Graduate Pane Oca

Company Information:
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.
For Toyota, Quality is a way of life. Nothing is so good that it cannot be made better, that is why we strive for continuous improvement in everything we do. This basic principle for us is called: “KAIZEN” and is what guides us in our pursuit of best Quality and the delivery of unparalleled customer’s satisfaction.

**For TME Graduate positions **we are targeting recent University Graduates (less than 18 months of experience excluding internships)

**We offer**:

- Permanent contract
- Daily position (as described down below) + 18-months training program (on top of the daily job)
- On the job training
- Classroom training (Toyota Way, Toyota Production System )
- Experiential training (5-6 weeks Line training at an European Manufacturing Company )
- Evolution towards the “Specialist” grade after graduation
- A dynamic and challenging multicultural work environment, being part of a motivated team in which competence and quality play an important role. Enhancing personal growth and a real opportunity to invest in your future through on the job development and training. Where your effort, dedication and initiative are rewarded by a competitive and comprehensive compensation and benefits package (bonus scheme / extra-legal benefits (group insurance including a pension plan and risk benefits). Where we offer flexibility to keep a healthy work-life balance through flexible hours and a combination of on
- and offsite working.

Your Profile:

- Education/Training:

- University degree Business and/or Computer Science.
- Minimum 3 years relevant post qualification experience.
- Fluent in English (TME business language).

Expertise:

- 3 years of project management or business analyst experience.
- Experience of leading small/medium sized teams is an advantage.
- Experience with Scrum/Agile frameworks and tools.
- Experience in using Jira and Jira Align tools in big projects/programs is an advantage.
- Experience gathering business requirements (to be model, as is model, etc)
- Analytical skills, combined with capability to make synthesis of problem area and solution proposal.
- Automotive industry experience is not a must but an advantage

**Skills**:
- Versatile (open for learning and discovering new technology / area) and creative.
- Diplomatic / sense of people relationships / team player.
- Focused and stress resistant.

**You have a Toyota DNA, this means you**:

- **C**ourage: you are ready to let go of the easy path to reach challenging targets
- ** C**ollaboration: you are a team player, respectful and inclusive in your style and you take a customer-oriented approach
- ** C**reativity: your passion drives you to explore innovative ideas and challenge the impossible
- ** C**uriosity: you combine imagination and fact-based observation
- ** C**oaching: you share knowledge and feedback with your colleagues and celebrate each other’s success

Your team and your responsibilities:

- The team develops and maintains tools used by the National Marketing and Sales Companies (= NMSC), by the Retailer Network and Customers
- In addition, the team coordinates local market initiatives and developments to make sure they are compliant and compatible with the central tools & hosting.

**Your responsibilities**:

- We are looking for a Specialist who will work within the team. Your role will be to act primarily as a business analyst and agile coach for product/feature implementations, customizations, migrations, and more. You will liaise between NMSC’s, TME and 3rd Party vendors to deliver value to all stakeholders.
- Act as an analyst / coach for OCA projects following Agile methodologies (i.e Scrum/Scaled Agile) and the tools to manage it (Jira & Jira Align).
- Manage risks/issues and dependencies during the project lifecycle and work with all stakeholders to remove impediments.
- Work closely with the NMSC and TME business members to understand the business needs, to guide them in identifying key functions/risks and to ensure that the solution delivered fulfils them.
- Work in a cross functional team aiming to establish quality process and continuous improvement in software deployment, becoming a coach for the IT leaders.
- Facilitate workshops to develop business requirements and perform Business Process Analysis and GAP analysis exercises as required.
- Work with a 3rd Party implementor and ensure that requirements are understood and that gateways respected to ensure the correct quality of deliverables
- Continually propose and implement kaizen ideas to streamline and improve the efficiency of the processes within the OCA team
- Be able to travel to different NMSC’s depending on project requirements