M&A Origination Management Professional

Sandvik Coromant; Sandvikens kommun; Hybrid; SEK 1.012.000 - 1.575.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Sandvik Coromant is seeking an Origination Management Professional to translate strategic priorities into focused acquisition themes and robust business cases. You will lead front-end activities from market mapping to business case validation, partnering with owners and experts to drive value creation and strategic alignment.

You will build structured target maps, identify high-potential opportunities, and coordinate with senior stakeholders to shape recommendations.

Qualifikationen

• Experience translating strategic priorities into investable themes.
• Strong market analysis, screening and financial logic.
• Executive-level stakeholder communication and decision support.
• Ability to structure complex opportunities and governance processes.

Aufgaben

• Develop and maintain evidence-based acquisition themes, including strategic rationale, scope, target profiles, screening criteria and preliminary value creation logic.
• Build structured market maps and target universes, prioritize companies based on strategic fit and economic attractiveness.
• Create proactive deal flow via outreach to companies, owners, networks and stakeholders.
• Assess targets, identify risks, dependencies, and recommend progression or rejection.
• Lead development and validation of strategic business cases with owners and experts.
• Improve origination methods, criteria, gates and pipeline governance using analytics, AI and learning from previous opportunities.

Kenntnisse

Strategy

Corporate development

M&A origination

Business development

Investment analysis

Management consulting

Jobbeschreibung

Turn strategic opportunities into acquisition themes, qualified target pipelines and robust business cases. As Origination Management Professional, you lead the front end of the acquisition lifecycle and help Sandvik Coromant identify opportunities that support profitable growth, strengthen strategic positioning and build valuable capabilities.

Working at the intersection of corporate strategy, market intelligence and business development, you combine analytical depth with commercial curiosity. Close collaboration with business owners and functional experts enables you to shape clear recommendations and bring the strongest opportunities forward.

About The Job

You translate strategic priorities, value pools, capability gaps and business development opportunities into focused acquisition themes. From market mapping and target origination to qualification and business case validation, you create transparency and structure throughout the front end of the acquisition process.

Job Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain evidence-based acquisition themes, including strategic rationale, scope, target profiles, screening criteria and preliminary value creation logic.
• Build structured market maps and target universes, then identify and prioritize companies based on strategic fit, market position, ownership and economic attractiveness.
• Create proactive deal flow through company and owner outreach, industry networks, advisors, investors and internal stakeholders.
• Assess targets, identify risks and dependencies, and recommend whether opportunities should progress, be held or rejected.
• Lead the development and validation of strategic business cases together with intended business owners and relevant functional experts.
• Improve origination methods, assessment criteria, decision gates and pipeline governance using analytics, AI, external intelligence and learning from previous opportunities.

Location & flexibility

This position is flexible within Europe, with a strong preference for Sweden or another location close to one of our key office sites.

Your profile

You bring strong experience from strategy, corporate development, M&A origination, business development, investment analysis or management consulting. With advanced analytical and commercial capabilities, you move confidently between strategic questions, market and company intelligence, senior stakeholder dialogue and detailed business case development.

Your background includes

• The ability to translate strategic priorities into investable themes and company-specific value creation hypotheses.
• Advanced capability in market analysis, target screening, strategic business cases, financial logic and executive decision support.
• Strong commercial understanding of business models, competitive advantage, customer value and growth drivers.
• Credibility in senior internal and external discussions, together with sound judgement when handling sensitive relationships and confidential information.
• The ability to work independently and create structure while contributing effectively across functions and stakeholder groups.

Strategic judgement, curiosity and analytical rigor guide your work. You're persistent in building relationships and comfortable progressing complex opportunities without relying on formal authority. Integrity, follow-through and a collaborative, pragmatic approach help you turn open questions into clear and actionable recommendations.

Our culture

Innovation is in our DNA and we're proud to shape the future of manufacturing in close collaboration with our customers and partners. We believe in an inclusive, equal and open-minded culture, and we nurture our diversities to form a solid foundation for achieving great results. Add fair and rewarding benefits, as well as many different career opportunities in an inspiring global environment. Meet some of your future colleagues at our career page or visit our website, LinkedIn or Facebook page to get to know us further.

Union contacts (Sweden)

• Thomas Lilja, Unionen, [phone]
• Tord Engström, Akademikerföreningen, [phone]
• Peter Olsson-Andrée, Ledarna, [phone]

Hiring Manager: Joakim Nilsson, Vice President Strategy and Acquisitions

Sandvik Coromant is part of the global industrial engineering group Sandvik and is at the forefront of developing manufacturing tools and machining solutions, with knowledge that drives the industry standards and innovations demanded by the metalworking industry now and in the next industrial era. Collaborations with educational institutions, extensive investment in research and development and strong customer partnership ensure the development of machining technologies that change, lead and drive the future of manufacturing. Sandvik Coromant owns over 1700 patents worldwide, employs around 8000 staff and is represented in more than 150 countries.