Requisition ID: 3696
Location:
Louvain-la-Neuve, BE
Work regime: Full-Time
Kind of contract: Open Ended Contract
About IBA Industrial Business Line
At IBA’s Industrial Division, we design and deliver cutting-edge electron and proton accelerators for a wide range of industrial applications.
Our technologies are used globally to improve the safety, performance, and sustainability of everyday products — from sterilizing medical devices to enhancing the properties of polymers and materials.
Driven by innovation and precision, we partner with industry leaders to develop tailor-made solutions that meet complex manufacturing and environmental challenges. Joining our team means contributing to meaningful technologies that make a real-world impact — in healthcare, industry, and beyond.
Mission
- Define, optimize, implement and monitor BU operations, worldwide, for service as well as new equipment.
- Act, as a permanent Management Team Member, to elaborate 5 years strategic planning and adapt resources and organization to secure its success.
- Role models customer centricity, operational excellence and cultivates diversity & openness to exceed industry standards on the field.
Challenges we trust you with
- Functional leadership: Contributes to the vision and strategy of a BU/BL, or of an enabling function
- Drives the strategy for his/her remit (one or more subfunctions)
- Translates the strategy into operational plans and guides their realization
- Decisions impact the medium to long-term achievement of global BU goals
- Accountable for strategy execution and the achievement of goals for his/her remit (one or more subfunctions)
- Operationnal leadership:
- Drives, sizes and develops 4 Teams (around 30 colleagues), in coordination with respective managers, to match installation and service activities needs (driven by Project Managers and Technical Account Managers) :
- Field Engineers office (3 regions),
- Technical Experts office,
- Operational Engineering office (Service, Accelerators, Facilities, Conveyors & Integration),
- Training office and labs (2 regions)
- Sponsors and animate transversal (e.g. regional) optimization through processes and resources allocation
- Fosters career tracks and opportunities to develop and anchor operational knowledge on long term basis (5+ years average)
- Animate a governance on continuous improvement with clear plan, expectations and measurable results
- Drives, sizes and develops 4 Teams (around 30 colleagues), in coordination with respective managers, to match installation and service activities needs (driven by Project Managers and Technical Account Managers) :
- Business leadership
- Structure and propose field return on experience to feed product road mapping and reliability program
- Supports R&D and New Applications in operations (tests, validation, …) and operating models
- Support pre-sale on operational topics
- Represent IBA Industrial internally (ad interim of every MT members) and externally (visits, conference, …)
What we value
- Required Experience: A minimum of 10 years of experience in an industrial sector, with a preference for environments where product delivery is essential.
- Leadership: Proven experience in managing international and multicultural teams is necessary. The candidate should be able to manage teams in a collaborative and participative manner.
- Change Management: Experience in change management is a significant asset. The candidate should be able to support and guide teams through periods of transformation.
- Operational Skills: A strong background is required, particularly in operations and resource management.
- Business Acumen: The candidate should have good business sense and be able to understand and analyze business cases.
- Stress Resilience: The ability to remain consistent and effective under pressure is crucial for this role.
- Travel: The position requires approximately 15% travel to meet with colleagues and clients.
You are able to communicate in French and English.
The job will be located in Belgium.