Responsable Qualité et I-Cube

Company Overview

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.

Job Summary

The Responsable Qualité et I‑Cube guarantees product compliance with customer requirements, standards, and regulation and leads the site’s operations excellence initiatives.

Key Responsibilities

• Responsable Qualité
  • Define, implement and monitor the sampling plan for raw material, semi-finished and finished products.
  • Ensure certification of quarry chalk and finished products, guaranteeing contractual and regulatory compliance.
  • Manage non‑conformities, customer complaints (internal and external) and conduct root‑cause analyses (RCA, 5Ms, 5 Why) to define CAPA actions.
  • Lead the management review, quality processes and coordinate internal and external ISO 9001 & ISO 50001 audits.
  • Manage the laboratory, ensuring method reliability and equipment calibration.
  • Organise and pilot industrial trials for new product qualification.
  • Promote a quality culture and train the teams.
• Responsable des Méthodes et de l’Excellence Opérationnelle (I‑Cube)
  • Drive the transverse deployment of the I‑Cube program (Lean, 6 Sigma, TPS) across quality, production and maintenance.
  • Animate, train and support teams on problem‑solving tools (FMEA, 5M, capabilities).
  • Define, update and optimise standard operating procedures for key processes.
  • Lead overall site performance, improving reporting, and run weekly and monthly performance committees.
  • Manage industrial savings projects and use the Quimeo reporting tool.

Qualifications

• Bac+5 in engineering or master’s (quality, process, operational excellence, production, materials, or engineering).
• 3 to 5 years of relevant experience, preferably in a continuous‑process industrial environment.
• Professional level English (reading, writing, speaking).
• Mastery of ISO 9001, ISO 50001, Lean, 5S, 6 Sigma, FMEA, 5M, RCA.
• Strong statistical analysis skills (Minitab or equivalent) and performance management.
• Mandatory IT competence: Google Suite, SAP; knowledge of AI tools is a plus.
• Personal qualities: leadership, pedagogy, rigor, analytical mindset, diplomacy.

Employment Details

• Type: Full time, Permanent.
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