This role will have a clear focus on supporting the team through data analysis, dashboarding, and performance reporting, particularly regarding cost savings, cost avoidance, and sustainability initiatives, including circular procurement and carbon reduction initiatives. You will be part of efforts to drive efficiency, sustainability, and transparency in procurement processes, helping to track and implement cost-effective and environmentally responsible practices.
As a member of the Procurement Center of Excellence, you will also contribute to procurement governance, process improvement, analytics, and capability-building initiatives. Additionally, you will act as a trusted advisor to imec employees, guiding them on procurement policies, processes, and sustainable purchasing practices to ensure compliant, efficient, and environmentally responsible purchasing decisions.You will report directly into the Centre of Excellence Manager and interact with all category buyers, and the procurement leadership team.
Key Responsibilities:
- Own and further develop the procurement data sets, in support of our ongoing maturity journey.
- Develop and execute the multiple year Scope 3 carbon accounting roadmap (scope 3.1: purchased goods & services, and scope 3.2: CAPEX).
- Analyze procurement and supplier data to improve emissions reporting and identify carbon reduction opportunities.
- Engage suppliers to enhance sustainability data quality and support decarbonization initiatives.
- Support ESG, CSRD, and other sustainability reporting requirements.
- Contribute to Procurement Center of Excellence activities, including process improvement, procurement analytics, governance, and systems optimization.
- Advise imec employees on procurement processes, policies, and sustainable purchasing choices.
- Promote sustainability awareness and integrate sustainability considerations into sourcing and purchasing decisions.
We offer you the opportunity to join one of the world’s premier research centers in nanotechnology at its headquarters in Leuven, Belgium. With your talent, passion and expertise, you’ll become part of a team that makes the impossible possible. Together, we shape the technology that will determine the society of tomorrow.
We are committed to being an inclusive employer and proud of our open, multicultural, and informal working environment with ample possibilities to take initiative and show responsibility. We commit to supporting and guiding you in this process; not only with words but also with tangible actions. Through imec.academy, 'our corporate university', we actively invest in your development to further your technical and personal growth.
We are aware that your valuable contribution makes imec a top player in its field. Your energy and commitment are therefore appreciated by means of a market appropriate salary with many fringe benefits.
- Bachelor’s, master’s degree or equivalent by experience.
- Work hard, play hard, attitude, wanting to make an impact and roll up your sleeves.
- 3–7 years of experience in procurement, supply chain analytics, sustainability, ESG reporting, or carbon accounting.
- Strong analytical skills and experience with procurement and reporting tools (e.g., SAP, Power BI, Excel).
- Knowledge of Scope 3 emissions, GHG accounting, and sustainability reporting frameworks is a strong advantage.
- Extensive knowledge of Excel is a strong advantage.
- Understanding of chemical industry is an advantage.
- Excellent stakeholder management, communication, and project management skills.
- Passion for sustainability, continuous improvement and genuine enthusiasm for exploring and adopting emerging AI technologies.
- Fluent in English, Dutch is a plus.
IMEC and its affiliates will not accept unsolicited resumes from any source other than directly from a candidate. IMEC will consider unsolicited referrals and/or resumes submitted by vendors such as search firms, staffing agencies, professional recruiters, fee-based referral services and recruiting agencies (hereafter “Agency”) to have been referred by the Agency free of charge. IMEC will not pay a fee to any Agency that does not have a prior written agreement with IMEC, validated by its HR department, in place regarding a specific job opening and allowing to submit resumes.
