Group Strategy Manager H/F

Imerys; Paris; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Imerys seeks a Group Strategy Manager to drive strategic reflection and implementation across the Group and Business Areas. You will lead key initiatives and support top management with rigorous analyses, reporting to the Group Head of Strategy.

You will work with senior leaders and external advisors, shaping the strategic agenda for growth, M&A opportunities, and decarbonization efforts across geographies. A hands-on, result-oriented mindset is essential.

Qualifications

• Top-level business or engineering degree.
• 7–10 total years of work experience, ideally in corporate strategy, consulting, marketing or product management.
• Fluent English; French is a strong plus.

Responsibilities

• Lead strategic initiatives and projects for Imerys Group.
• Conduct strategic and financial analyses to support top management decisions.
• Coordinate with Group M&A and cross-functional teams.
• Summarize analyses and present to senior management.
• Manage multiple projects across geographies and business areas.

Skills

Strategic analysis

Corporate finance

Analytical skills

Office tools

Interpersonal skills

Education

Top level business or engineering degree

Tools

Google Suite

Microsoft Office

Job description

The Company

Imerysis the world’s leading supplier of mineral-based specialty solutions for the industry with €3.4 billion in revenue and 12,300 employees in 40 countries in 2025. The Group offers high value-added and functional solutions to a wide range of industries and fast-growing markets such as solutions for the energy transition and sustainable construction, as well as natural solutions for consumer goods. Imerys draws on its understanding of applications, technological knowledge, and expertise in material science to deliver solutions which contribute essential properties to customers’ products and their performance. As part of its commitment to responsible development, Imerys promotes environmentally friendly products and processes in addition to supporting its customers in their decarbonization efforts.

Imerys is listed on Euronext Paris (France) with the ticker symbol NK.PA.

The Position

Group Strategy Manager H/F

Job Summary

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

Position Type

Full time

and

Permanent

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.