The Corporate Development Manager continually facilitates change throughout the organization by working with senior management on projects and acquisitions and gaining a thorough understanding of the challenges or strategic objectives that exist, identifying key stakeholders and gathering pertinent information, developing solutions and presenting them to senior management for approval, and upon approval, ensuring that a plan for implementation is created and executed according to plan.
Who we are
At SMS group, our people are our greatest asset. We offer an entrepreneurial environment that promotes a culture of innovation, growth, and inclusion. We offer company events, activities, and opportunities to participate in charitable initiatives that benefit the communities where we are located.
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What you'll do
- Develop key relationships with leaders and executives across the organization and partner with them on projects that drive innovation, strategy development, thought leadership, and business transformation
- Develop project plans and identify/assign employees responsible for project tasks. Monitor completion of project milestones and ensure that projects stay on track
- Facilitate and drive completion of corporate improvement projects by collaborating with key stakeholders
- Provide project status updates to senior leaders and key stakeholders on a regular basis
- Gather market, financial, and other applicable information to support business decisions and merger and acquisition targets
- Use external data sources to gather information for merger and acquisition efforts
- Lead initiatives to analyze complex business problems and issues using data from internal and external sources
- Respond to requests for data and insights from senior leaders to drive collaboration and progress on strategic initiatives
- Create consistent and concise presentations for leadership teams and other stakeholders; provide analysis and recommendations to assist with strategic decision-making
- Organize, lead, and manage the flow of meetings. Keep meetings on track and improve effectiveness by setting clear objectives and documenting conclusions.
- Travel to SMS group locations and customer sites up to 25%
What you’ll need
- Bachelor’s degree in business management or a related field. An MBA is helpful, but not required
- Engineering experience strongly preferred
- Three to Six years of related experience in a consulting firm, internal business consulting role, or within a corporate improvement/strategy group
- The ability to accomplish things through others; the majority of which have no direct reporting relationship to the consultant
- The ability to allow those involved in the change process to be the ones to take the credit
- Excellent strategic thinking, understanding of business research and analysis. Strong quantitative and analytic skills
- Open to new ideas and can see how things fit together in the big picture
- Prior experience with merger and acquisitions is preferred
- Strong interpersonal skills and high emotional intelligence
- Motivated to keep things moving forward. Works well independently to meet deadlines, but also thrives in a team situation
- Advanced presentation and facilitation skills, create captivating and informative Microsoft PowerPoint presentations
- Strong Microsoft Excel skills
What we offer
Competitive compensation, medical/dental/vision coverage, paid vacation, paid holiday time, 401k with a company match, training, a tuition reimbursement program and more!
What we do
SMS group is the leading partner in the world of metals. We are an original equipment supplier offering comprehensive maintenance and spare part services for metals production, continuous casting and rolling (flat and long products), tubes, welded pipes, forging, non-ferrous technology, and heat treatment plants - all from a single source.
SMS group Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, religion, national origin, age, sexual orientation, disability, veteran status, gender identity or other categories protected by law. Employment is contingent upon successful completion of a drug screen and physical capacity profile test.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in business management or a related field
- Three to six years of related experience in consulting, internal business consulting, corporate improvement, or strategy
- Ability to accomplish objectives through individuals without direct reporting relationships
- Strategic thinking and understanding of business research and analysis
- Strong quantitative and analytical skills
- Strong interpersonal skills and high emotional intelligence
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively while meeting deadlines
- Advanced presentation and facilitation skills
- Strong Microsoft PowerPoint skills
- Strong Microsoft Excel skills
- Engineering experience
- MBA
- Prior merger and acquisition experience
What We Do
SMS group Inc. is responsible for new equipment sales, upgrades and modernizations for North American metals producers, and is a world leader in outsourced maintenance services for the steel and non-ferrous metals industry. SMS group Inc., a member of the SMS group family, is headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. At SMS group Inc., we are an original equipment supplier offering comprehensive maintenance and spare part services for metals production, continuous casting and rolling (flat and long products), tubes, welded pipes, forging, non-ferrous technology, and heat treatment plants - all from a single source. Apart from traditional refurbishment services for all major OEM equipment, you can also take advantage of our comprehensive field services and modernization projects. Steel production is our largest market, where we supply world class new equipment and actively support operations and maintenance devising solutions throughout the process from melting and casting to rolling and finishing. In addition to new equipment supply, our Forging division has experienced maintenance specialists who focus on closed and open-die forging, powder metal presses, extrusion presses, and ring rolling. New equipment supply, maintenance services, and spare parts inside the aluminum industry crosses a wide variety of products including flat rolling mill equipment, plate stretchers and extrusion presses. For tubes and pipes, our unique broad know-how covers the complete line of processes from ERW to spiral welded pipe as well as seamless producing operations utilizing equipment from cold drawing and pilger mills to piercing mills. It is our commitment to be the Leading Partner for our customers guiding and assisting our customers to make equipment and process decisions that allow them to remain competitive in an ever evolving global market, and serve as a single source for new equipment, maintenance and spare parts that our customers can trust and value.
