Business Consultant - LIMS

China - Guangzhou - RHQ
Information Systems
Information Technology

Posted on 19-03-2024

About Umicore

Reducing harmful vehicle emissions. Powering the cars of the future. Giving new life to used metals. We are the leading circular materials technology company fulfilling its mission to create materials for a better life. With ambitions like this, imagine what you could do?

About Information Systems

A global organisation. 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 LIMS team member you will be proficient in your domains, preferrable experienced in the LIMS Labvantage application modules, from a functional and configuration point of view.

As a trusted partner to our business units, you understand the LIMS landscape and applications, coordinate the LIMS request pipeline of the BU and be an enabler for growth of the platform’s capabilities.

As Business Consultant, you employ considerable managerial and technical skills as a solution expert and a point of contact for customer's IT needs.

As solution expert in the area of LIMS, you will lead and execute small and medium size projects from functional requirements analysis to solution delivery. You will build and co-create solutions with our business units on top of a well-defined governance LIMS framework.

You will be part of the APAC Business Applications team, will interact with Belgium LIMS team, as well as interact with the business teams of Umicore (globally), and within the IS department (at global and local level).

Who we are looking for

• Bachelor applied IT or master in information technology or computer science or having at least more than 5 years of work experience in a similar area
• Minimum of 5 years of relevant experience in LIMS applications
• Good understanding of Laboratory operations
• Being ‘hands-on’ and not eager to deep-dive into functional/technical issues and even to perform technical installations (cfr. connection to Lab instrument) during project implementations
• Project management experience and have the ambition to take up a project management role
• Good communication skills and problem solving capabilities
• Proven abilities to take initiative and be innovative
• Analytical mind with a problem-solving aptitude
• Mature, assertive and dynamic personality, with excellent interpersonal skills
• Good oral and written communication, presentation and facilitation skills in English, additional language will be considered as an advantage
• Willingness to travel internationally: 30%
• Good team player, being motivated and highly interested in LIMS functionalities
• Ability to work independently when necessary, coping well with hybrid work model

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?

 If our pioneering approach can make us a leader in sustainability