Group Strategy Manager H/F

Imerys; Paris; Sur place; EUR 90 000 - 140 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Imerys is seeking a Group Strategy Manager to drive the strategic definition and implementation across the Group and geographies. You will lead strategic projects, collaborate with senior management, and supervise Strategy Analysts under the Group Head of Strategy.

The role encompasses market assessment, financial modeling, M&A due diligence, and development of growth initiatives. You will report to the Group Head of Strategy and interact with corporate functions and business areas on a regular

Qualifications

• Top level Business or Engineering graduate degree required.
• 7-10 years total work experience in corporate strategy or related field.
• Fluent English; French language skills considered a strong plus.

Responsabilités

• Develop the key steps of strategic reflection for the Group and its businesses.
• Lead strategic initiatives including 5-year plans and strategic due diligence in M&A projects.
• Assess markets, define segmentation, estimate market size and analyze growth rates.
• Identify growth opportunities and formalize investment rationales with financial impacts.

Connaissances

Strategic thinking

Financial analysis

Executive communication

Project management

M&A awareness

Formation

Top level Business or Engineering graduate degree

7-10 years total work experience in strategy or related field

Outils

Google Suite

Microsoft Office

Description du poste

• As a 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 Analyst(s) and the Group Head of Strategy, whom he / she reports to.

Scope of action: Imerys Group, all Business Areas & geographies

Key business partners:

• Internal: The Group Strategy Manager will work with all Imerys Group entities - at both Corporate and Business Area levels - and with different functions (M&A, sales, marketing, finance, operations, customer excellence, science and technology, sustainability, …). Significant exposure to senior management (CEO, Executive Committee members)
• External : The Group Strategy Manager will 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, decarbonation roadmap, preparation of Capital Markets Day, identification of implications of market trends on Imerys strategy and corresponding projects development, 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 logic through economic / financial analyses (in particular revenue and cost structures, profit pool). Support the optimization of Imerys economic performance through ad hoc reviews (e.g.; costs)
• Strategic options: Identify growth areas for Imerys, formalize strategic investment rationale, action plan and key financial impacts (e.g.; origination of large M&A opportunities)

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 the 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 Group Head of Strategy)

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

Education and Experience requirements

Education:

• Top level Business or Engineering graduate degree

Previous professional experience:

• Minimum 7-10 total work experience, ideally a combination of corporate strategy in a leading consulting firm and as part of an in-house strategy team. Alternatively, a minimum of 10 years of experience in marketing, or product management, ideally in a relevant industry.

Technical skills:

• Strong analytical skills, attention to details
• Synthetic mind
• Knowledge of Strategic analysis concepts and methodologies
• Skills in Corporate Finance
• In-depth knowledge of Google suite or Microsoft Office

Languages:

• Fluent English. Fluency in French is a strong plus

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
• Ability to handle several projects in parallel
• Synthetic mind, to summarize simply complex problems
• A hands‑on, result‑oriented strategic mind with good interpersonal skills
• End-to-end project management mastery, with a demonstrated ability to scope, architect, and deploy large-scale operational projects.
• Interpersonal communication, especially to be able to interact with people from all levels and backgrounds
• Appetite to discover Imerys fascinating business and work with people from different backgrounds
• Can project himself/herself in Imerys Values: Every Person Matters, Partner of Choice, One Team Together, Strive for Better and Enablers of Tomorrow