Help us transform patients' lives.

At UCB, we put our heart, soul, and skills into making a difference for people living with severe disease. Working together to push the boundaries, we blend the best of our talents to unlock innovation.  Will you join us in our pioneering adventure?

To strengthen our Global Supply Chain department, based in our hub in Braine L’Alleud, Belgium, we are looking to fill the position of: Serialization Project Manager

As a UCB Serialization Project Manager, you like to work in an environment where you can:

Provide system expertise for a specific functional area, taking responsibility to partner with IT and business stakeholders to design, build and sustain effective system solutions which enable the business process standards established by process architects.

• Will lead multiple serialization projects at the same time. This may refer (but no limited) to:
  • serialization implementation in new countries
  • serialization projects following introduction of new suppliers & new logistics partners
  • serialization projects driven by new product launches
  • serialization projects driven by divestments, merges and acquisitions
  • projects to implement new serialization enterprises system and tools (business side)
  • projects driven by leveraging of serialization data lake to create business value
  • mid-term: lead projects in Global Supply Chain portfolio not necessarily related to serialization
• Assume responsibility of the deliverable of project outcomes (effect, lead time, costs)
• Ensure proper preparation of projects (business case & plans) in liaison with project owner and sponsor
• Enable proper deployment in business after project conclusion in liaison with business process owner (s)

As a UCB Serialization Project Manager, you will:

Day-to-day activities:

• Team-up with stream leaders to right scope, plan and resource the project. Be the Point of Contact for external consulting partner (if relevant)
• Develop a committed project plan, ensuring requirements and deliverables definition
• Define necessary skills and team composition to fulfil the assignment, arrange the necessary resources
• Arrange where applicable outsourcing of tasks to external parties on basis of in-house specification
• Identify project risks and define risk reduction and mitigation plans
• Build the project team and give operational mentorship
• Establish learning engine of the project so the team can focus its energy on flowing the project to conclusion
• Monitor and control the work performed and the quality of the requirements; make agreed corrective actions & changes
• Manage interests of all partners (including the interest of suppliers)
• Align with Project sponsor and keep Stakeholders engaged
• Lead the acceptance and the transfer of deliverables to the business process owner, functional lead or customer
• Evaluate lessons learned and deploy agreed process improvements
• Propose and contribute delivering enhancement of GSC portfolio governance and structure

Key Decisions:

• Review project execution status and create recovery actions
• Resolution of project execution conflicts
• Adjusting project capacity to the actual demand situation (project portfolio options list)
• Help prepare departmental budget requirements for investments and expenses based on project forecast
• Training and deployment of project and project portfolio methodologies

Communication:

• Steer Cos, Senior mgmt. and Team on project progress, execution risks and solution options/scenarios for decision
• GSC wide on project celebrations and learnings as well as opportunities to engage in upcoming projects
• PMO connect, Townhalls and Newsletters to manage the wider circle of Stakeholders
  

Continuous Improvement:

• • Promote the implementation and development of standard project and portfolio mgmt. methodologies
• • Contribute to strategy, capability growth approaches and to develop an attractive position of project leadership

Team Development:

• Create fun. Take work seriously but not too much ourselves
• Be ambitious and serious about delivering quality and creating a great working environment
• Coach junior Project Leaders to increase their Project Management skills

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

• Master’s degree in Business, Project and/or Supply Chain
• At least 5 years project mgmt. experience in Multi-disciplinary project.
• Experience with:
  • leading Multi-disciplinary and Multi-cultural Teams – preferably experience in leading GSC function (Logistic, Planning, CS/Demand)
  • both Waterfall and Agile Project Management Methodologies
  • project management office very desirable incl. Lean Kanban
• Strong inter-personal skills, excellent communication skills and a customer centric, solution driven attitude.
• Proven Leadership change management expertise, risk-based approach. Affinity with challenging change projects, and comfortable managing projects from relatively vague requirements to well defined project with committed internal and external partner
• Proficient in structuring projects by use of Digital Planning and Communication Tools
• Relevant Pharma experience, familiarity with typical pharma concepts as Validation, Change Control, Deviations, GxP.
• Project Management, Project Management Office
• Knowledge of pharma supply chain processes & flows, roles of manufacturers, commercial partners, 3PLs, distributors, wholesalers, in market supply.
• Knowledge of global Serialization regulations and impacts (on supply chain, packaging, information technology, master data mgmt., Artwork & labelling, …).
• Fluent English language is mandatory, oral and written. French language knowledge is strongly recommended. Due to the global impact of the role, additional languages are considered as a plus.

