Title:  Senior Specialist, Corporate Development

This role is hybrid in Exton, PA (3 days onsite). Candidates applying must be within a 50 mile commutable radius of the location.

Who We Are:

At West, we’re a dedicated team that is connected by a purpose to improve patient lives that has been at the center of our Company for more than a century. Our story began when Herman O. West solved the problem of supplying penicillin in mass quantities to the US Government during World War 2. Through our work to deliver thousands of life-saving and life-enhancing injectable medicines to millions of patients daily, West’s indelible mark on the healthcare industry has just begun. A name started our story. How will yours help write our future?  

There’s no better place to join an inclusive community of professionals with opportunities for lifelong learning, growth and development. Supported by benefit programs, we empower the physical, mental, emotional and financial health of our team members and their families.  

We believe in giving back to help those in need in the communities where we live and work. And are equally committed to creating a healthier environment and planet through our sustainability efforts.  

Job Summary

• The Corporate Development team plays a crucial role in driving the strategic growth agenda of the company through various initiatives including mergers and acquisitions (M&A), partnerships, joint ventures, and strategic alliances. The role involves extensive financial modeling, market analysis, and project management to support decision-making and execution of key corporate initiatives
• In this role you will work closely with our deal leaders and Executive Team to facilitate the analysis and execution of inorganic opportunities for West. This role will be instrumental in supporting the market evaluation, target pipeline development and analysis, due diligence, integration planning and execution phases of strategic acquisitions. It reports to the Senior Director, Corporate Development and works actively with Senior Leadership to deliver global strategic inorganic growth. This role is tasked with executing against target opportunities by working on the end to end spectrum from identification, deal modeling, integration planning and execution.
• The position will work regularly with colleagues from around the globe and will require travel when needed.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Support Operating Units in identifying and evaluating potential partnership opportunities and to provide targeted insights, experience-based observations, and EBITDA and cash improvement opportunities to guide investment determinations
• Conducting financial analysis and valuation of potential acquisition targets and evaluate potential synergies and integration plans, including discounted cash flow (DCF) analysis, comparable company analysis, and merger consequences analysis.
• Performing due diligence, including financial, legal, risks and operational assessments.
• Conducting market and competitive analysis.
• Supporting cross-functional teams and coordinating efforts across departments (finance, legal, operations, etc.) to execute transactions and strategic initiatives.
• Monitoring and reporting on the progress of initiatives, ensuring alignment with corporate goals and timelines.
• Coordinate 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 proactive decision support to executives and team members
• Mobilize the internal resources and external partners to ensure effective and timely delivery
• Other duties as assigned

Basic Qualifications: 

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting or business administration or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years of experience in investment banking, buy side investing and/or corporate development.
• Strong financial deal modeling and transaction execution experience.

Preferred Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• 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
• 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 policy at all times

Travel Requirements:

• Must be able to travel up to 20% of the time, including international

Physical & Mental Requirements:

• Sedentary - exerting up to 10lbs/4kgs of force occasionally, and/or negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to life, carry, push, pull, or otherwise move objects, including the human body.  Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time.  Jobs are sedentary if walking and standing are required only occasionally, and all other sedentary criteria are met
• 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
• Use written and oral communication skills
• 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
• Able to be aware of all relevant SOPs as per Company policy as they are related to the position covered by this Job Description

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West embraces diversity and equality of opportunity. We foster an environment where all individuals are safe, treated fairly, valued and respected. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status or other applicable legally protected characteristics. Where permitted by law, employment with West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. or any of its subsidiary or affiliate companies, is contingent upon the satisfactory completion of post-offer background screening and/or drug screening.