Marketing Director

The Company

Imerys is 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 the energy transition, sustainable construction, and natural solutions for consumer goods. Imerys draws on its expertise in applications, technology, and material science to deliver solutions that enhance customer products and performance. As part of its commitment to responsible development, Imerys promotes environmentally friendly products and processes and supports customers in their decarbonization efforts.

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

Position

Marketing Director

Job Summary

Reporting to the Market VP, the Marketing Director defines and recommends the Market strategy in line with Segment positioning and ensures strategy implementation with global alignment. The main objectives are to ensure profitable growth while maintaining strong customer loyalty over the long run. She/He anticipates market and customer needs, defines and implements new product development, supports business opportunity development and conversion, ensuring medium‑term sales development in line with business plan targets. She/He oversees and grows the market, consistently identifying revenue opportunities and managing growth by securing new accounts and new applicative sub‑segments. The Marketing Director constantly interfaces with external customers, co‑suppliers and internal partners (Product Manager, Technical Support, S&T, Communication, Industrial, Finance, Supply Chain, Business Development, Commercial Excellence) to ensure mission success.

Key Tasks And Responsibilities

• Market analysis: analyze the market in his field, gathering all information and managing customer portfolio accordingly for product and customer profitability.
• Competition watch and analysis.
• Monitor pricing policy around the globe.
• Network: develop and maintain his own network of clients, suppliers, and organizations in the environment to promote Imerys image and reputation.
• Opportunity management: coordinate the identification of new applications or new products to be introduced in existing clients or in new markets, follow the commercial approach and monitor results, enlarging the market share of his portfolio.
• Sales enablers: support external communication in production of sales enablers, impacting tools and participation of trade shows and market events. Together with communication, propose adapted branding policy in line with customer segmentation.

Leading and Coaching Marketing Team

• Recruiting & promoting gender / nationality diversity.
• Motivation & engagement.
• Providing directions & conducting coaching sessions, regular feedback and call reviews.
• Performance management.
• Career development.
• Conflict management.

Performance Culture and Customer Centricity

• Applies & ensures application of best‑practice commercial practices and processes.
• Constantly assesses and addresses potential skills gap and oversees up‑skilling of the commercial team to develop their sales skills, fostering growth and being more customer centric.
• Ensures Marketing team active participation in all Sales and Marketing management routines, sales huddles, and opportunities review.

Job Specifications

Engineering degree or PhD in material science or chemistry, ideally completed by an MBA, or Master's/Bachelor’s degree in Business/Marketing or related field, with minimum of 7+ years of equivalent work‑related experience in industrial marketing.

• Strong deep market and technical understanding of application (needs, production process, market structure, performance).
• Excellent business sense and ability to interact effectively with people from all backgrounds and levels, and to influence others.
• Excellent leadership, project management, multitasking, and decision‑making skills.
• Strong drive for results.
• Strategic understanding.
• Excellent analytical and critical thinking and problem‑solving skills.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.
• Successful track record in senior marketing roles and creating marketing campaigns.
• Proven ability to plan and manage budgets.
• Ability to use common IT tools (Excel, Word, Gsuite, Web tools).
• English: fluent (international environment).

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.