Product Strategy Intern

The Company

The world leader in mineral-based specialty solutions for industry, with over 16,000 employees and over 200 sites worldwide, Imerys delivers high value-added, functional solutions to diversified set of industrial sectors, from processing industries to consumer goods. The Group draws on its knowledge of applications, technological expertise and its material science know-how to deliver solutions based on beneficiation of its mineral resources, synthetic minerals and formulations. These contribute essential properties to customers’ products and performance, including refractoriness, hardness, conductivity, opacity, durability, purity, lightness, filtration, absorption and repellency. Imerys is determined to develop responsibly, in particular by fostering the emergence of environmentally-friendly products and processes.

If you want to grow your skills and develop your career, find out more at www.imerys.com

The Position

Job Summary

Imerys is the world leader in mineral-based solutions for industry, with over 16,000 employees and over 200 sites worldwide. Imerys delivers high value-added solutions to different industries, from processing industries to consumer goods. Imerys is fully committed to pursue a responsible development, in particular by fostering the emergence of environmentally-friendly products and processes.

If you want to grow your skills and develop your career, find out more at www.imerys.com

YOUR MISSIONS

The Product Strategy intern will be a support of the European minerals for Ceramics Product Manager – in charge to implement long term mineral strategies to align supply capacities with organic growth ambition and to optimize profitability of Imerys assets.

Scope: 200 million euros turnover, +25 industrial sites over 7 countries in the EMEA region (France, Germany, Spain, Italy, Hungary, Turkey & Egypt)

Main missions of the Product Strategy intern will be to help the product management decision making:

Support product manager on building mineral strategies from different outputs and data sources
Support the product manager in conducting selected strategic analyses (e.g. new market, new application) to support growth opportunities (organic or inorganic)
Coordinate data transversal projects (i.e. product hierarchy, data sets accuracy, data collection on site and links between ERP, CRM, BI…)
Support the implementation of a structured and homogenous approach to product
marketing across the business, with a single product database (library) including
specifications, Technical Data Sheet, homogeneous training materials etc…
This position requires to travel to the different industrial sites in Europe

YOUR SKILLS AND ABILITIES

Languages: full professional proficiency in English and French.
Autonomous and self starter
Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
Data management appetence
Strong analytical capabilities
Ability to work as part of an international team
Ability to craft and present compelling analyses supporting key developments
Driver's licence is mandatory
Eager to travel to industrial sites

YOUR PROFILE

Education: Gap year or final year of Master (Bac+5), Business or Engineering or any relevant field
A first professional experience is required (internship included)
A first experience in a complex industrial environment is a strong plus
Authorization to travel in the EU perimeter

INTERNSHIP ASPECTS:

Job Title: Product Strategy Intern
Job Level: Intern
Department: Business Development, Product Management & Strategy
Employment type: Intern, 6 months
Starting date: when possible, all along the year
Location: Paris 15e, Île-de-France, France

Position Type

Full time

and

Intern (Fixed Term)

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