Director, Corporate Development

Job Description

You’re not the person who will settle for just any role. Neither are we. Because we’re out to create Better Care for a Better World, and that takes a certain kind of person and teams who care about making a difference. Here, you’ll bring your professional expertise, talent, and drive to building and managing our portfolio of iconic, ground-breaking brands. In this role, you’ll help us deliver better care for billions of people around the world.

Position Summary:

The Director will be a key leader on the Global Business Development Team and play a leading role in target identification, analyzing and executing acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures, and other Corporate Development activities on a global basis. The ideal candidate will thrive in a fast-paced environment, be intellectually curious, and have strong executive presence.

He/she will be involved in all phases of the transaction including originating ideas, due diligence coordination, valuation, structuring, negotiating, and closing the transaction.  As appropriate, the successful candidate will be involved in post-deal integration as well.  By combining a deep analytical mindset with proven communication and interpersonal skills, the successful candidate will analyze, present, and make recommendations to corporate and business leadership teams.  It starts with YOU.

In this role, you will:

• Lead cross-functional deal teams, managing and executing transactions from start to finish.
• Perform strategic and quantitative analysis, driving the business case and financial modeling.
• Determine appropriate valuation and transaction structure by understanding complex financial models including income statement, balance sheet, and cash flow statements.
• Partner with legal counsel reviewing and negotiating transaction documents.
• Source acquisition targets by developing relationships with potential targets and maintaining relationships with investment banks.
• Partner with K-C leadership researching potential targets and understanding industry trends.
• Develop, monitor, and update K-C’s M&A strategy identifying potential targets aligned with K-C’s growth aspirations.
• Curate insightful and concise presentations for executives distilling value creating recommendations.
• Develop junior team members with best in class coaching and mentoring on a formal and informal basis.

About Us

Huggies®. Kleenex®. Cottonelle®. Scott®. Kotex®. Poise®. Depend®. Kimberly-Clark Professional®. You already know our legendary brands—and so does the rest of the world. In fact, millions of people use Kimberly-Clark products every day. We know these amazing Kimberly-Clark products wouldn’t exist without talented professionals, like you.

At Kimberly-Clark, you’ll be part of the best team committed to driving innovation, growth and impact. We’re founded on more than 150 years of market leadership, and we’re always looking for new and better ways to perform – so there’s your open door of opportunity. It’s all here for you at Kimberly-Clark.

Led by Purpose. Driven by You.

About You

You perform at the highest level possible, and you appreciate a performance culture fueled by authentic caring.  You want to be part of a company actively dedicated to sustainability, inclusion, wellbeing, and career development.

You love what you do, especially when the work you do makes a difference. At Kimberly-Clark, we’re constantly exploring new ideas on how, when, and where we can best achieve results. When you join our team, you’ll experience Flex That Works: flexible (hybrid) work arrangements that empower you to have purposeful time in the office and partner with your leader to make flexibility work for both you and the business.

To succeed in this role, you will need the following qualifications:

• A minimum of a bachelor’s degree is required.  An MBA or advanced degree is preferred along with relevant professional certifications (e.g., CFA, CPA).
• At least 5+ years’ experience in Corporate Development in a major corporation, Investment Bank, and/or Private Equity firm in a transaction execution role.
• Meaningful M&A transaction experience including hands-on experience in prospecting opportunities, deal structuring, managing due diligence, and negotiating transaction terms. 
• Strong financial background and ability to demonstrate a balance between being highly strategic, with a deep understanding of the financial implications of prospective deals.
• Highly operational, able to dive into the details required to structure the best commercial arrangements.