CEO Through Acquisition

Responsibilities

• Establish a search process aimed at generating sufficient deal flow to find a business to acquire within pre-defined criteria.
• Manage the acquisition process with support from NCA’s experienced Investment team.
• Step into the CEO role of the newly acquired business.
• Proactively generate and evaluate strategic growth options and business opportunities, develop long-term business strategy, and create 100-day action plans.
• Grow the business top line through impactful marketing and sales initiatives.
• Build a culture that embraces innovation and digital transformation.
• Review product/service offerings, portfolio strategies, existing brand positioning, and identify gaps to implement improvements.
• Identify value creation opportunities, design new products/services (NPD), define go-to-market strategies, and organize commercial launches.
• Manage geographical expansions, preparing and successfully implementing market entrance strategies.
• Manage efficiencies and ensure profitable growth.

Requirements

• 15+ years of professional experience.
• Academic achievement (Executive MBA or MBA degree preferred).
• Min. 5+ years in leadership roles managing multiple teams across multiple geographies and locations.
• Min. 10+ years of proven track record of running and growing businesses or large business units in the US, including P&L responsibility.
• Having a strategic vision for a sector or an industry.
• Strong motivation towards entrepreneurship.
• Fluent in English.
• Lived and worked in the US for the last 10 years.

Nice-to-Have Requirements

• M&A experience.
• Consulting experience from a top consulting firm.
• Experience managing and operating an SME.
• Owner, founder, or co-founder of a startup.
• Experience in global business development and international expansion.
• Recent successful business transformation experience.
• Open-mindedness towards learning, people, and even failure.