About us.

UCB- Inspired by Patients. Driven by Science. Everything we do starts with a simple question: “How will this create value for people living with severe diseases?” By putting patients at the heart of what we do, our approach – from discovery to development to delivery – is continuously transformed and designed around patient needs and their journey.

With a team of approximately 7,500 employees and operations in more than 40 countries, we are a global biopharmaceutical company investing more than a quarter of our revenue in cutting-edge scientific research. We are focused on addressing chronic, neurological, immunological, and bone diseases.

Curious to know more? Please visit our website www.ucb.com.

UCB and its subsidiaries encourage diversity and inclusion in the workplace; we are an Equal Opportunity Employer. 

Develop and implement sales strategy for the BELUX entity and follow-up sales activity versus planned goals.

Effectively manage the sales department in order to achieve the business plan and committed sales targets.

Provide leadership and coordination to sales, fleet and logistics functions

Main tasks and responsibilities

-       Turn strategy in into operational business plan for KIA Belgium

-       Responsible for the joint formulation of the strategic policy and annual Business Plan as a member of the KIA Belgium management team

-       Steer the budget planning, monitoring, controlling and reporting process in line with overall plans and guidelines.

-       Follow-up constant market analysis and operations of the Belux subsidiary level as a basis for short and mid-term sales decisions

-       Ensure realization of the agreed sales plans and initiate corrective measures in case of deviations

-       Preparation and optimization of daily and monthly sales reports

-       Initiate, develop and execute processes to deliver the agreed sales to the market

-       Participate in the development of sales campaigns in cooperation with Marketing, Sales Planning & Coordination to support the

realization of sales objectives, including F&I programs

-       Ensure the coordination of dealer, agency, marketing, and sales activities in the assigned region in order to realize dealer events, introduce new dealer showroom concepts etc. Monitor the realization of agreed measures.

-       Develop strong relations with the dealer network to ensure adherence of the network to the commercial policy and plans

-       Guide, develop, and motivate subordinate staff in accordance with internal and legal requirements

-       Analyze and evaluate the effectiveness of sales, fleet and logistic functions to achieve the business plan

-       Recruit, train, supervise and evaluate employees in sales in cooperation with HR department. Take charge on healthy and efficient  working behavior in the sales department

Help us transform patients' lives.

At UCB, we put our heart, soul, and skills into making a difference for people living with severe disease. Working together to push the boundaries, we blend the best of our talents to unlock innovation.  Will you join us in our pioneering adventure?

Are you ready to join a highly engaged and motivated team and create difference and impact for UCB and its patients?

WHY YOU SHOULD JOIN UCB GLOBAL PROCUREMENT

At Global Procurement we have embarked into a transformational journey aimed to leverage our function to generate incremental value for UCB.  Our purpose is to systematically connect the needs of our business stakeholders to innovative solution coming from the market and the suppliers.

Our team is primarily focused on upstream procurement, business partnering with internal stakeholder, market analysis, demand management, negotiation,  contract management and supplier relationship management.

We passionately believe that we can deliver impactful results by building solid relationship  with our stakeholders and suppliers, by growing and nurturing our market knowledge, and by developing our analytical skills and competences. 

Alongside a solid backbone of traditional procurement process, tools and methodologies, we have already implemented innovative solution and we are constantly looking at opportunities to automate, outsource or simplify tasks and routine to let you dedicate and focus on what create new results and impact for UCB.

This means that, even if a minimal part of your day shall be dedicated to execute some transactional task, we are constantly looking at solutions to let you focus on more added value activates. Excel may still be one of your best friend, however you may benefit from a new data mining innovative tool and analysts to help you building your strategy and credibility with your stakeholders. Even though you shall diligently book saving in the system, build our contract database and daily managing your sourcing on-line, you will benefit from a new Robot helping you encoding contract and from a team creating e-RFP in Ariba.

You will benefit from joining a high impact and high performance team: we have systematically delivered saving over 5% of our addressable spend: Cost and cash optimization is and will remain one of our key priority and a key expected results. Alongside this traditional metric we have deployed a framework which is helping us on positioning our impact across different value drivers beyond saving. We created definitions for the innovation that procurement can bring to UCB and are classifying our project accordingly.

