Who are we?
Buyers Edge Platform stands at the forefront of revolutionizing the foodservice industry through technology, purchasing power and partnerships. We are dedicated to empowering stakeholders across the entire foodservice ecosystem (operators, distributors, manufacturers) with efficiency and unprecedented visibility. With a diverse portfolio of over a dozen brands, our mission is clear: to reduce costs, streamline the foodservice supply chain, and propel the industry from manual to automated.
Today, we are one of the largest players in foodservice, with over 200K operator locations across North America and over $50 billion of aggregated spend volume. Our commitment to foodservice excellence is proven in four distinct areas of value: Digital Procurement Network, Fresh Solutions, Supply Chain Management, and Software. Buyers Edge Platform is not just a provider – we are a strategic partner on the journey towards a more efficient, connected, and automated future for the foodservice industry.
This position is remotely based. We are unable to offer work sponsorship for this role.
As an M&A Project Manager, you will assist in all aspects of the company's merger and acquisition activities. This includes developing and implementing strategies, negotiating and executing transactions, and tracking post-acquisition performance and integration.
Your impact:
- Market and competitive landscape analysis, including trends and developments.
- Identify and source targets, build strong relationships with business owners.
- Ensure our end-to-end M&A process is optimized across the organization.
- Prioritize and evaluate potential targets, including alignment with all stakeholders.
- Collaborate on all key aspects of the deal process from initial investment thesis, business case, financial valuation, due diligence, negotiation, closing and integration.
- Create and present materials to recommend investment cases to executives
- Drive the financial model/valuation and due diligence process, including liaising with internal business units and corporate functions and external business owners.
- Collaborate with subject matter experts (Finance, Accounting, HR, IT, Ops) internally and externally in preparation for closing / integration.
- Ensure successful close and integration, including performance tracking of deal.
About you:
- Bachelor’s degree in business, finance, accounting, or related field.
- 2 -5 years of related experience
- Self-starter with an ownership mindset; ability to prioritize, organize, and drive multiple projects at once.
- Desire to work with fast-paced and entrepreneurial organizations with frequent exposure to senior leadership.
- Excellent communication, presentation and interpersonal skills.
- Highly organized with strong attention to detail.
- Self-motivated and directed with the ability to learn quickly.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office, especially Excel and PowerPoint.
- MBA and/or CPA preferred.
What's in this for you?
Amazing coverages to start. Medical, dental, and vision coverages are just the beginning! We also offer ancillary plans, such as flexible spending accounts for both health and dependent care, critical illness, accident, and voluntary life as well as company paid life and long-term-disability plans! On top of this, we also offer a 401(k) plan with company match.
Invest in your success. We will provide you with a thorough training and development program; and offer competitive compensation.
Live well = Work well. Relax with our Personal Responsibility Paid Time Off policy where you don’t have to accrue time off in order to take it! We also offer half-day Summer Fridays!
We welcome all.
We are committed to creating a diverse environment and are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to actual or perceived race, color, creed, religion, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, age, sex or gender (including pregnancy, childbirth and pregnancy-related conditions), gender identity or expression (including transgender status), sexual orientation, marital status, military service and veteran status, physical or mental disability, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local laws and ordinances.
