Market Intelligence & Portfolio Strategy Lead

About Umicore

Powering the cars of today and tomorrow. Reducing harmful emissions. Giving unique properties to high-end applications. Giving new life to used metals. As a global advanced materials and recycling group, we develop, produce, and recycle materials for a better life.

About Battery Materials Solutions

Umicore’s battery materials solutions are delivering the future of electric mobility. We improve safety, enable faster charging and boost the range and durability of batteries. But our innovation does not stop there.

We offer our customers industry leading battery recycling solutions for critical metals like cobalt, nickel, lithium and copper.

To deliver a circular and sustainable battery materials value chain, we cannot stand still. Solving complex mobility challenges demands ambitious thinking and continuous innovation. This is where you come in.

What You Will Be Doing

We are currently looking for a Market Intelligence & Portfolio Strategy Lead to join our office in Brussels, Belgium. In this role you will build and own a single, coherent view of the CAM value chain and turn it into a focused portfolio and the pricing line that goes with it. You will lead three intelligence managers, continuously screen opportunities on attractiveness and right to win, and challenge resource allocation so we invest where we can credibly win at attractive margins.

Responsibilities

• OCC Market Model & Intelligence Service: Own the OEM-Cell-CAM model across xEV and non-xEV and operate the MI service catalog within the agreed boundary with technology intelligence

• Winners & Application Requirements: Determine the winners along each tier (OEM → cell maker → CAM) and match them against requirements per segment, so portfolio bets target winnable platforms

• Upstream & Value Chain: Run the upstream lens — pCAM, Ni / Co / Mn / Li intermediates and refining — linked to our integrated cost position Portfolio Screening Framework. Maintain the two-axis screening framework — opportunity attractiveness and right to win — fed by the rolling competitor benchmark

• Sales Consolidation & Performance Insight: Consolidate and interpret sales actuals & forecasts across applications — "are we winning where we said we would play?"

• Pricing Strategy: Own segment- and platform-level pricing posture, walk-away thresholds and the value-based logic account leads defend

• Quarterly Portfolio Council: Run the Council with CCO, CTO and Operations — prioritisation, stage-gates, kill / accelerate decisions — converted into a resource & capex view

• Team Leadership & Analytics: Lead and coach three intelligence managers; drives digital & AI-assisted analytics so insight scales without headcount

Who We Are Looking For

• 10+ years in industrials, advanced materials or specialty chemicals; metals recycling an advantage

• Master's degree in a relevant field

• 5+ years in management or strategy consulting, with a track record leading complex projects and teams

• Strong strategic insight and exceptional analytics; turns weak signals into clear recommendations with strong storytelling

• Commercial, financial and pricing instincts; comfortable saying no

• Hands-on experience in operational excellence, due diligence and strategy implementation

• Grounded, balanced stakeholder influencer; credible challenger at senior level

• Builds strong, high-performing teams that leverage diverse perspectives

• At home in multicultural environments; adapts to change and ambiguity while keeping clarity and focus

• Excellent communicator across audiences; fluent English, Dutch and Korean/Chinese a plus; acts with integrity, authenticity and consistency

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?