Principal Business Analyst, Corporate Development (Exton, Pennsylvania, US) bei West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc.

Job Summary

In this role, you will work closely with our deal leaders and Executive Team to facilitate end-to-end integration planning and execution. This role will be instrumental in supporting the due diligence, integration planning and execution phases of strategic acquisitions. This role will have a key focus on business continuity, while maximizing value creation, synergistic opportunity and strategic impact. It works actively with Senior Leadership to deliver global strategic inorganic business transition initiatives. This role is tasked with executing against target opportunities by taking a lead role in the integration lifecycle and leading a cross functional team of subject matter experts responsible for supporting program management of global strategic actions in the M&A lifecycle.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Drive program delivery for programmatic aspects of due diligence through post-integration
• Build and communicate a common methodology for delivery/reporting across all workstreams
• Manage workstream accountability across the organization, including into the C-suite
• Maintain focus of workstream leads on key value-drivers aligned to the core deal thesis
• Lead the program execution of transaction integrations across all functions to ensure delivery in partnership with Corporate Development and other key stakeholders
• Participate in pipeline review to provide insight into future M&A integration delivery needs, budgeting, strategy, and resource planning to achieve successful outcomes
• Provide and maintain recurring reporting and score-carding of functional and business unit performance against plans of record and IMO Project Plans
• Applies lessons learned from prior deals to continuously improve due diligence and integration planning practices
• Work within Corporate Development to build due diligence services to provide targeted insights, experience-based observations, and EBITDA and cash improvement opportunities to guide investment determinations
• Provide proactive decision support to executives and team members
• Present data to senior stakeholders and serve as point-of-contact for integration leaders at entities being evaluated / acquired
• Mobilize the internal resources and external partners to ensure effective and timely delivery
• Other duties as assigned

Education

• Bachelor's Degree in Finance or Business Administration or equivalent experience required
• Master's Degree preferred

Work Experience

• Minimum 8 years of relevant experience required
• 4-6+ years of consulting or project management experience, ideally with direct exposure to M&A and integration planning / management required

Preferred Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Experience collaborating with cross-functional project teams.
• Exceptional interpersonal skills, communication capabilities and the ability to influence multiple stakeholders with competing / conflicting interests.
• Capable of organizing information succinctly and communicating to all levels of an organization.
• Experience multi-tasking to lead and execute multiple projects in parallel.
• Strong presentation skills and ability to present material and complex matters in a succinct and organized manner
• Ability to think critically in tactical and strategic dimensions simultaneously.
• Demonstrated ability to effectively work across various functions in order to ensure deliverables are met against required timelines.
• Ability to prioritize tasks in real time and exercise judgment in high-stakes environment.
• Ability to quickly establish credibility, trust and support with both internal and external constituents.
• Strong ability to communicate effectively with leaders at the most senior levels within the corporation.
• Ability to interface effectively with all levels and functions both inside and outside of the organization.
• Able to comply with the company’s safety and quality policies at all times.

Additional Requirements

• Position operates in a professional office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets and fax machines. May need to stand or sit for extended periods of time
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to stand; walk; use hands to finger and reach with hands and arms
• Must be able to communicate effectively with written and oral skills, make quick decisions, interpret data, read and write, speak in front of groups, express and exchange ideas, understand direction and adhere to procedures
• Organizational skills will enable planning, prioritization and achievement of goals especially of importance for the successful execution of related activities
• Read and interpret data, information and documents
• Must maintain the ability to work well with others in a variety of situations
• Must be able to multi-task, work under time constraints, tight deadlines, problem solve, and prioritize
• Ability to make work independently and sound decision making
• Observe and interpret situations, analyze and solve problems #LI-JJ1

Travel Requirements

Physical Requirements