Vice president, materials and assets

Vice President, Materials and Assets Company: COLAS CANADA INC.

Job Location:

TORONTO, ONTARIO, CAN Type of

Contract:

Regular Posting

Start Date:

1/27/26

Colas is a Canadian leader in transportation infrastructure - materials, construction, and maintenance. From roads to rail, airports to ports, we build some of the most important projects that connect our communities.

Backed by our network of Colas companies across Canada and the Colas Group worldwide, Colas offers a wide range of innovative and sustainable solutions for the construction and maintenance of transportation infrastructure.

Join the largest transportation infrastructure group in the world and help connect Canada.

Reporting to the President of Canada and separately, the Global Directors of Materials and Assets in France, the Vice President, Materials & Assets will support the company’s ambitions for Materials and company assets by:

• Cross-functionally steering the development of all Materials activities (aggregates, ready-mixed concrete, recycling, landfilling, precast, cement, etc.) for Canada and, in tight collaboration with Canada’s other activities, the development of a circular economy.
• Cross-functionally leading the asset management CAPEX process across the organization, maintaining line of sight on inventory, maintenance and strategic use of assets.

• Contributes to the company’s Materials strategy and Asset Management strategy, led by the company’s management team, and support the deployment of these strategies across Canada. Communicates the company’s vision and exercises leadership throughout the organization to position and promote materials and asset management as key activities within the company.
  • Supports strategically and proactively with regards to the Materials footprint for Canada, integrating geological, geopolitical, environmental and market (competition, clients) outlooks, as well as the analysis of the current portfolio of assets. Defines subsequent opportunities for portfolio optimization.
  • Develops and coordinates strategic plans by territory within Canada and follows the global vision in coordination with counterparts in other Geographical locations.
• Contributes to the overall management of Canada’s activities as a member of Canada’s Executive Committee.

• Reviews and challenges budgets and action plans prepared by the operational units (the business units and subsidiaries) in Canada. Ensures continuous follow-up of business performance and challenges results.
  • Challenges business plans from an industrial and commercial perspective. Ensures follow-up on action plans in collaboration with local Managers in the asset and materials disciplines.
  • Monitors business performance against agreed targets, especially practices of internal pricing at market cost and avoidance of margin transfers. Drives the commercial policy.
  • With business units and subsidiaries, contributes to making trade-off decisions regarding products to optimize short-term margins while protecting long-term client relationships, especially when it comes to trade-offs between internal and external clients.
  • Appropriately escalates to management in case of issues related to performance.

• In cooperation with Canadian leadership and the global team, responsible for any investment / divestment project and ensures the expected Return on Investment (ROI) is realized.
  • Reviews all investment files and establishes recommendations.
  • Guarantees the proper use and optimization of the CAPEX incurred in Canada. Ensures profitability of strategic projects and regular monitoring of strategic and functional assets.
  • Monitors all investment projects and leads the major ones within the framework of group procedures.

• Guarantees continuous improvement in operations by managing the associated processes and tools, and initiating, coordinating, and implementing action plans.
  • With the global team and geographical business units and subsidiaries, manages the performance of Materials as part of the company’s quarries operational excellence program. Has a specific focus on dealing…