Procurement COE Sustainability Manager

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?

To strengthen our Supply & Technology Solutions, based in our Headquarter in Brussels, Belgium, we are looking for a talented individual to fill the position of: Procurement Centre Of Excellence (COE) Sustainability Manager.

As a Procurement COE Manager, you will primarily be supporting our procurement colleagues to focus on the upstream activities like business partnering with internal & external stakeholder, market analysis, contract management and supplier relationship management.

You like to grow in the followingenvironment:

You will be joining the Procurement COE Team as a COE Manager, and managing projects focusing mainly on sustainability but not only.

You will be working independently or as a part of a team and ensure the successful deployment across the organization.

In your role, you will need to build solid relationships and trust with your colleagues within the COE or in procurement as well as your business stakeholders.

Key Successful factor in your position will be your ability to expand the procurement value offering as the sustainability program to maximize the impact by influencing stakeholders, creating alignment around a shared vision and in mobilizing cross-functional teams to deliver sustainable results.

As a part of your responsibilities you will design and implement our sustainability program and manage other value offering. Project Management, execution ability, holistic approach are also key ingredients to your job at UCB procurement.

Interested? For this position you’ll need the followingeducation, experienceandskills:

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  3 to 7 years of experience in managing projects in procurement environments or similar relevant experience for the role
• Fluent English is a must
• Great communication skills - Ability to build and maintain effective relationships of trust and credibility with internal stakeholders and suppliers.
• Business Analytics and data story telling
• Market Intelligence: ability to leverage market information to drive change and more impactful results
• Presents and discuss results and projects in your area of responsibility to senior management and above.
• Ability to work in a matrix environment, convince stakeholders and get consensus and adoption of Procurement’s vision, this role would not have direct reports but would need to collaborate extensively with colleagues in various departments
• Provide solutions to complex or infrequently occurring problems by doing proper investigation and data gathering.
• Enthusiasm in sharing expertise and experience with others within your own discipline
• Flexibility in operating within established procedures and practices.
• Accountability: see it, own it and solve it mindset. Willingness to go the extra mile.
• Feedback culture: ability to receive and convey feedback
• Working together: strong team player, adding value in a cross functional team
• Execution: ability to meet deadline and work well under pressure, ideally with a good dose of humor… especially for those moments. Project management and coordination skills is often required due to the complex nature and scope of many of our projects and initiatives.
• Ability to think creatively and translate ideas into concrete projects and bring them to execution. We’d love you to suggest improvements to any existing process within and outside of procurement.

Why you should apply

At UCB, we strive to attract passionate and outstanding talents who thrive on change and are ready to bring real value to patients. Working for us you’ll discover a place where you can grow and express your full potential. We place an emphasis on innovation, collaboration and impact. Through meaningful recognition and a motivating work atmosphere, we aim to provide an optimal experience by caring about and valuing our employees – 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.