SVP, Corporate Development

Company Overview

FDH Aero is a trusted global supply chain solutions partner for aerospace and defense companies, helping to shape the industry by simplifying the supply chain. With over 60 years serving as a leading independent industry partner, FDH specializes in hardware, electrical, consumables and expendables, licensed products, and value‑added services for global OEM and aftermarket customers. FDH is headquartered in Commerce, California, and has operations across the Americas, EMEA and APAC. FDH Aero – named a Best Places to Work in Aviation in 2024 – has locations in 14 countries, more than 1,500 employees, and over 650,000 sq ft of inventory space.

Why Work Here?

At FDH Aero, we understand that the strength of our brand comes from our people. We invest in driven, diverse, and experienced professionals who are naturally curious, courageous, and motivated toward action. We value tempering confidence with humility, and a mission that always starts with service‑first.

Our Values

• We Are Service First – We act with agility and intelligence to solve our partner’s most pressing needs and safeguard trusted relationships through clear communication and unmatched follow‑through.
• We Are Respectful – We behave with dignity, fairness, and acceptance, prioritizing empathy, humility, and community connection.
• We Are Amplifiers – We invest in driven, diverse professionals, businesses, and partners, fueling entrepreneurial spirit with autonomy, authority, and a clear mission.
• We Are Open‑Minded – We communicate with intention, curiosity, and diversity of thought, challenging the status quo and innovating together.
• We Are Accountable – We own responsibility for outcomes, set expectations, embrace critique, and empower immediate action on challenges.
• We Value Our People – We offer competitive benefits, training, mentorship, and career development to help employees reach their full potential.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
• 401(k) matching
• Wellness programs
• Training, mentorship, and career development opportunities

Responsibilities

• M&A Strategy & Pipeline Development: Build and operate a programmatic M&A engine covering Electronics, Hardware, related adjacencies, and the broader enterprise. Develop and maintain a disciplined, well‑sequenced acquisition pipeline aligned to strategic priorities and capital plan. Define target criteria, screening filters, and prioritization logic; maintain a live view of the addressable universe. Form and advance a point of view on platform expansion across products, geographies, and adjacencies.
• Deal Sourcing & Origination: Complement the CEO office and executive team by converting relationship‑driven, often bilateral, owner and founder conversations into actionable opportunities. Cultivate direct relationships with owners, operators, intermediaries, bankers, and industry participants to generate proprietary and off‑market flow. Manage inbound opportunities from advisors and sponsors, triaging quickly against target criteria. Maintain pipeline CRM discipline so every relationship, touchpoint, and next step is tracked and current.
• Deal Execution: Own end‑to‑end execution across screening, valuation, LOI, diligence, and negotiation through close. Run multiple simultaneous transactions with tight cadence and clear ownership of every workstream. Lead negotiation of LOIs, purchase agreements, and related documents in partnership with Legal and outside counsel. Direct due diligence across financial, commercial, operational, legal, HR, IT, and regulatory workstreams, managing internal resources and third‑party advisors. Make and defend recommendations to proceed, restructure, or walk away. Coordinate a clean handoff to integration leadership, including transition planning and Day 1 readiness.
• Valuation & Financial Analysis: Build and own valuation, returns, and synergy models with defensible, well‑documented assumptions. Establish and defend a view on what to buy, what to pay, and where value creation is realistic versus aspirational. Partner with Finance on purchase accounting considerations