Freelance M&A Integration and Disentanglement Program Director (ZZP)

You are a part of:

The SMAP team (Strategy, Mergers & Acquisitions and Partnerships) structured around 3 hubs located in Amsterdam, Boston and Shanghai. The M&A team has global responsibility for all Philips M&A and Divestment activities and consists of top-level M&A specialists with wide ranging backgrounds, nationalities and competencies. This position is based in Amsterdam.

Job Description:

In this role you directly contribute to the realization of Philips becoming a leading Health Tech player by executing strategic projects that are related to portfolio optimization (Mergers & Acquisitions and Divestments). You have the opportunity to prepare and lead the post-merger integration and disentanglement activities for acquisitions and divestment to ensure a smooth transition to or from Royal Philips. Utilizing the skills you have developed as an experienced project/program manager with business background, you will directly support and execute the key decisions being made at the highest levels of the organization.

You are responsible for:

As our Integration and Disentanglement Program Director, you will participate in the deal team of an M&A project with respect to integration or disentanglement as an integration/disentanglement expert.

The Integration and Disentanglement Program Director is also responsible for:

• Setting up & resourcing the integration and disentanglement project structure (inc. external advisors) and managing expert teams for all functions and market/country teams involved;

• Responsible for delivering integration strategy (Platinum) and disentanglement strategy (Seperation Memorandum) and project execution;

• Member of the acquisitions/divestment deal-team to support realization of a transaction in all its facets;

• Managing integration & disentanglement budgets, data room activities (divestments) including

• Midaxo tool;

• Independently managing smaller divestment projects ie; carving out a small business, factory or service activity from the Philips infrastructure and establishing it as a standalone company (capable of successfully operating independently);

• Within the broader SMAP team, support M&A Due Diligence efforts or advise on Strategy Projects where applicable;

• Ensure the granular planning and execution of the value creation among work streams;

• Ensure value creation and business objectives of the acquired targets together with the business clusters;

• Partner with and coach the Business Integration Leader in PMI methodology used to define and deliver post-merger integration strategy for the RFA;

• Partner and coach the Business Disentanglement Lead on disentanglement objectives and leveraging the Philips organization;

• Monitor business and financial performance and take all necessary corrective actions to ensure that the overall business and financial performance targets are met by the applicable business during the integration/disentanglement process;

• Providing aftercare of the acquired business and identification of additional value creation opportunities;

• Providing aftercare of a divestment and negotiation of (transitional) service agreements;

• Act as an intermediary between the M&A Functional Experts and the acquired/divested business and sector, country, and corporate functions;

• Drive and lead the activities aimed at delivering continuous improvement across the projects;

• Contribute to the M&A Integration and Disentanglement Competence Centre by sharing experiences, best practices and lessons learned;

In this role, you should have the following skills and experience:

You already have hands-on experience and knowledge of at least 2 different commercial and/or operational roles (cross functional) and overall business experience of at least 8-10 years.

Besides that, you have:

• Master’s degree, MBA, or other post graduate work or relevant work experience required;

• Experienced project leader, successfully managed multiple projects (5-8) in varying stages at the same time, who is capable of operating on senior management levels, able to create strong, effective multi-disciplinary teams and lead them throughout the project;

• Drive for results, and focus on customers to get the deal done;

• Deliver in a disciplined manner the project as per agreed time-lines while being able to identify critical issues in all functions and negotiate & deal with all experts involved to resolve the matter;

• Strong team player with a pragmatic approach and good communication and negotiation skills;

• Stress resistant, task driven inc. execution of deal related administration;

• Strong leader, coaching, analytical, problem solving and troubleshooting skills;

• Excellent communications and interpersonal skills;

• Strong personal presence and awareness; must be able to operate up to three levels above and below current grade level;

• High level of empathy and a strong sense for cultural differences and how to bridge them;

• High level of integrity;

• Ability to prioritize work based upon changing demands, solid sense for operational priorities;

• Ability to make decisions within uncertainty;

• Ability to work both independently and in remote project team setting;

• Ability to work in a team environment and have a willingness to share knowledge;

• Experience in a post-merger integration or disentanglements is a plus;

• Worked successfully within differing business cultures; a variety of country cultures a plus;

• Successfully managed through influence rather than direct management;

• Strong business acumen, Project Management and Six Sigma experience / certification a plus;

• Lean experience /certification a plus;

• Willingness to travel (project dependent but can be up to 50% at times; average over a year 25%); willingness to have flexible work schedule depending on project geography (early morning/late evenings etc.)