Product and Quality Functional Manager

The Functional Manager ensures that all improvement or transformation projects for information systems deployed in its functional area (product and Quality) meet the strategic challenges of the business.

The product catalog is a main element of the order entry process in charge of product configuration and feasibility calculation. It’s the system making the link between commercial and plant systems.

The team is divided in several countries, having people in Belgium, France, Luxembourg, and India.

Responsibilities

• Support the definition of business needs and estimate the budget:
• Support business stakeholders in defining and formalizing their needs relating to processes/functional areas within their scope of responsibility and translating these needs into system developments and/or new system projects.
• Analyze the impacts of business needs, quantify development requests or projects in collaboration with the various architects and technical analysts to evaluate the necessary budget.
• Write functional specifications to meet the requirements and challenges of the Business.
• Manage the implementation and support the production teams:
• Design and execute test plans to ensure the proper functioning of business processes in information systems.

Profile

• Master’s degree in IT or a related technical field.
• Min. 5 years of experience in a similar position would be an asset.
• Strong customer-oriented mindset.
• Excellent communication, negotiation, listening skills,
• Project and change management skills.
• Strategic mindset and problem-solving skills.
• Fluent in English. French or any other European language is appreciated.
• Background in IT, understanding of steel industry is a real plus.

Team

• Team members: 9 members
• Reporting line: Product & Quality Domain Manager
• Location of the position: France (Florange) or Luxembourg(Petrusse) or Belgium (Liège)
• Business trip recurrence: rarely