Manager Strategy and M&A

Siegfried AG; Zofingen; On-site; CHF 180,000 - 290,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working hours

Discounted parking

Health insurance discounts

Stock purchase plan

Family allowances

Individual training opportunities

Pension fund

Staff restaurant / cafeteria

Central location

Job summary

Siegfried AG in Switzerland seeks a Manager Strategy and M&A to work closely with the Chief Strategy Officer and coordinate with functions across the company for M&A and strategic projects. The role blends rigorous financial modelling with market and competitive analysis, ensuring value creation and disciplined governance.

You will identify growth options, develop business cases and valuation models, lead deal execution up to CHF 100 million, and contribute to the corporate strategy through

Qualifications

• University degree with master's or Ph.D.
• Minimum 2 years of consulting experience
• Experience in financial modelling
• Proven experience working on M&A transactions
• Fluent in English

Responsibilities

• Identify and evaluate strategic growth options and investment candidates with global scope.
• Develop business cases and valuation models for growth options.
• Lead M&A processes for transactions up to CHF 100 million.
• Coordinate deal execution from due diligence to post-merger integration.
• Provide strategy analysis and support cross-functional initiatives in digitization and portfolio management.
• Contribute to external communications with strategic and financial analysis.

Skills

M&A experience

Financial modelling

Strategy analysis

Consulting experience

English fluency

Education

University degree (master's/Ph.D.)

Job description

Your Role

The Manager Strategy and M&A works closely with the Chief Strategy Officer and coordinates with other functions across the company as required for M&A transactions and strategic projects. The role has two focal points: Mergers and Acquisitions and strategic projects.

2.1 M&A

• Proactively identifies and evaluates strategic growth options and business opportunities, including investment candidates, joint ventures and alternative business models, with global scope.
• Develops comprehensive business cases and valuation models for growth options, assessing stand-alone value creation potential as well as the synergistic impact on overall corporate performance.
• Proposes M&A priorities and leads, manages and steers M&A processes, including transactions with enterprise values of up to approximately CHF100million, to support implementation of the company’s strategy.
• Leads deal execution for assigned transactions from due diligence and deal structuring through contract negotiation, carve-out and post-merger integration, coordinating cross-functional contributors and internal and external subject matter experts.

2.2 Strategy

• Provides analysis and recommendations that contribute to the definition, review and update of Siegfried's corporate strategy, based on in-depth analysis of market, technology and competitive trends in the CDMO industry.
• Leads cross-functional project teams or serves as a key member of teams comprising internal and external experts (e.g. consulting companies or law firms) for the execution of key strategic initiatives.
• Leads defined workstreams, serves as a sub-team leader or contributes as a team member for organizational development and operational improvement initiatives, e.g. in digitization or portfolio company management.
• Contributes strategic and financial analysis to the organization’s external communication, including full-year, half-year and capital markets day presentations.

Your Profile

• University degree programs, master's / Ph.D.
• At least 2 years of consulting experience
• Previous experience in financial modelling
• Proven experience working on M&A transactions
• Fluent in English

Your Benefits

• Flexible working hours make it possible to combine family, leisure time and career
• You can park at a discounted rate
• Health insurance: Discounts of up to 10% on additional insurances with our partners for you and your partner/family
• Our stock purchase plan is generous and individually tailored
• Family allowance: all employees entitled to child and/or education allowances receive an additional monthly family allowance
• Child allowance: Siegfried AG increases the child allowance by 10% compared to the cantonal statutory rate
• Individual further training opportunities by arrangement
• Pension fund: Our company pension fund is attractive and contributions can be arranged individually
• Staff restaurant / cafeteria: meals at preferential conditions
• Central location: Close to the train station with very good public transport connections
• Exclusive corporate benefits and discounts for our employees

Founded in1873 in Zofingen, Switzerland, Siegfried has grown into a global network of 16 sites across three continents. With a team of more than 4,200 highly skilled professionals, we take the innovations of our pharmaceutical customers to industrial scale and manufacture safe drugs for patients worldwide. As a fully integrated CDMO, Siegfried is one of the few organizations today that can carry out the development and manufacturing of APIs and finished dosage forms under one roof. This unique combination of know-how and experience makes us the most trusted partner in the pharmaceutical industry.