Next to our terms of employment and benefits, we genuinely believe in the personal development and our team and invest considerable resources to provide on-going training that builds and extends professional, technical and management skills in all areas.

Still in doubts of joining?

A day in your (working) life

You will be joining the Procurement Non-Commercial Indirect Team as a strategic sourcing manager, and managing sourcing projects between in the “indirect” area (Professional Services, Consultancy, IT, Lab Supply and Equipment, Facility Management, Distribution and Logistics).

Depending on the project you will be working independently or as a part of a team to execute sourcing initiatives and ensure their successful deployment across the organization.

To be successful in your role you will need to build solid relationship and trust with your colleagues, your business stakeholders and the suppliers in your portfolio.

As a part of your responsibilities you shall fully adopt and embrace UCB procurement tools and process, diligently approving transactions, report your progresses and planned activities in the system and use the provided tools.

 Depending on your expertise area and the needs of our internal stakeholder, we expect you to

• manage sourcing projects and initiative, connect with your business stakeholders, conduct negotiation with suppliers and coordinate contract finalization
• proactively identify sourcing opportunities and or propose improvement solutions
• analyze demand, analyze market trends and opportunities
• contribute or become accountable for the design, update and execution of specific category strategies
• help establish the organization as a sustainability leader

Area that play to your strengths

• Min. 5 years of experience in indirect procurement environments (preferably in logistics/supply chain, consultancies, and/or commercial) in a buyer or category management role. We are flexible with your seniority and we are keen to know about your experience in other area!
• Enthusiasm in sharing expertise and experience with other within your own discipline
• Willingness to work autonomously and in teams… playing different roles.
• Flexibility in operating within establish procedures and practices. Yes, we do have rules and process to follow. But promise, this won’t make it less interesting and definitely, never boring!
• Business Analytics and data story tellin combine data visualization with narrative techniques to deliver insights in a way that engages decision makers in a compelling and easily embraced form. Be honest on this! We may select you anyhow!
• Still we expect you to provide solution to moderately complex or infrequently occurring problems by doing proper investigation and data gathering.
• Great communication skills - Ability to build and maintain effective relationships of trust and credibility with internal stakeholders and suppliers.
• Presents and discuss results and projects in your area of responsibility. And yes, often is to senior management or…above!
• Market Intelligence: ability to leverage market information to drive change and more impactful results
• 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.
• Fluent English … Un bon niveau en français peut faciliter votre vie.

You are a born buyer who wants to grow in Procurement!

About us.

UCB- Inspired by Patients. Driven by Science. Everything we do starts with a simple question: “How will this create value for people living with severe diseases?” By putting patients at the heart of what we do, our approach – from discovery to development to delivery – is continuously transformed and designed around patient needs and their journey.

With a team of approximately 7,500 employees and operations in more than 40 countries, we are a global biopharmaceutical company investing more than a quarter of our revenue in cutting-edge scientific research. We are focused on addressing chronic, neurological, immunological, and bone diseases.

Curious to know more? Please visit our website www.ucb.com.

UCB and its subsidiaries encourage diversity and inclusion in the workplace; we are an Equal Opportunity Employer. 

Help us transform patients' lives.

At UCB, we put our heart, soul, and skills into making a difference for people living with severe disease. Working together to push the boundaries, we blend the best of our talents to unlock innovation.  Will you join us in our pioneering adventure?

To strengthen our new Gene Therapy (GT) Department, basedin Braine, Belgium we are looking for a talented individual to fill the position of:Logistics Bio Process Manager.

As aLogistics Bio Process Manager, yourmain responsibilities are:

• To support and design the logistics areas (material reception, storage, distribution and waste management) including the ERP management.
• To lead the logistics part of the project and ensure that the project key success factors (performance, sustainability, compliance, safety, strategic fit) are embedded into the project design and fulfilled to control that activities are performed by the suppliers as stated in the respective contracts.
• To ensure a good alignment between you and the USP/DSP, Media&Buffer Bio Process experts, the process development team and the QC team.
• To ensure that significant issues and risks are identified, mitigated and escalated as appropriate.
• To ensure and reinforce an efficient coordination with the engineering company and the suppliers.
• To ensure an efficient communication and integration with all other project functions (BU/CU, Infrastructure, C&V, Automation…)
• To review and/or approve protocols, technical documents and other GMP documentation.
• To ensure that logistics equipments and operations are designed, installed and qualified as per industrial technical standards, complying with GxP rules.
• To ensure all HSE requirements are integrated in all aspects of the project.
• To support the set-up of an efficient process project team organization able to perform the project tasks (design, installation, commissioning, verification) and to move smoothly into an operational mode at end of the project.
• To lead and support the validation of sample movements at different temperatures.
• To act as the SME for SAP (modules WM, MM and PP).
• To prepare and support the operational start-up of the department.

