Group Strategy Manager

THE COMPANY THE WORLD LEADER IN MINERAL-BASED SPECIALTY SOLUTIONS FOR INDUSTRY, WITH OVER 16,000 EMPLOYEES AND OVER 200 SITES WORLDWIDE, IMERYS DELIVERS HIGH VALUE-ADDED, FUNCTIONAL SOLUTIONS TO DIVERSIFIED SET OF INDUSTRIAL SECTORS, FROM PROCESSING INDUSTRIES TO CONSUMER GOODS. THE GROUP DRAWS ON ITS KNOWLEDGE OF APPLICATIONS, TECHNOLOGICAL EXPERTISE AND ITS MATERIAL SCIENCE KNOW-HOW TO DELIVER SOLUTIONS BASED ON BENEFICIATION OF ITS MINERAL RESOURCES, SYNTHETIC MINERALS AND FORMULATIONS. THESE CONTRIBUTE ESSENTIAL PROPERTIES TO CUSTOMERS’ PRODUCTS AND PERFORMANCE, INCLUDING REFRACTORINESS, HARDNESS, CONDUCTIVITY, OPACITY, DURABILITY, PURITY, LIGHTNESS, FILTRATION, ABSORPTION AND REPELLENCY. IMERYS IS DETERMINED TO DEVELOP RESPONSIBLY, IN PARTICULAR BY FOSTERING THE EMERGENCE OF ENVIRONMENTALLY-FRIENDLY PRODUCTS AND PROCESSES. IF YOU WANT TO GROW YOUR SKILLS AND DEVELOP YOUR CAREER, FIND OUT MORE AT WWW.IMERYS.COM THE POSITION Group Strategy Manager JOB SUMMARY JOB SUMMARY As a senior member of the _Group Strategy _team, the Group Strategy Manager is a key stakeholder in Imerys Group (and its Business Areas) strategy definition and implementation. He / She will support Imerys’ top management in their decision-making, thanks to rigorous strategic and financial analyses. He / She will be leading various strategic projects or initiatives, and be responsible for selected workstreams, supported by Strategy Analysts and the team’s Vice-President, whom he / she reports to. JOB SCOPE/DIMENSIONS Scope of action: Imerys Group, all Business Areas & geographies Key business partners: * Internal: The Group Strategy Manager will have to work with all Imerys Group entities - at both Corporate and Business Area levels - and with different functions (sales, marketing, finance, customer excellence, science and technology…). Significant exposure to senior management (CEO, Chief Strategy Officer, Executive Committee members) * External : The Group Strategy Manager will have to work with several external advisors (including Strategy consulting firms) KEY TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES The Group Strategy Manager is in charge of developing the key steps of strategic reflection, serving the Group and its businesses: * Key strategic initiatives : identifying potential strategic opportunity or challenge, frame the approach, set up the project team and lead the project (e.g.; 5-year plan, strategic due diligence in M&A projects, support to Capital Market Day, identification of implications of market trends on Imerys strategy, etc.) * Market definition, assessment and competitive dynamics : define the relevant segmentation axes to analyse a market. Estimate market / segments size, identify and position Imerys competitors, estimate their market shares and dynamics, estimate and explain markets growth rates (historical / forecasted evolution) * Economics: understand the industry economic rules and logics (how can we be profitable in such market?) through economic / financial analyses (in particular revenue and cost structures, profit pool) * Strategic options : Identify growths areas for Imerys, formalize strategic investment rationale, action plan and key financial impacts The Group Strategy Manager summarizes the analyses in a written and synthetic format, and discusses conclusions with other members of the Strategy team, or top managers at Group or Business Area level. The Group Strategy Manager leads these analyses in various contexts, and works in team with other functions at Group or Business Area level: * Group-level strategic reviews, business Strategy with support of relevant Business Areas * M&A transactions (acquisitions or divestments), in partnership with Group M&A team, where he / she brings a strategic perspective in the rationale for the acquisition - equity story - and support in the execution (e.g. providing input for a business plan, synergies) * Ad-hoc requests from Imerys Senior Management (notably the CEO and the Chief Strategy Officer) The Group Strategy Manager is responsible for full projects and workstream, involving multiple stakeholders (internally and externally), from project design to data collection (from reports, database, Imerys sources, interviews with internal / external experts), interpretation and challenge, synthesis of the recommendation and presentation to Senior Management JOB SPECIFICATIONS EDUCATION: * Top level Business or Engineering graduate degree PREVIOUS PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: * 7-10 total work experience as a minimum * of which ideally 3-5 years experience in corporate strategy in a leading consulting firm or as part of an inhouse strategy team * Strong knowledge of Imerys businesses and people TECHNICAL SKILLS: * Strong analytical skills * Synthetic mind * Knowledge of Strategic analysis concepts and methodologies * Skills in Corporate Finance and Economy * In-depth knowledge of Google suite LANGUAGES: * Fluent English KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, ABILITIES AND OTHER CHARACTERISTICS * Business acumen and curiosity * Quantitative analysis, supported by a factual, rigorous and logical mind * Critical mind, to challenge received wisdoms * Synthetic mind, to summarize simply complex problems * Fluent in English, fluency in other languages is a strong plus * Leadership (Leads Self), to be autonomous and drive selected workstreams of strategic initiatives (Leads Others) (supported by the team Vice-President) * Team spirit (Communicates & Collaborates) * Interpersonal communication, especially to be able to interact with both Group top executives and operational divisions POSITION TYPE Full time and Permanent _ONLY TECHNICAL ISSUES WILL BE MONITORED THROUGH THE BELOW INBOX: _ _RECRUITING.SUPPORT@ IMERYS.COM _ _PLEASE DO NOT SUBMIT RESUMES OR APPLICATIONS TO THIS EMAIL, AS THEY WILL NOT BE REVIEWED. _ _TO ENSURE FAIRNESS AND LEGAL COMPLIANCE IN OUR RECRUITMENT PROCESSES, ONLY APPLICATIONS RECEIVED THROUGH THE ONLINE APPLICATION PROCESS WILL BE CONSIDERED. _ _IMERYS IS AN AFFIRMATIVE ACTION AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER AND IT IS OUR POLICY TO NOT DISCRIMINATE AGAINST ANY EMPLOYEE OR APPLICANT FOR EMPLOYMENT BECAUSE OF RACE, COLOR, RELIGION, SEX, NATIONAL ORIGIN, AGE, MARITAL STATUS, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, GENDER IDENTITY, GENETIC INFORMATION, DISABILITY, VETERAN STATUS, OR ANY OTHER STATUS PROTECTED BY FEDERAL, STATE OR LOCAL LAWS._