Avery Dennison Corporation (NYSE: AVY) is a global materials science and digital identification solutions company that provides a wide range of branding and information solutions that optimize labor and supply chain efficiency, reduce waste, advance sustainability, circularity and transparency, and better connect brands and consumers. Our products and solutions include labeling and functional materials, radio frequency identification (RFID) inlays and tags, software applications that connect the physical and digital, and a variety of products and solutions that enhance branded packaging and carry or display information that improves the customer experience. Serving an array of industries worldwide — including home and personal care, apparel, general retail, e-commerce, logistics, food and grocery, pharmaceuticals and automotive — we employ approximately 34,000 employees in more than 50 countries. Our reported sales in 2023 were $8.4 billion. Learn more at www.averydennison.com.

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The Senior Director Strategy and M&A will lead the development of long term strategic plans for our Materials Group (MG) businesses (Label Materials, Graphics, Performance Materials)  in North Asia (China, Korea, Japan). The role acts as the strategy and M&A leader on the North Asia leadership team. It works with the relevant functions and business leaders to assess business challenges and opportunities and drive implementation of both strategic and operational improvement initiatives. This role can be based in Guangzhou, Shanghai or Kunshan and reports directly to the Vice President and General Manager for MG North Asia with a dotted line to the Vice President Strategy and M&A for MG Global.

This is an outstanding opportunity for a high potential with established professional experience (12+ years) to shape the strategy of our business while optimizing its performance. This is a role in a stimulating, value-driven and collaborative work environment with exposure to top management, and the opportunity to grow and develop into other leadership roles in the organization.

You will:

• Be a key thought partner to the VP/GM for North Asia and other members of the regional leadership team on both strategic questions as well as improvement opportunities and support with the respective initiatives

• Directly lead the market research and sustainability teams

• Partner with your peers on the leadership team to help them take a long term view while leveraging their business experience

• Build and maintain a network within the organization as well as the ecosystem

• Lead the annual strategic planning process: Shape the storyline, structure the work, support and challenge the functional leaders with their workstreams, make sure financial projections tie back to the strategy

• Develop and execute focused strategies for growing our business into adjacencies. Assess market structure, trends and customer needs, in particular in adjacent business spaces

• Act as project lead for important strategic or business issues.  This includes managing cross-functional teams as well as deep diving into the business.

• Work closely with the organization to identify acquisition opportunities which could help accelerate our strategies. Manage the M&A pipeline for MG-North Asia and together with the corporate M&A team lead the M&A process (investment thesis, target approach, valuation, due diligence, negotiation, signing, closing and integration planning). Present the findings and recommendations to the M&A committee (composed of the CEO and the key leaders of the business)

• Exchange experiences and best practices with your counterparts in Europe, North America and South Asia.

• As part of the corporate strategy team, support at times with broader strategic assessments or M&A deals which cut across different regions and divisions. 

We are looking for someone with 12+ years of related work experience preferably from both Management Consulting as well as working in a corporation, who has a hands-on attitude, is ready to dive deep into the business and can manage both long term growth and short term operational improvements. The candidate should be a strong team player able to influence without authority, across a large matrixed organization.

• Master’s degree or PhD in science, engineering, business administration or economics

• Ability to travel (10-20% mostly within North Asia)

• 12+ years of professional experience in Management Consulting or Corporate Roles with a mixture of strategic and operational improvement projects

• Prior organizational leadership experience within corporations, driving growth and performance of large, complex teams

• M&A experience is a plus

• Collaborative work style and strong team player putting  the success of the team ahead of own personal interests.

• Comfortable to work in a technical environment (material science) and desire to understand technical issues in order to gain recognition

• Can do attitude: strong personal drive and ability to work independently in multiple environments/cultures and get things done

• Outstanding analytic and problem solving skills with affinity for quantitative modeling 

• Strong oral and written communications

• Solid understanding of financial reporting (P&L, balance sheet, cash flow etc.)

• Proficiency with DCF models. and metrics (NPV, ROTC, IRR, …)

• Able to work at all levels of the organization and represent Avery Dennison in negotiations with business partners, and acquisition targets.

• Good business judgment with constant desire to learn

• Excellent  project management skills

• Proficient in Mandarin and English

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We not only embrace change… we drive it. We work hard, push hard, and take brave risks. Our culture is innovative and collaborative - where bold ideas turn into action. We grow strong talent through stretch opportunities only restricted by your interests. We are committed to workplace diversity, both for employees and for the business. We are a force for good, imbedded in industries and communities worldwide. We are challenging ourselves and others to reach higher and think bigger to improve the quality of all life. Avery Dennison is a great place to work for everyone and an equal employment opportunity provider.

We are open to adjusting the job level and responsibilities based on the successful candidate's skills and experiences.