Job Description

Led by Rodolphe Saadé, the CMA CGM Group, a global leader in shipping and logistics, serves more than 420 ports around the world on five continents. With its subsidiary CEVA Logistics, a world leader in logistics, and its air freight division CMA CGM AIR CARGO, the CMA CGM Group is continually innovating to offer its customers a complete and increasingly efficient range of new shipping, land, air and logistics solutions.

Committed to the energy transition in shipping, and a pioneer in the use of alternative fuels, the CMA CGM Group has set a target to become Net Zero Carbon by 2050.

Through the CMA CGM Foundation, the Group acts in humanitarian crises that require an emergency response by mobilizing the Group’s shipping and logistics expertise to bring humanitarian supplies around the world.

Present in 160 countries through its network of more than 400 offices and 750 warehouses, the Group employs more than 155,000 people worldwide, including 4,000 in Marseilles where its head office is located.

THE ROLE

To support our Group's growth, we are looking for a manager who are organized, agile and committed, able to bring a strategic perspective and deliver tangible impact with the Group's leadership.

As a member of the CMA Conseil team, you will contribute to high-visibility strategic consulting assignments, directly serving the Group's leadership. You will work in small teams on projects ranging from a few weeks to several months, covering all of the Group's business lines and geographies.

Within the PMI (Post-Merger Integration) unit, you will support the Group and the BUs in making external growth operations a success, from the due diligence phase through to post-acquisition integration — structuring integration plans, helping teams deliver the synergies identified, and anticipating risks and contingency plans.

WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO?

1. Contribute to due diligence and pre-integration phases

• Participate in due diligence on the Group's strategic transactions
• Identify key integration issues and risks early on
• Challenge the feasibility of integration plans and identified synergies
• Contribute to defining the integration strategy and roadmap from the pre-acquisition stage
• Prepare the transition between the acquisition and the launch of the PMI program

2. Lead integrations

• Take ownership of complex, strategic integration programs
• Structure and steer integration plans, workstreams, responsibilities and milestones
• Set up governance and steering routines
• Coordinate Group, BU, support-function and local teams
• Identify key risks and blockers and ensure they are resolved
• Prepare and facilitate steering committees with sponsors and executives
• Prepare reporting and recommendations for management and the Executive Committee (COMEX)

3. Support the capture and securing of synergies

• Challenge the synergy assumptions identified during due diligence
• Support the BUs in translating synergies into concrete action plans
• Set up mechanisms to track realized gains against the business case
• Identify gaps and risks that could jeopardize the delivery of synergies
• Define contingency plans and corrective actions together with the BUs
• Escalate matters requiring a management decision

4. Structure the Group's PMI methodologies

• Develop and evolve the CMA Conseil PMI playbook
• Standardize tools, templates, KPIs and governance models
• Build on lessons learned from previous integrations
• Adapt PMI methodologies to different types of acquisitions and contexts
• Contribute to spreading PMI best practices across the Group

5. Support teams and executives

• Act as a key point of contact for the executives of acquired companies and BU sponsors
• Advise leadership teams on the main integration challenges
• Facilitate coordination between Group teams and local teams
• Support operational teams in implementing integration plans
• Step in on critical matters requiring strategic or operational support

6. Contribute to CMA Conseil's assignments

• Develop CMA Conseil's PMI offering with Group sponsors
• Contribute to business plans, operating models and transformation plans related to external growth operations
• Leverage integration experience to enrich the team's methods and tools
• Participate in building PMI capabilities within the team
• Contribute to developing the PMI community across the Group

WHO ARE WE LOOKING FOR?

• 7–12 years of experience, including significant experience in Post-Merger Integration
• Background in strategy/management consulting, M&A, transformation, or a corporate environment
• Significant experience leading complex, international integration programs
• Strong command of synergies, operating model, organization and transformation topics
• Ability to interact with Executive Committee-level stakeholders and challenge teams
• Excellent structuring, steering and problem-solving skills
• Natural leadership and the ability to rally teams without hierarchical authority
• Fluent English and in French

Come along on CMA CGM’s adventure !