Manager, M&A Integration Lead
Posted on Apr 5, 2021 by Scotts Miracle-Gro Company (The)
The Manager, M&A Integration Lead will deliver value to Scotts Miracle-Gro by leading key company initiatives and delivering measurable results. This Manager will have a wide range of responsibilities with a main focus on leading cross-functional teams to successfully integrate mergers & acquisitions, some of the Company's top strategic initiatives, including performing post-transaction analyses to ensure value-creation delivery. Other responsibilities may include, but not be limited to, facilitating strategic planning processes, conducting market and competitive research (including field research), analyzing data and building market models, summarizing results in a clear and concise manner, and managing and developing high performing teams.
This is a key role in our Strategy Team, and we are looking for a high-performing, experienced candidate who can make a significant and immediate contribution to the team and thrive in a dynamic environment.
In this role you will:
Manage cross-functional project teams, with a key focus on coordinating transaction related due diligence and integration activities
Effectively plan and facilitate meetings to reach conclusions/consensus. Monitor projects and solve problems to keep projects moving forward
Identify and track risks, actions, issues, decisions, dependencies, and synergies to ensure successful diligence and integration
Develop or enhance playbooks for future M&A activities. Build key success metrics to evaluate the impact of various projects, improvements, and services
Lead a wide range of high visibility projects in order to answer urgent strategic questions from C-level executives
Collaborate with a team of high performers to complete both ad hoc projects and recurring market and competitive research tasks
Work with senior executives and the business units to identify and define initiatives that support the corporate/business unit strategy
Provide strategic input and contribute to the design and integration of potential corporate development opportunities
Create presentations to effectively communicate the status and results of the team's due diligence and integration activities to both project teams and senior executives
Provide guidance, mentoring, training, and support to team members to develop a solid pipeline of succession candidates
The perfect candidate will have:
5+ years relevant work experience with 2-3 years experience in diligence coordination and post-merger integration working for a management/strategic consulting firm, investment banker, or for a strategy team of a highly acquisitive organization
Self-motivation, solid organizational skills, strong quantitative, spreadsheet, and presentation ability, and an above and beyond attitude to meet deadlines and deliver impeccable results
Proven success in leading cross-functional teams in a high paced environment
Solid track record executing at a high level as an individual contributor and then holding positions of increasing responsibility in leading and managing the following areas:
Project Management - demonstrated experience organizing, planning, and managing high-priority projects from concept through implementation, specifically around M&A
Strategic Planning - ability to think strategically and plan effectively including experience in developing integration strategies and plans
Stakeholder Communication - superior verbal and written communication skills including the ability to build presentations to communicate complex topics in straightforward terms. Strong presence, poise, and persuasiveness to quickly establish a high level of credibility at all levels
A desire and comfort in working in a changing, fluid, and often ambiguous environment
Ability to meet aggressive deadlines
IQ/EQ balance that will enable growth into senior roles
Ability to work in a collaborative, open work environment
Advanced degree such as an MBA a plus
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