TOYOTA is one of the world’s largest automobile manufacturers and a leading global corporation. Founded in 1937. Toyota now sells vehicles in 170 countries and employs over 350.000 people. Based in Brussels, Belgium, and staffed by 2.700 people and more than 60 nationalities, Toyota Motor Europe (TME) handles the wholesale marketing of Toyota and Lexus vehicles, parts & accessories, and manages Toyota’s European R&D, manufacturing, and engineering operations.

We are excited to be transforming into a mobility company focusing on bringing even more happiness to our customers through various mobility solutions.

Team description

The R&D & Purchasing Systems team belongs to the Information Technology & Digital function. The main mission of the team is to deliver innovative IT solutions with key technologies that will transform the activities of our R&D engineers & Purchasing buyers to enable the development and production of vehicles within europe.

We work cross-functionally with multiple other functions such as R&D, Production Engineering, Purchasing, Product Planning, Sales, etc.

Your responsibilities

You will work inside the R&D & Purchasing systems team, working closely with various stakeholders across the R&D & Purchasing divisions, leading large scale projects to digitalise our vehicle development & procurement process’s. As part of this role you will:

• Create & maintain strategy for your projects, working closely with key stakeholders from throughout the company
• Define & Lead development and implementation of new digital products and solutions, bridging between the IT team and business teams
• Lead ideation sessions exploring how we can use digital to aid our stakeholders work efficiently
• Gather and document information in the form of User Stories that support user needs, program functions, test cases and steps required to develop or modify systems
• Research and analyse projects for new features based on system requirements defined by business development
• Pro-actively propose/implement innovative solutions
• Design requirements and documentation with foresight for the future maintainability and growth of the platforms
• Engineer efficient, adaptable and scalable data pipelines in cloud and local systems to process unstructured big data
• Work closely with the Product Owner to manage customer enhancement requests and expectations.
• Embrace learning and growth to gain expertise and grow in position

You must also be able to:

• Understand and prioritize requirements and information, based on input from a variety of sources
• Exhibit efficient management of time, tasks and priorities
• Maintain a positive team player attitude
• Demonstrate an excellent work ethic and focus on work, tasks, and priorities
• Communicate technical and non-technical information clearly and effectively/professionally with peers, management, development team, support team and others
• Learn and adapt quickly in a dynamic environment
• Constantly learn new business processes
• Pro-actively listen to client feedback and determine the best way to meet the requirements
• Adapt to changing Business and environments

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• You are fluent in English (TME business language)
• You have a master in Engineering or Computer Science, or Data Science – preferably with a minimum of 3-year experience in software development or product development
• You are passionate about innovation and putting this into practice
• You have an understanding of latest software development technologies and methodologies
• You have an understanding of latest hardware and technology trends applied in product development or manufacturing industry
• You have an understanding in data pipelines using big data technologies on large scale data sets
• You have an understanding in cloud technologies
• You have excellent verbal and written communication skills
• You have a critical thinking, with a positive attitude
• You are a real team player
• You are tech-savvy
• You have strong decision making skills, analytical and problem-solving skills
• You have the ability to think strategically about technology and its business implications
• You have a technical aptitude needed to understand the implications of technical product decisions
• Knowledge and understanding of the full software development lifecycle and associated methodologies
• Understanding of PLM, CAD and CAE simulation platforms is helpful
• You have basic knowledge and exposure of the product development process using Scrum / Agile
• You are passionate about the Mobility and societal challenges ahead (urban and rural)

Place of employment

• Belgium - Brussels (Evere & Zaventem): Toyota Motor Europe, Head Office & Technical Centre

We offer

Toyota offers a comprehensive remuneration package, including a bonus scheme and interesting extra-legal benefits.  We provide flexibility to take care of both your career and your personal life by providing hybrid work environment with structural possibility to both work from home & collaborate in the office. You can also take your work abroad for up to 20 days/year. If you want to know more, please check-out our Career and Benefits page.

At Toyota Motor Europe, we are committed to providing equal employment opportunity to all. All our recruitment decisions are based on the individual and their qualifications along with the job requirements. The selection process is without regard to nationality, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, religion, ethnicity, disability or other personal characteristics. We do not tolerate harassment or discrimination as our individual experiences and overall diversity is our key strength. Together we have the power to make a positive change and go beyond the ordinary.

If you need any specific consideration for the interview process due to disability or any other reason, please let the recruiter know.