Product Industrialization Manager

Korea, Republic of - UBM Cheonan

Process & Product Development

Posted on 15-10-2025

About Umicore

Reducing harmful vehicle emissions. Giving new life to used metals. Powering the cars of the future. As a global materials and technology group, we apply our specialist knowledge to offer materials and solutions that are essential to everyday life. We aim to be a clear world leader in materials for clean mobility and recycling and have turned our sustainability approach into an even greater competitive advantage. With ambitions like this, imagine what you could do?

About UBM

We are all on the move. Umicore’s rechargeable battery materials give people autonomy and connectivity. We are a pioneer in battery materials that give added range and performance to electric vehicles. Our materials also ensure longer battery life for portable electronics. To enable our customers to produce even better performing batteries 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

• Lead and coordinate global industrialization projects for specific products, including finished cathodes, intermediates, precursors, and raw materials, ensuring alignment from R&D to mass production across UBM sites.
• Ensure early-stage industrialization feasibility by engaging in project teams from the development phase, assessing risks, and embedding TP targets and protocols prior to MPTR initiation.
• Allocate resources, monitor progress, and adjust priorities to meet project objectives within defined timelines and scopes, ensuring continuity and resilience across the portfolio.
• Act as technical lead for the transfer of products from R&D to Regional industrialization teams, ensuring all APQP checklist items are fulfilled and industrialization milestones are achieved.
• Define and establish internal controls and external specifications for raw materials, translating project outcomes into actionable standards and ensuring alignment with internal specification and customer requirements.
• Lead supplier qualification and specification negotiations, driving raw material governance and long-term consistency across sites.
• Support quality and compliance by reviewing Management of Change (MoC) files, implementing new procedures, and acting as key contact for customer teams in case of complaints or process deviations.

Who we are looking for

• Technical degree (engineering or applied sciences), minimum Master with >3 years of experience in a Product development and Industrialization
• Experience in the field of Li-ion cathode materials is a plus.
• Excellent (near R&D level) understanding of product development, coupled to a good knowledge of industrial processes and equipment
• Able to understand and generate product quality concepts such as: APQP, MSS, ICF, CP, FMEA, etc…
• Good understanding of statistical methods
• Good knowledge of laboratory analytical methods & equipment.
• Knowledgeable in related disciplines (process control, quality control, …)
• Familiar with project management
• Fluent speaking and writing in English, other languages (such as Chinese, Korean, Polish or Finish) is a plus
• Good organizing skills
• Able to make decisions
• Ability to handle many tasks/projects in parallel (portfolio management)
• Perseverant and committed to results   
• High level of reporting and presentation skills
• Good communication skills, open, respectful, convincing
• Ability to operate in a matrix structure in contact with different department

What we 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?

If our battery materials can boost the range of e-cars, IMAGINE WHAT YOU COULD DO?