Senior IT Analyst – Digital Manufacturing & Data Analytics

Our client, a global leader in materials technology and sustainable solutions, is seeking a Senior IT Analyst to drive business transformation and digital initiatives. The role involves acting as a strategic bridge between business stakeholders and technical teams to translate complex requirements into scalable digital solutions within an industrial environment.

• Facilitate the communication between business stakeholders and technical delivery teams to ensure alignment.
• Gather, challenge, and document business requirements to produce clear functional specifications.
• Develop detailed source-to-target mappings and functional documentation for the development team.
• Support the migration of legacy data platforms to modern cloud-based environments.
• Analyze industrial manufacturing and business processes to identify opportunities for digitalization and optimization.
• Collaborate closely with architects, developers, and key users throughout the entire project lifecycle.

• 8+ years of experience as a Business Analyst or IT Analyst within large-scale enterprise environments.
• 8+ years of experience in requirements gathering, facilitating stakeholder workshops, and documenting functional specifications.
• Proven expertise in data analysis and creating source-to-target mappings.
• Experience working with enterprise systems such as SAP, LIMS, MES, or PI.
• Extensive background in data platform migrations or ERP transformations.
• Experience working within Agile delivery teams.
• Knowledge of process modeling, design thinking, and UI/UX journeys.
• You possess strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a proactive, solution-oriented mindset.
• You're highly independent and capable of driving complex topics to completion.
• You are fluent in English.

Nice to Haves

• Experience with Databricks and cloud data platforms.
• Knowledge of business case development.
• Willingness to travel occasionally to manufacturing sites.

• Start date: ASAP
• Duration: project until end of 2026.
• Work regime: Full-time
• Location: Brussels
• Working model: Hybrid (minimum 3 days per week onsite).
• Contract: open to both permanent employees and freelancers