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Director Corporate Development

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Banbury, Cherwell, Oxfordshire, England
Senior level
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Banbury, Cherwell, Oxfordshire, England
Senior level
The Director of Corporate Development will lead strategic partnerships, acquisitions, and investments to support company goals, collaborating with various internal and external stakeholders.
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As a Director in the Corporate Development group, you will own and cultivate Dematic’s global inorganic strategy, which will result in the execution of strategic partnerships, investments, joint ventures, and potential acquisitions that support Dematic’s mission and company goals. You will be responsible for understanding the company’s strategic goals and market landscape (technology, geographic, and vertical considerations) in order to proactively recommend potential targets.
You will be responsible for leading the entire process including strategy formulation and fundamental decision-making criteria, financial modeling/valuation analysis, due diligence, and project management with a variety of stakeholders and workstreams. Will be expected to negotiate deals through execution, working with business leaders, internal cross functional partners, and external advisors.We offer:
  • Career Development

  • Competitive Compensation and Benefits 

  • Pay Transparency 

  • Global Opportunities 

 
Learn More Here: https://www.dematic.com/en-us/about/careers/what-we-offer 

Tasks and Qualifications:

This is what you will do in this role:

  • Identify appropriate opportunities that support Dematic’s strategic priorities through interaction with business leaders, investment bankers, and venture capitalists 

  • Partner with Dematic’s regions and functions to identify & pursue inorganic opportunities for expansion or growth 

  • Evaluate the benefits (or risks) of potential partnerships or acquisitions and manage the process of building both internal and external consensus 

  • Act as a subject matter expert on valuation and deal structuring 

  • Lead all pre-transaction diligence efforts 

  • Coordinate all inorganic workstreams to gain executive approval (at Dematic and KION level) and bring transactions over the finish line 

  • Work with cross-functional groups within Dematic from signing of term sheet to proper integration 

  • Provide insights into inorganic opportunities in the marketplace to senior leaders 

  • Establish the ongoing processes, skill sets, and inorganic strategy that will enable Dematic to continue to build out our corporate development competency, in the face of a rapidly changing industry 

This is what we are looking for:

  • Bachelor’s degree (Business Administration, Finance, Engineering, or other relevant majors) or relevant experience with proven work history required 

  • 5-7 years of work experience in a combination of corporate development/integration, strategy, management consulting, investment banking and/or other related fields 

  • 2+ years of experience leading a team with focus on employee development 

  • Proven experience in executing a strategic partnership or M&A project with ability to articulate the processes needed to be followed 

  • Hunter mentality to pursue inorganic growth opportunities  

  • Significant financial modelling and business case expertise including the ability to clearly present business drivers & key outputs 

  • Attention to detail coupled with strong organization, problem solving, and planning skills 

  • Strong communication and people skills, ability to operate at the highest levels internally and externally with a high degree of credibility 

  • Able to work effective with a wide range of people and geographies 

  • Understanding of key business drivers in warehouse automation and software industry to develop the inorganic strategy for the global organization 

Dematic is proud to provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants. Dematic prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, religion or belief, age, sex, national or ethnic origin, disability status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.

Top Skills

Deal Structuring
Financial Modeling
Valuation Analysis

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