Plant Purchasing Manager & Capex Leader France H/F

Imerys est le leader mondial des spécialités minérales pour l’industrie avec un chiffre d’affaires de 3,4 milliards d’euros en 2025 et 12 300 salariés répartis dans 40 pays. Le Groupe offre des solutions à haute valeur ajoutée et fonctionnelles pour un grand nombre de secteurs et marchés en forte croissance, comme ceux des solutions pour la Transition Énergétique et de la construction durable mais aussi celui des solutions naturelles pour les biens de consommation.

Imerys s’appuie sur sa maîtrise des applications, ses connaissances technologiques et son expertise dans les sciences des matériaux pour proposer des solutions apportant des propriétés essentielles aux produits de ses clients et à leurs performances. Dans le cadre de son engagement à se développer de manière responsable, Imerys propose des produits et procédés respectueux de l’environnement en plus d’accompagner ses clients dans leurs efforts de décarbonation. Imerys est coté sur Euronext Paris (France) sous le code NK.PA. Le Poste Plant Purchasing Manager & Capex Leader France H/F

The Plant Purchasing Manager is responsible for ensuring compliance with Imerys' purchasing and supply process in collaboration with site operations, buyers and the prochub (Imerys' shared supply service based in Greece). He/she contributes to the operational monitoring of suppliers and their services. He/She will in charge of creating and deploying strategy at local level He/she is required to manage tenders and negotiate according to Imerys' organizational rules and purchasing policy.

The Scope 13 plants in the center/ North of France Order volume: 5000 orders per year Spend on Purchases: 80 million euros

Compliance with Purchasing Policy:

• Ensure full compliance with the general purchasing procedure and supplier selection guidelines
• In collaboration with the local procurer and the Procurement Hub, assist in change management and the implementation of good purchasing practices (P-Cards, on-time orders, PR, PO, GR, SI processes)...
• Compliance with the S2P process:
• Be the Purchasing Manager for local opex / capex purchase
• Manage the RFQs, lead negotiations, contract with suppliers and manage their performance. Main categories: Industrial equipment and services (maintenance), indirect, mining and laboratory studies.
• Establish agreements with recurring suppliers
• Meet stakeholder's needs and in compliance with Imerys' purchasing policy, consolidate and challenge the requirements
• Ensure the proper application of contracts negotiated by the Category Purchasing department
• Ensure that contracts are properly communicated to internal clients and that they are used correctly.
• Deployment of the SCF Program: Promote and deploy the Supply Chain Financing (Reverse Factoring) program across the strategic and recurring supplier panel.
• Working Capital Optimization: Leverage the SCF program as a negotiation tool to align or extend payment terms in line with Imerys' financial objectives, while providing suppliers with an attractive liquidity solution.
• Management of Capex Purchasing (€100k
• €1M)
• Autonomous Management of Major Investments: Structure, lead, and execute tenders and requests for quotations (RFQs) for all Capex investment projects ranging from €100k to €1M across the France scope.
• Challenging Technical

Analyze and challenge technical specifications from engineering and project teams to optimize the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO).

• Negotiation and Contracting: Lead complex commercial and contractual negotiations (industrial equipment, civil works/new installations, engineering services) while ensuring effective legal and financial risk mitigation.
• Execution Monitoring: Ensure adherence to delivery milestones, commissioning, and warranty conditions for invested equipment.
• Supplier monitoring:
• Responsible of the purchase contracts for local purchase opex / capex
• Sourcing new suppliers and negotiating contracts
• Propose and manage regional or national purchasing synergies | Streamlining of the site's supplier panel
• Organize regular business reviews with local suppliers
• Monitoring suppliers ‘performance, KPIs (QCDs)
• Monitor the non-conformity handling process, the action plans implemented by suppliers, and the annual supplier performance evaluation.
• Ensure the state of the art
• Gathering the local purchasing

anticipate, collect and optimize the sites requirements in terms of quantity and specifications

• Be the single point of contact to the plants and the technical centers, ensure a state of the art service level on purchasing topics for our internal stakeholders.
• Meet stakeholder's needs and in compliance with Imerys' purchasing policy, consolidate and challenge the requirements
• Ensure internal customer satisfaction with the performance of the purchasing team.
• Reporting and analysis, collect and report the sites financial performance including tracking of target savings
• Support:
• Be the guarantor of the continuous improvement of the purchasing process.
• Assist site users in resolving issues related to the tools in the procurement and purchasing section (SAP and Ivalua)

Education and Experience requirements Bac +5, specialized in purchasing. Minimum of 2 years experience in industrial purchase Languages: French, English Ability to promote best purchasing and procurement practices Ability and willingness to understand the technical elements of the categories Strong negotiation and communication skills both internally and externally Knowledge, skills, Imerys Leadership Behaviors

• Hard skills:
• Professional English
• Knowledge of standard purchasing (Source to Contract) and procurement (Procure to Pay) processes
• Strategic sourcing
• Contract Management
• Data analysis and tools experience |

Google suite/excel |

SAP / Ivalua

• Deliver results: Committed to respecting and to execute the plans defined up to their completion.
• Soft skills:
• Rigour and precision
• Autonomous
• Solution- and results-oriented
• Leads self: Acts daily with exemplary conduct on all aspects of Security and tolerates no compromise
• Communicates and collaborates: Clearly expresses ideas and opinions, listens attentively and considers different points of view.
• Areas for improvement: Research to optimize practices for gain efficiency Type de Poste Temps plein et Durée Indeterminée Seuls les problèmes techniques seront gérés via l'adresse mail ci-dessous: recruiting.support@ imerys.com MERCI DE NE PAS ENVOYER DE CVs OU DE CANDIDATURES A CETTE ADRESSE MAIL CAR ILS NE SERONT PAS ETUDIES PAR LES DESTINATAIRES CORRESPONDANTS. Afin de garantir la conformité légale et l'équité de notre processus de recrutement, seules les candiatures reçues via le processus en ligne de notre site officiel de recrutement seront prises en compte.