Vp M&a

Driven since 1817 by its founder's entrepreneurial spirit and thirst for innovation, the John Cockerill Group develops large-scale technological solutions to meet the needs of our time:
**preserving natural resources**, contributing to
**greener mobility**,
**producing sustainably**,
**combating insecurity **and facilitating access to
**renewable energy**.

The company's offerings to businesses, governments, and communities include services and related equipment for the energy, defense, industrial, environmental, transportation, and infrastructure sectors.

With its 5,000 employees, John Cockerill achieved sales of one billion euros in 19 countries in 2020.

**Context**

John Cockerill’s ambition is to continue to increase its revenue,
**based on an internal but also external growth**. To support this challenging project John Cockerill is looking for a VP M&A.

Working closely with the Chief Strategy and Development Officer (member of the Executive Committee), the VP M&A will be responsible for driving, with the support of the business segments, the M&A strategy and the acquisitions & disposals of new companies. This in a
** very autonomous way**.

**Main responsabilities & missions**
- **Understand John Cockerill's strategic stakes**, transcribe this vision in your methodology, in the selected targets, in the reports issued to the Executive Committee
- **Define a strong strategy**: approach, process, structure
- Elaborate** value creation** strategies by building comprehensive business cases and valuation models
- You pilot detailed **market analysis **and creating target lists with the management; you analyze the targets
- You lead the **M&A execution activities**, including due diligence, financial evaluation, valuation
- SPA contractualization, and integration planning
- You manage the project and **lead multi-functional teams **(including commercial, operations, engineering, human resources, finance, information technology, EHS, legal, procurement, etc.).
- You coordinate meetings between internal and external stakeholders, work monitoring, etc.), to complete efficient and effective due diligence of targets
- **Manage the division's engagement and deal/investment relationships **with investment banking firms. Serve as the primary interface with partner companies
- **Leading internal discussions with the Executive Committee** but also with external parties: proposing the choice of banks, discussing service contracts, leading due diligence with Big4/lawyers/bank
- **You develop high-quality project deliverables **including transaction summaries, you compile and present concise, accurate summaries of due diligence and support the development of plans to mitigate identified risks ; you prepare the internal documentation necessary to obtain the approval of the transactions by the Management
- Develop, maintain, and continuously improve tools and processes to maintain a robust M&A execution model.

**You will have**
- **Master’s degree** in a **business**, **finance **or **economics**:

- A proven **successful experience in transaction execution** within investment bank, consulting firm, or private equity fund and a** M&A corporate experience** at top management ’s role including deal execution and sourcing in a global/multi-national environment.
- **Validated financial acumen** (valuation methodologies, financial metrics, ratios and calculations, financial statement review, etc.) and project management skills (planning, organizing, and leading resources to bring about the successful completion of specific project goals and objectives).
- Demonstrated analytical skills, particularly in the field of finance, in communication and a first experience in the negotiation of transactions
- Strong leadership skills with a team-oriented and collaborative approach to work
- Ability to advice the Executive Committee, about strategy, vision, targeted objectives.
- You are fluent in **French **and **English**

**You Career at John Cockerill**

John Cockerill Corporate offers you more than a job or a career, but above all the opportunity to work on attractive projects. It is the opportunity to participate in the world of tomorrow You will have the opportunity to touch the very concrete, very technical aspects of the projects but also the opportunity to be creative and to propose innovative solutions Do you want to take up the challenge?

We offer you a career in a dynamic and ambitious group, aware of the value of its first resource, its employees. This opportunity is an entry point to a future that you will be responsible for creating in our mutual interest.