in all four corners of the globe, inspired by patients and driven by science.

At UCB, everything we do start with a simple question: “How will this create value for people living with severe disease?”. We are on a journey to become the patient-preferred biopharma leader by delivering medicines and solutions that improve lives. We want to ensure the creation of patient value, now and into the future, while contributing to a society where a population of 8 billion people and more should be able to live a good life within limited resources of one planet.

UCB and its subsidiaries encourage diversity and inclusion in the workplace; we are an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race/color/religion/sex/national origin/veteran/disability/age/sexual orientation/gender identity.