Job Description

It's more than a job
As a finance professional at Kuehne+Nagel, your work includes managing budgets, strategic planning, and overseeing financial operations. You also help make ordinary and special moments possible for people around the world. Because your financial diligence allows your colleagues across the company to stay focused on the core of their work, whether it's getting vital healthcare products to those who need them or fresh fruit to children playing in the park. Finance work at Kuehne+Nagel, means more than we imagine.
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Are you ready to lead transformative, high-impact projects at the heart of a global logistics leader? Join Kuehne+Nagel as our new Head of Mergers & Acquisitions (f/m/d), based at our headquarters in Schindellegi. In this strategic role, you'll drive complex M&A transactions--from target evaluation to integration planning--while steering key initiatives such as divestments, spin-offs, and corporate restructurings. This is your opportunity to shape the future of our organization at the crossroads of finance, legal, and operations.
How you create impact

• Assess, review or prepare target profiles together with Business or Functional Units Leads.
• Prepare profiles, documents and presentations for Management Board or Chairmans Committee and administrate the corresponding required approvals.
• Design and lead actively negotiation strategies in close coordination with BU/FU negotiators.
• Prepare non-binding offers, review binding agreements in alignment with legal department and BU/FU representatives and actively negotiate terms and conditions connected to M&A deals.
• Build appropriate valuation models and make recommendations for deal structures in alignment with Corporate Finance functions.
• Develop, maintain and implement the governance for M&A project management, due diligence processes and integration frameworks.
• Manage due diligence processes, ensure appropriate staffing of related workstreams and corresponding timelines.
• Oversee integration projects, provide project management framework and measure business case achievements.

What we would like you to bring

• Master's degree in Finance & Accounting, complemented by a professional background or certification in M&A, law, legal services, or project management.
• 8 years minimum of experience in finance, including at least 5 years of senior stakeholder management and 3 years in international environments.
• Proven track record in M&A transactions, valuation modelling, equity accounting, and legal entity structuring.
• Strong analytical thinking, sound judgment, commercial acumen, and the ability to lead with a strategic mindset.
• Demonstrated leadership capabilities, team spirit, and experience working effectively in multicultural and cross-functional teams.
• Solid project management capabilities, excellent written and verbal communication, and strong negotiation skills.
• Willingness to travel and adapt to flexible working hours.
• Fluent language skills in English and German; additional languages are a plus.

What's in it for you
At Kuehne+Nagel, you'll be part of a global leader in logistics, contributing to transformative projects that shape the future of supply chains across industries. We offer:

• Global Exposure: Step into a world of international opportunities with a presence in 100+ countries.
• People-Centric Culture: Join a team where your voice matters and people genuinely care.
• Learning & Development: Grow with us--personally and professionally--through world-class training and career pathways.
• Innovation & Sustainability: Be part of a future-focused company driving real change in logistics and the planet.
• Rewards & Recognition: Get rewarded for your passion, performance, and potential, and enjoy great benefits.
• Great-Place-To-Work: for the second consecutive year, we are certified as a great place to work.

Who we are
Logistics shapes everyday life - from the goods we consume to the healthcare we rely on. At Kuehne+Nagel, your work goes beyond logistics; it enables both ordinary and special moments in the lives of people around the world.
As a global leader with a strong heritage and a vision to move the world forward, we offer a safe, stable environment where your career can make a real difference. Whether we help deliver life-saving medicines, develop sustainable transportation solutions or support our local communities, your career will contribute to more than you can imagine.
We kindly advise that placement agencies refrain from submitting unsolicited profiles. Any submissions of candidates without prior signed agreement will be considered our property and no fees will be paid.

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