Manager, Business Integration

The Business Integration Manager leads early integration planning and the overall tracking of integration execution. Manages the overall process and/or a team of employees who complete project-oriented duties related to the integration and assimilation of an acquired entity into Motion. Typical project involvement starts prior to completion of the acquisition/merge and continues through to the final integration. The Business Integration Manager will partner with leadership and key stakeholders across the organization to drive successful integrations, and to identify and support enterprise-wide process optimizations.

• Works with Motion group and business leaders to define and track progress toward the execution of integration objectives and synergies.
• Strategizes and develops long-term plans that drive new levels of productivity and success.
• Leads and develops the integration plans.
• Creates integration project tools and artifacts that can be re-used on future business integration activity.
• Oversees team, activities and projects associated with the assimilation of practices and systems across functions. Uses strong business acumen and awareness of key measures of business success for the assimilation.
• Builds understanding of the specific acquisition and functions as a liaison to key stakeholders.
• Contributes to business development initiatives including pre-deal diligence reviews while planning integration.
• Requires knowledge of project management, business processes, system analysis and IT-related projects to work across functional areas where data management and systems related projects or activities are the focus of consolidation.
• Effectively builds, develops, and manages relationships across all stakeholders, including senior executives, setting expectations on their role as stakeholders vested in the success of each integration.
• Partners with specialists in legal, HR, accounting, payroll, IT and other administrative areas of Motion.
• Actively supports all functional workstream leads and their respective teams to develop and adapt comprehensive and appropriately detailed integration plans and projects linked to key deal value drivers.
• Ensures collaboration and information sharing among work streams through transparency and effective communication.
• Monitors and tracks project progress against project deliverables; communicates project status, including roadblocks, milestones, successes with all project stakeholders.
• Maintains regular, timely and accurate reporting to key stakeholders on assigned projects.
• Conducts assessment and analysis on due diligence and integration execution to identify areas of improvement.
• Partners with leadership to build key success metrics to evaluate integration planning and execution.
• Resolves conflicts and creatively solves problems with limited input and resources in a fast-paced, high-pressure environment.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

• Typically requires a bachelor's degree in business, finance, or technical discipline and five (5) or more years of experience in industrial distribution or manufacturing.
• Project management experience highly preferred.
• Minimum of 3-5+ years of experience leading large-scale, cross-functional projects preferably focused on all phases of integration planning and execution in the context of Mergers and Acquisitions.
• Background and experience with large scale ERP integrations.
• Background and experience with product design or manufacturing tools.

• Direct experience managing merger integrations either in-house or as part of a consulting/advisory firm.
• Experience managing and resolving issues, risks, and conflicts.
• Proven ability to operate independently, with minimal direct…