Manager of Corporate Development

About the Company

At CMC, it’s the people inside our recycling centers, fabrication plants, manufacturing facilities, steel mills, and offices that make us who we are as a company. Our success comes from finding, retaining, and supporting the highest quality talent. CMC is a Fortune 500® company at the leading edge of the steel and construction reinforcement industry, with products supporting projects and structures worldwide for over 100 years.

Benefits

• Day 1 benefits coverage with low-cost medical, vision, and dental
• Day 1 paid-time off and vacation
• 4.5% company match 401(k) plan
• $500 annual company-paid lifestyle benefit
• Competitive compensation and bonuses
• Company-paid life and disability insurance
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• Training and advancement opportunities

Responsibilities

• Support the broader Corporate Strategy & Business Development team in the development and execution of acquisition and partnership-led strategies, as well as continuous portfolio optimization
• Conduct market and competitive research
• Collaborate with leaders in the development of inorganic growth strategies (“M&A vectors”) aligned with business and CMC-level objectives
• Own CMC’s acquisition pipeline and target company database
• Coordinate deal sourcing with business and functional leaders
• Develop individual deal value creation plans (i.e., deal thesis)
• Construct and present comprehensive investment committee memos to CMC’s Executive Leadership Team
• Lead large, internal and external cross-functional teams and act as the primary interface with sellers and their advisors through due diligence
• Perform valuation modeling, including financial planning and deep business analysis
• Continuously improve CMC’s M&A and Integration Playbooks

Requirements

• Minimum 3 years of experience in M&A advisory, corporate development, corporate strategy, management consulting, corporate finance, private equity, or equivalent
• Ability to conduct market research, design and run market, competitive, and regulatory insight programs, and synthesize quantitative and qualitative information to support complex business hypotheses
• Ability to analyze and interpret financial statements; experience building detailed long-range financial plans (significant Excel expertise required)
• Exceptional financial acumen, including experience with sales, operational, and capital spend analysis
• Proficiency in various valuation modeling techniques
• Demonstrated project management capabilities
• Prior construction materials industry experience is a plus but not required
• Available to travel >50% of the time
• Must be authorized to work in the US; sponsorship is not available for this position

Skills

• Strong intellectual curiosity with a passion for corporate strategy and M&A
• Strong work ethic and a high sense of urgency with the ability to succeed in a fast-paced, dynamic environment
• Results-driven
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to synthesize messages for executives
• Collaborative working style; enjoys and is comfortable leading diverse teams
• Dedication to diversity, equality, and inclusion
• Emotionally intelligent with learning agility; seeks coaching and continuous improvement
• Mature and confident individual with a focus on team success over personal ego

Qualifications

Strong academic track record with a 4-year bachelor’s degree; MBA or other related advanced degree preferred.