Shared Technical Services manager

ArcelorMittal is the world’s largest steel producer. We use the most innovative technologies to create the steels tomorrow’s world will be made of. Every day over 125,000 of our talented people, located in over 60 countries, push the boundaries of digitalization, and use advanced technologies to create a stronger, faster, and smarter world. To help make this possible, they know they can depend on the support and training that a company of our scope and scale can provide.

Comprising 1,650 researchers spread across 14 Research Centres around the world, our Global R&D team aims to continuously improve the quality of steel and its manufacturing processes. This involves investigating and developing disruptive technologies, reducing the carbon footprint of steel, and optimizing costs while maintaining uncompromising quality. The team's strong multicultural diversity, with over 30 nationalities, offers international experience and makes it possible to meet global needs.

Maizières Campus Shared Service Unit is in charge of the general management of the Maizières campus related to transversal functions.

Shared technical services provide operational services and resources to maintain, develop, and support site infrastructures, tools, and engineering capabilities. They also conduct testing and pilot-scale production across liquid metal, rolling, and ore characterization facilities for R&D and group needs.

Your role

As Head of Shared Technical Services, you will lead and coordinate the department’s human and technical resources over the medium and long term, ensuring the achievement of strategic objectives and budget targets.

Reporting to the Site Manager, you will be a member of the Site Executive Committee and your main responsibilities will include:

• Translating company and site strategy into actionable plans, ensuring full alignment with business objectives
• Driving continuous improvement and long-term development initiatives to enhance the performance of research centers
• Adapting the department’s organization, roles, and responsibilities to meet evolving needs and priorities
• Managing the department budget (OPEX and CAPEX) and preparing short-, medium-, and long-term investment plans
• Ensuring the effective allocation and optimization of human and technical resources to deliver projects and services
• Overseeing project execution and service delivery, ensuring quality, timeliness, and customer satisfaction
• Promoting and maintaining strong health, safety, and environmental standards within the department
• Leading, motivating, and developing teams to achieve performance objectives
• Building and maintaining strong relationships with stakeholders, partners, suppliers, and subcontractors

Your profile

• You hold a Master’s degree in a technical field.
• Experience in an industrial or research environment is required; prior experience in a similar role would be a strong advantage.
• You have strong leadership and management capabilities.
• You have proven experience in change management methodologies and tools.
• You have a solid understanding of industrial and/or R&D environments (technical, operational, financial, and organizational aspects).
• Fluent professional English (written and spoken) is required.
• You have excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

According to ArcelorMittal Global R&D values:

• You agree to comply with health and safety rules.
• You are respectful, transparent, honest, and empathetic in your relationships. You honor your word and your commitments to others.
• You agree to behave consistently with the highest level of integrity.
• You strive to question your practices. with high expectations of yourself and others, you strive for a high level of quality and reliability in everything you do.
• You recognize that diversity, varied skills, and fresh ideas make a group exponentially better in the pursuit of a common goal.
• You know that learning changes minds and lives, so you are committed to learning throughout your professional career and continually achieving the skills required and essential to your success.
• You are open to ideas that challenge conventions and stimulate innovation.

Join us and you will see that your work will help create renewable energy, impact major industries and boost economies. At ArcelorMittal, we'll help you create your world.

Attractive remuneration with stimulating career prospects in which eminent scientists and engineers evolve in a multicultural environment.