Eurofins Scientific is an international life sciences company, providing a unique range of analytical testing services to clients across multiple industries, to make life and our environment safer, healthier and more sustainable. From the food you eat, to the water you drink, to the medicines you rely on, Eurofins laboratories work with the biggest companies in the world to ensure the products they supply are safe, their ingredients are authentic and labelling is accurate.

The Eurofins network of companies is the global leader in food, environment, pharmaceutical and cosmetic product testing and in agroscience Contract Research Organisation services. It is one of the market leaders in certain testing and laboratory services for genomics, discovery pharmacology, forensics, advanced material sciences and in the support of clinical studies, as well as having an emerging global presence in Contract Development and Manufacturing Organisations. It also has a rapidly developing presence in highly specialised and molecular clinical diagnostic testing and in-vitro diagnostic products.

In over 30 years, Eurofins has grown from one laboratory in Nantes, France to 58,000 staff across a decentralised and entrepreneurial network of 900 laboratories in over 54 countries. Eurofins companies offer a portfolio of over 200,000 analytical methods to evaluate the safety, identity, composition, authenticity, origin, traceability and purity of biological substances and products.

In 2021, Eurofins generated total revenues of EUR 6.72 billion, and has been among the best performing stocks in Europe over the past 20 years.

The role of the Associate Director, Corporate Development is to identify, develop, manage and close a set of M&A deals fitting the business strategy and needs for a specific geographical and functional area of responsibility. 

This position could be based in either Banglore, Mumbai, or Delhi. 

• Coordination of M&A pipeline:
o Market analysis, identification and liaising with potential future Eurofins partners;
o Prepare and manage the confidentiality agreements and gather and analyse preliminary data such as audited account, shareholding and leadership details;
o Evaluate targets based on their business and financial condition and outlook and recommend deal structure;
o Advise on the Transaction process and tactics, in particular interfacing with the potential targets, its shareholders or advisors and assist the business leaders in preparing negotiation documents required to progress a transaction towards completion including term sheets, heads of agreements, indicative offer letters or exclusivity agreements as required;
o Coordinate the due diligence and coordinate the activities of other external advisors (e.g. legal counsel, auditors) as required by the company;
o Assist negotiations and related strategy, attend meetings and give comments on sale and purchase documentation until signing/closing as required by the company;
o Validate the acquisition contracts, representations and warranties, …;
o Coordinate the closing of the deal, including financial settlements.
o Perform excellent peer reviews and support, in relation to the workload, similar activities in other lines of business/countries.

• Integration of the acquired companies
o Assist in setting up reporting and quality of communication between the new Eurofins partners and the general management of Eurofins;
o Support a potential legal reorganisation of some companies, fiscal and financial optimisation;
o Follow-up any post-closing obligation resulting from the acquisition (earn-outs…);
o Prepare shareholder resolutions and follow-up annual account and post-closing performance.

Education / Professional Experience

• Master degree in Business Administration, Finance or Engineering from a top university; MBA is considered a plus;
• High potential, ‘next generation’ finance leader;
• Min 5-10 years in Audit (big 4) / Consulting, M&A (industry or boutique), Investment Banking or Private Equity;
• Previous exposure and solid understanding of the M&A process (NDA, LOI, DD, SPA, PMI….);
• Excellent interpersonal, communication & team leadership skills;
• Outstanding technical / conceptual understanding of finance & valuations ;
• Fluency in English + Korean;
• Excellent knowledge of MS Office tools (Excel, Powerpoint).

Core Competencies

• Strong analytical and conceptual skills, good strategic thinking and business acumen;
• High energy level, drive and a passion to succeed; eager to learn and to grow;
• Strong interpersonal skills, including listening and very good communication skills (verbal and written);
• Self-starter, ownership and natural leadership & drive to get things done;
• Pragmatic and "roll up sleeves" mentality, can do attitude, Result driven, strong work ethics;
• Courage and self-confidence to take initiatives; autonomy;
• Ability to work with people from different cultural backgrounds;
• Thinking big picture, yet understanding details;
• Cordial but firm, non-emotional;
• Comfortable to work in a very dynamic, fast growing environment and an entrepreneurial, de-central organizations.
• Potential to lead people (actual experience is a nice to have but not a must).

EVOLUTION:

In a fast growing group, successful leaders are frequently being offered increased areas of responsibility (subject to geographic mobility).

Eurofins offers international opportunities to strong performers.