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 Support 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 support 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.
What you will be doing
We are currently looking for an Enterprise Security Manager – Crisis and Resilience to join our headquarters in Brussels. Reporting to the Chief Security Officer, in this role you will focus on specific security areas: Crisis and Resilience. You will be the project manager for security related initiatives on multi-site level to enhance operational excellence in these domains while promoting a security attitude for all and create awareness via the security community as an expert in security legislation across regions and countries.
Responsibilities:
- Lead the design and implementation of a global crisis management framework aligned with key security risks (geopolitical, hybrid threats, utilities and communication), ensuring business continuity and organisational resilience.
- Drive intelligence gathering and analysis by synthesising geopolitical and security information from internal and external sources, translating insights into actionable briefings for senior leadership and security stakeholders.
- Collect and consolidate existing crisis management practices across sites and functions to establish a harmonised baseline.
- Define risk scope, assess potential impacts, and prioritise mitigation actions based on business criticality and evolving geopolitical context.
- Establish and maintain crisis management methodologies, tools, and governance frameworks aligned with enterprise standards.
- Prepare structured reporting and updates on crisis preparedness and resilience posture for the Security Committee.
- Monitor and interpret relevant regulatory and legal developments, translating them into practical guidance for business stakeholders.
- Raise awareness of compliance requirements and emerging risks across the organisation.
- Design and deliver crisis and resilience training programmes, including workshops, seminars, and best practice sharing.
- Support and implement a train‑the‑trainer approach to strengthen internal crisis response capabilities.
- Evaluate organisational readiness through maturity assessments, tabletop exercises, and real-life crisis simulations at site level.
- Lead and coordinate cross-functional crisis and resilience improvement projects across multiple sites and business units.
- Act as key security contact for designated sites, ensuring alignment and supporting local crisis preparedness initiatives.
- Provide ongoing operational and administrative support to crisis and security activities, maintaining continuity and knowledge backup.
Who we are looking for
Requirements:
- 5+ years’ professional experience in crisis management, resilience, security, or a closely related field.
- Master’s degree in a risk, security, or resilience‑related discipline, with additional certification such as ISO 31000.
- Proven capability in intelligence gathering, analysis, and synthesis of complex information from multiple sources.
- Strong analytical skills with the ability to translate insights into clear, structured reporting for senior stakeholders.
- Demonstrated experience in risk assessment, preparedness, and resilience frameworks.
- Exposure to a high‑tech or industrial manufacturing environment is an advantage.
- Fluent in English (written and spoken); good knowledge of French and/or Dutch, German or any other languages are a plus.
- High level of integrity, discretion, and professional judgement when handling sensitive information.
- Convincing communicator with excellent written communication and presentation skills.
- Strong organisational and planning skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities.
- Ability to build and maintain effective internal and external networks across regions and cultures.
- Strategic mindset with the ability to anticipate risks and translate strategy into practical actions.
- Pragmatic, solution‑oriented approach with a strong sense of ownership and accountability.
- Cost‑aware, balancing risk mitigation needs with operational and financial considerations
- Delivers expert work in Security with high quality and timeliness, applying best practices and standards.
- Owns complex tasks in Risk Analysis, security operations management, producing accurate outputs and identifying risks or anomalies proactively.
- Analyzes problems, recommends options, and implements improvements in methods, tools, or data flows.
- Collaborates with adjacent teams and stakeholders, communicating insights and recommendations clearly.
- Mentors less experienced colleagues, reviewing deliverables and elevating team standards.
- Coordinates cross‑functional adoption of discipline‑specific enhancements ensuring consistent application and measurable performance gains.
- Leads, develops and executes several security or privacy domains on a global scale or a regional (multi-country) responsibility on security.
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What we can 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?
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