Manager, Business Integration

Genuine Parts Company•Birmingham, AL

About The Position

The Business Integration Manager leads early integration planning and tracks integration execution for acquired entities being integrated into Motion. The role manages the overall process and/or a team completing project-oriented work to assimilate an acquired entity, with involvement typically beginning before an acquisition or merger is completed and continuing through final integration. The manager partners with organizational leadership and stakeholders to drive successful integrations and identify and support enterprise-wide process improvements. The position oversees integration work across functions, develops reusable project tools and artifacts, coordinates workstream planning, tracks deliverables and communicates project status. It also contributes to business development initiatives, including pre-deal diligence, and partners with specialists in legal, HR, accounting, payroll, IT and other administrative areas. The role requires project management, business-process, systems-analysis and IT-project knowledge, particularly where data management and systems are being consolidated. The position may supervise 0–5 direct reports and 0–5 indirect reports. Travel of up to 20% is required for business purposes.

Requirements

Typically requires a bachelor's degree in business, finance or a technical discipline.
Five or more years of experience in industrial distribution or manufacturing.
At least 3–5+ years of experience leading large-scale, cross-functional projects; integration planning and execution across all phases in a mergers and acquisitions context is preferred.
Direct experience managing merger integrations in-house or through a consulting or advisory firm.
Experience managing and resolving issues, risks and conflicts.
Ability to operate independently with minimal direct day-to-day supervision.
Ability to drive results through distributed cross-functional teams and strong business acumen.
Strong analytical and project management skills.
Proficiency with project management tools and Microsoft Office.
Extensive knowledge of process improvement methodologies, agile methodologies, change management principles and organizational design.
Excellent communication and teamwork skills, including effective interaction at all organizational levels.
Self-management, self-motivation and ability to support multiple overlapping projects.
Demonstrated ability to influence and engage team members across functions and management levels.
Ability to formulate the big picture while attending to project details.
Comfort with ambiguity and changing projects and priorities.
Willingness to travel up to 20% for business purposes.

Nice To Haves

Project management experience.
Experience with large-scale ERP integrations.
Experience with product design or manufacturing tools.
Lean Six Sigma Black Belt certification.
Agile certification such as Leading SAFe or similar.

Responsibilities

Work with Motion group and business leaders to define integration objectives and synergies and track progress toward execution.
Develop long-term plans to drive productivity and success.
Lead and develop integration plans.
Create reusable integration project tools and artifacts.
Oversee teams, activities and projects involved in assimilating practices and systems across functions.
Build an understanding of each acquisition and serve as a liaison to key stakeholders.
Contribute to business development initiatives, including pre-deal diligence reviews, while planning integration.
Build, develop and manage relationships with stakeholders, including senior executives, and set expectations for their roles in integration success.
Partner with specialists in legal, HR, accounting, payroll, IT and other administrative areas.
Support functional workstream leads and teams in developing and adapting detailed integration plans and projects linked to deal value drivers.
Promote collaboration and information sharing among workstreams through transparency and effective communication.
Monitor and track project progress against deliverables and communicate status, roadblocks, milestones and successes to stakeholders.
Provide regular, timely and accurate reporting to key stakeholders on assigned projects.
Assess and analyze due diligence and integration execution to identify areas for improvement.
Partner with leadership to develop success metrics for integration planning and execution.
Resolve conflicts and solve problems in a fast-paced, high-pressure environment with limited input and resources.
Perform other duties as assigned.