Traceability & ESG Due Diligence Specialist

Umicore; Brussel Hoofdstad; Hybrid; EUR 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Competitive salary & benefits

Job summary

Umicore is seeking a Traceability & ESG Due Diligence Specialist to strengthen our Global value chains. You will onboard products, suppliers, and material flows into traceability systems and lead day-to-day operations with a focus on data integrity and audit readiness.

You will work across ESG, Commercial, Supply Chain, and Operations to scale traceability, develop dashboards, and support responsible sourcing aligned with regulatory needs.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Business, Supply Chain, Sustainability, Data Management, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related field.
• At least 5 years of experience in supply chain operations, data management, traceability, compliance, sustainability, process improvement, or a related area.
• Strong affinity for data, systems, reporting, and process management.
• Genuine interest in sustainability, responsible sourcing, or ESG topics.
• Experience working with transactional, operational, or supply‑chain datasets.
• Experience with SAP, Power BI, ERP systems, reporting platforms, or digital workflow tools.
• Ability to understand data logic, identify inconsistencies, and drive data quality improvements across multiple stakeholders.
• Proactive, comfortable working independently and able to manage multiple priorities in a fast‑evolving environment.
• Strong stakeholder management skills and the ability to gain alignment across diverse functions.
• Fluent English; additional languages are an advantage.

Responsibilities

• Onboard products, suppliers, material flows, and customer value chains into traceability and mass-balance systems.
• Execute day-to-day traceability and mass-balance operations, including allocations, reconciliations, reporting, and closing activities.
• Map material and data flows, define allocation logic, and ensure operational readiness across functions.
• Maintain traceability records, supporting documentation, and audit-ready evidence required for customers, certifications, and regulatory compliance.
• Coordinate cross-function data validation, testing, and system implementation activities, including ongoing integration with SAP and other digital solutions.
• Develop and maintain reports, dashboards, and data quality controls using tools such as Power BI.
• Support responsible sourcing and ESG due diligence activities, including supplier risk screening, assessments, monitoring, and reporting.
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of traceability processes, governance, systems, and reporting capabilities.

Skills

Traceability

Data management

Power BI

SAP

Stakeholder management

Data quality improvements

Independent working

Fluent English

Supply chain

Education

Bachelor's/Master's degree in Business/Supply Chain/Sustainability/Data Management/IS/Engineering

Tools

Power BI

ERP systems

Digital workflow tools

Reporting platforms

Job description

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 Enterprise Functions

A global organisation. It’s not just those in our industrial sites and technical centres that are vital to Umicore’s growth. Across our enterprise 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.

Your Key Accountabilities

About the Team

Within Umicore's Enterprise ESG & Sustainability function, the Value Chain Sustainability & ESG Due Diligence team develops and operates the processes, systems, controls, and governance that support responsible sourcing, ESG due diligence, material traceability, chain-of-custody, and related regulatory requirements across Umicore's global value chains. The team helps ensure that sustainability claims, regulatory obligations, and customer commitments are supported by robust data, processes, and controls.

As traceability requirements continue to expand across battery materials and other strategic materials, the team is building scalable capabilities to support material origin, recycled-content accounting, battery passport requirements, and future chain-of-custody solutions.

Your Key Accountabilities

As Traceability & ESG Due Diligence Specialist, you work closely with the broader ESG team, Commercial teams, Supply Chain teams and Operations to ensure traceability processes are executed consistently, accurately, and in an audit-ready manner, to meet regulatory and customer requirements. You will help move the traceability capability from pilot-based delivery to stable operations at scale.

You will:

• Onboard products, suppliers, material flows, and customer value chains into traceability and mass-balance systems.
• Execute day-to-day traceability and mass-balance operations, including allocations, reconciliations, reporting, and closing activities.
• Map material and data flows, define allocation logic, and ensure operational readiness across functions.
• Maintain traceability records, supporting documentation, and audit-ready evidence required for customers, certifications, and regulatory compliance.
• Coordinate cross-function data validation, testing, and system implementation activities, including ongoing integration with SAP and other digital solutions.
• Develop and maintain reports, dashboards, and data quality controls using tools such as Power BI.
• Support responsible sourcing and ESG due diligence activities, including supplier risk screening, assessments, monitoring, and reporting.
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of traceability processes, governance, systems, and reporting capabilities.

Who we are looking for

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Business, Supply Chain, Sustainability, Data Management, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related field.
• At least 5 years of experience in supply chain operations, data management, traceability, compliance, sustainability, process improvement, or a related area.
• Strong affinity for data, systems, reporting, and process management.
• Genuine interest in sustainability, responsible sourcing, or ESG topics.
• Experience working with transactional, operational, or supply‑chain datasets.
• Experience with SAP, Power BI, ERP systems, reporting platforms, or digital workflow tools.
• Ability to understand data logic, identify inconsistencies, and drive data quality improvements across multiple stakeholders.
• Proactive, comfortable working independently and able to manage multiple priorities in a fast‑evolving environment.
• Strong stakeholder management skills and the ability to gain alignment across diverse functions.
• Fluent English; additional languages are an advantage.

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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?