Manager Strategy and M&A

The organisation

M&G Group is a leading player in flue venting, ventilation & roofing accessories. M&G Group activities revolve around developing and producing fit for market products, sold under own recognized brands through distribution (technical wholesale), or to leading OEM’s. 

M&G Group has a dominant presence in mature markets and an increasing role that will be affected by global trends in ESG (Environment, Social & Governance). The group headquarters are located in Assen with production facilities in The Netherlands (Assen, Groningen & Beverwijk), Italy & Turkey. Additionally, there are sales offices in The UK, Germany, Belgium, France & Italy. The company employs around 800 people and has an annual revenue of around € 160 million.

Through various acquisitions supplemented by organic growth, M&G Group developed into the leader in flue venting and is on a path to achieve a similar position in ventilation & roofing accessories.

After a very successful period of buy & build and organic growth, followed by commercial integration, M&G Group is making a determining step to consolidate its activities in the north of The Netherlands into one new to be built plant & group headquarters of over 40.000 square meters, fueling its market dominance by significant cost restructuring, while creating a great workplace for all of its employees. This New Site enables M&G Group to reach world-class lean manufacturing standards, and keeps & attracts talented people to fuel the growth of the company. 

M&G Group is part of the Evergreen portfolio of Egeria since 2004. Egeria is one of Europe’s most successful private equity firms and growing at a rapid pace.

The position

For our client M&G Group, we are currently looking for an ambitious and driven Manager Strategy and M&A to support the company in their growth perspectives.

In a professional manner manage the program for non-autonomous growth by M&A, as being worked out by Roland Berger for Ventilation and Roofing Accessories.

The Manager co-drives and structures the execution of the M&A Strategy. He / she is a direct advisor to the board and specifically to the CEO and has an important role in the entire M&A execution. He is responsible for researching the market, presenting findings and suggestions for merger and acquisition prospects for the business.

Additionally, with the aim of enabling successful transaction execution and integration, these abilities aid in the initiation and implementation of action plans for preferred routes of approach.

Tasks & responsibilities

• Conducting market research and maintaining the target list of companies 
• Making necessary analyses 
• Prepare discussion with target companies (data gathering, key discussion items) 
• Report on target evaluation in a structured standard manner 
• Prepare decision papers for the Board, Investment proposal in cooperation with Egeria Evergreen team 
• Prepare and propose set up for integration program and team 
• Work very closely with CEO, closely with CFO, with Product Management M&G and Investment team Egeria Evergreen

Candidate profile

• University degree preferably in Economics, Finance, Business related field
• Approximately 3-7 yrs experience in M&A / Corporate Finance/ Private Equity environment
• Has experience or affinity with manufacturing industry
• Structured worker
• Independent worker
• Excellent reporting skills
• Flexible in adapting to changing work package
• Entrepreneurial, curious, energetic personality
• Ability to quickly graps strategic overview, also in an unstructured environment
• Fast, independent thinker, strong personality.

Interested?

Are you interested in applying for this position or do you have any additional questions? Please send your CV together with a short motivation by using the form below.