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# Market Intelligence & Portfolio Strategy Lead

- **Company:** Umicore
- **Location:** Brussel, Belgium
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Data Analysis
- **Published:** July 18, 2026
- **Apply:** https://be.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=b6207be83d0c1c73

## About the Role

* 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

## Description

* 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


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