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

• Master’s Degree preferred
• At least 3 years of similar experience in a biopharmaceutical setting.
• Good knowledges of Lean Management.
• Good knowledges of cGMP and Single Use (SUS) technologies.
• Strong knowledge of ERP system (SAP).
• Fluent in French and English, both spoken and written.

Soft skills :

• Excellent organization skills with ability to prioritize to meet agreed timelines
• Good communication skills
• A collaborative and enthusiastic team player
• Solution oriented

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- Inspired by Patients. Driven by Science. Everything we do starts with a simple question: “How will this create value for people living with severe diseases?” By putting patients at the heart of what we do, our approach – from discovery to development to delivery – is continuously transformed and designed around patient needs and their journey.

With a team of approximately 7,500 employees and operations in more than 40 countries, we are a global biopharmaceutical company investing more than a quarter of our revenue in cutting-edge scientific research. We are focused on addressing chronic, neurological, immunological, and bone diseases.

Curious to know more? Please visit our website www.ucb.com.

UCB and its subsidiaries encourage diversity and inclusion in the workplace; we are an Equal Opportunity Employer. 

Who is Dematic? 

If there’s one company that sets the bar in automated technology, software and supply chain optimization services worldwide, it’s Dematic. Our experts, customers and facilities are all around the world.  

Did you know that we’ve implemented over 6,000 integrated systems for companies ranging from small to multinational household names, in a wide range of industries on every continent? 

As part of the KION Group, we breathe automation and AGV. KION Mobile Automation is the world-leading, fast-growing, innovative frontrunner in the development of mobile robotics, robotic fleet controllers and cloud-based fleet logistics management systems. 

Dematic’s Automated Guided Vehicle branch is looking for a…
DevOps Engineer

Fancy working with the best talent in the European and global automated guided vehicles sector, using the most advanced tech, and being a part of projects for ambitious brands that are eager to push the boundaries of possibility in their supply chain through automation?

What’s it all about?

AGV Insights cloud analytics are crucial to our software products, allowing us to mass-market serial products in new market areas. They help our customers and service department monitor and diagnose AGV systems, with an emphasis on predictive maintenance. You’ll get to play a vital role in cloud and on-site application development to help monitor our Automated Guided Vehicles.

Does this match your skillset?

Develop the back-end of the AGV Insights application using Azure technology such as Event Hub, Service Fabric and more. Define and implement the architecture supporting the collection, storage, processing and visualization of AGV data streams.

As some application features will have to run without any cloud connection, one of the main challenges will be enabling the transition from an on-site application to a fully cloud-functional application.

Work closely with data scientists, product owners and front-end developers, collaborate with agile development teams based in 6 locations around the world, and witness first-hand how your efforts and expertise enhance clients’ technology experience.

Does this sound like you?

Along with your Master’s degree in computer science – or similar –, you’ve built up 3 years of experience working on large-scale, mission-critical software projects. During that time, you have mastered Azure Service Fabric, Azure Event Hub, Azure Active Directory, Azure Storage, Azure Key Vault and C# – all crucial for the job.

Got any additional experience in AGV or warehouse logistics mechatronics subsystems, and a keen interest in data analytics or NoSQL technologies? Well, those are some great trump cards you’ve got there.

You deliver nothing short of impeccable software. Your strong analytical skills are surpassed only by your eye for detail and your knack for problem solving. What’s more, you…

• Are a great communicator in English and Dutch, written and spoken
• Have a charming personality, with a great sense of humor
• Naturally form partnerships in cross-functional teams, and have a go-getter attitude

If “Yes,” come work at Dematic!

Come for the awesome projects and technology, and stay for the great team spirit and the open-minded, supportive work environment that will challenge you to be your best self.

• International team with a great workplace atmosphere
• Main location: Zwijndrecht (Antwerp)
• Co-workers and management who walk the talk
• Opportunities for growth that match your skills and ambition
• Continuously push the boundaries of technical possibility
• No two projects are ever the same

In short, you’ll be rewarded nicely while perfecting your skills and having fun doing it.

Who is Dematic? 

If there’s one company that sets the bar in automated technology, software and supply chain optimization services worldwide, it’s Dematic. Our experts, customers and facilities are all around the world.  

Did you know that we’ve implemented over 6,000 integrated systems for companies ranging from small to multinational household names, in a wide range of industries on every continent? 

As part of the KION Group, we breathe automation and AGV. KION Mobile Automation is the world-leading, fast-growing, innovative frontrunner in the development of mobile robotics, robotic fleet controllers and cloud-based fleet logistics management systems. 

• A team player with a customer-oriented approach and strong communication skills
• Experience in object-oriented software development, preferably C#.Net and/or Java
• Experience with Microsoft SQL Server and/or Oracle databases
• High service orientation with the readiness for 24/7 on-call service in 2nd level support
• Understanding of (intra-) logistics processes are advantageous
• Travel willingness (national and international approx. 20%)
• Fluent in Dutch and English, French is an advantage

Develop and implement sales strategy for the BELUX entity and follow-up sales activity versus planned goals.

Effectively manage the sales department in order to achieve the business plan and committed sales targets.

Provide leadership and coordination to sales, fleet and logistics functions

Main tasks and responsibilities

-       Turn strategy in into operational business plan for KIA Belgium

-       Responsible for the joint formulation of the strategic policy and annual Business Plan as a member of the KIA Belgium management team

-       Steer the budget planning, monitoring, controlling and reporting process in line with overall plans and guidelines.

-       Follow-up constant market analysis and operations of the Belux subsidiary level as a basis for short and mid-term sales decisions

-       Ensure realization of the agreed sales plans and initiate corrective measures in case of deviations

-       Preparation and optimization of daily and monthly sales reports

-       Initiate, develop and execute processes to deliver the agreed sales to the market

-       Participate in the development of sales campaigns in cooperation with Marketing, Sales Planning & Coordination to support the

realization of sales objectives, including F&I programs

-       Ensure the coordination of dealer, agency, marketing, and sales activities in the assigned region in order to realize dealer events, introduce new dealer showroom concepts etc. Monitor the realization of agreed measures.

-       Develop strong relations with the dealer network to ensure adherence of the network to the commercial policy and plans

-       Guide, develop, and motivate subordinate staff in accordance with internal and legal requirements

-       Analyze and evaluate the effectiveness of sales, fleet and logistic functions to achieve the business plan

-       Recruit, train, supervise and evaluate employees in sales in cooperation with HR department. Take charge on healthy and efficient  working behavior in the sales department

Rhenus Air & Ocean à Anvers fait partie du groupe international allemand Rhenus, qui emploie environ 33 000 personnes sur 750 sites dans le monde et réalise un chiffre d'affaires de 5,5 milliards d'euros. Le groupe est une entreprise familiale à 100 % et se caractérise par son orientation vers la croissance, la durabilité et l'esprit d'entreprise. Les filiales belges sont spécialisées dans les partenariats logistiques à long terme avec des entreprises industrielles et travaillent pour leurs clients avec tous les modes de transport possibles.

Employé(e) commercial(e) service interne Air

- Coordonner les activités liées aux ventes

- Traitement des offres de nos clients

- Recueillir et approcher des pistes de vente en coopération avec l'équipe de vente extérieure.

- Demander et négocier des tarifs avec les transporteurs aériens et d'autres partenaires.

- Établir et maintenir des contacts commerciaux

- Traiter correctement toute plainte et/ou question de nos clients.

Profil :

- Vous fonctionnez au niveau de bachelier ou équivalent avec une expérience adéquate.

- De préférence, au moins 2 ans d'expérience dans des activités commerciales Air ou Océan

- Attitude commerciale et bonne ambition

- Vous parlez couramment le français et l'anglais (le néerlandais est un plus)

- Vous êtes orienté vers le client et le service

Rhenus Air & Ocean attache une grande importance au développement de son personnel. C'est pourquoi nous proposons plusieurs formations internes et externes.

Nous offrons également un salaire attractif en accord avec le marché et des avantages extra-légaux tels qu'une assurance de groupe, une assurance hospitalisation, des chèques-repas, des horaires de travail flexibles, des jours RTT, etc.

Il s'agit d'un emploi à temps plein à durée indéterminée.