Manager, Corporate Development & Strategic Partnerships

Ulta Beauty
Bolingbrook, IL
30 Apr 2024

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OVERVIEW

Live the

experience. From professional empowerment to continual learning opportunities. From ongoing investment in our strategic initiatives to a career of self-determination. At Ulta Beauty, our team is critical to our scalability-and is recognized that way. We've been defined as a "mature start-up." A place where interdepartmental exposure, open doors, and genuine collaboration is ubiquitous. Where challenges come fast and furious, requiring agility, mental dexterity, and creativity. Where

our passion for better solutions drives us and is core to who we are.

We're engineering for the future of retail, and it's no-holds-barred. But for those motivated by continual change and ambiguity, by superior leadership, by whip smart colleagues who will press you daily for your very best, you'll find that virtually nothing's impossible at Ulta Beauty.

OUR STORY:

Ulta Beauty is the largest specialty beauty retailer in the United States and the place for the true beauty enthusiast who gets butterflies as she shops for beauty and experiments throughout our store. We are the only one to provide our guests prestige, mass and salon products and services under one roof - All Things Beauty, All in One Place™. We put our guests at the center of all we do, committing to offer her unrivaled ways to be beautiful in an environment that provides the thrill of exploration and delight of discovery.

POSITION SUMMARY:

The Corporate Development & Strategic Partnerships team is responsible for identifying, evaluating, and executing on new growth opportunities that support the broad, strategic vision for Ulta Beauty.

The Manager, Corporate Development & Strategic Partnerships will be responsible for working closely with the Corporate Strategy and Project Management teams, as well as with key functional leaders across the company. This individual will be responsible to execution of end-to-end opportunity evaluation, including business and financial analysis to support decision-making for key projects, particularly as it relates to new business development, specific opportunity assessment (both organic and inorganic), and strategy-driven investment and M&A evaluation for Ulta Beauty.

A successful candidate must be naturally curious, self-motivated, able to prioritize effectively, and possess very strong financial modeling, problem-solving, and analytical skills. With direct access to senior executives, this individual will lead highly visible projects that will have a significant impact on the direction and performance of the company, and therefore should demonstrate strong executive presence and possess superior communication and presentation skills.

CORE JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:
  • Partner closely with the Corporate Strategy team, the Executive Team, and key cross-functional leaders to build and cultivate a pipeline of partnerships, acquisitions, and strategic investments to support the enterprise-wide strategic plan
  • Partner with the VP of Corporate Strategy and the Director of Corp. Dev., Strategic Partnerships, and DI Fund on end-to-end evaluation (sourcing to integration planning) of potential M&A opportunities, investments, and other strategic partnerships
  • Clearly and concisely present opportunities and communicate the implications and recommendations to senior leaders and executives
  • Develop financial models, and valuation analyses, both independently and in partnership with finance team, that support decision-making
  • Lead full due diligence process - in partnership with cross-functional leaders - including communications/meetings, information flow, summarizing key findings, and identifying/quantifying synergies and risk
  • Support identification of white space opportunities: assess and articulate the strategic rationale, grounded in data-driven insights, in support of enterprise-wide strategy

ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES:
  • Develop a deep perspective on the competitive landscape, integrating appropriate competitive, marketplace and other trends and insights to inform Ulta Beauty's Corporate Development & Strategic Partnerships strategy
  • Track active, inactive, and closed deal activities; review and manage inbounds received from internal and external parties

REQUIREMENTS FOR CONSIDERATION:
  • Bachelor's degree required and MBA from top-tier program preferred
  • 5 - 7 years of professional experience in Finance or Strategy
  • 2+ years of investment banking or management consulting experience at a top-tier firm required
  • Strong communication and confident influencing skills - including team leadership, thought leadership, collaboration, partnership across diverse team environments
  • Proven track record of leading projects across cross-functional teams
  • Strong experience with analytical and problem-solving skills - ability to analyze opportunities with the right level of pragmatism
  • Well organized - ability to lead, manage, and prioritize multiple projects efficiently
  • Highly motivated - exhibit flexibility and willingness to take on new responsibilities and assignments and to assist with various ad hoc projects as needed
  • Experience in retail or consumer products preferred, but not required
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ABOUT

At

Ulta Beauty (NASDAQ: ULTA),

the possibilities are beautiful. Ulta Beauty is the largest North American beauty retailer and the premier beauty destination for cosmetics, fragrance, skin care products, hair care products and salon services. We bring possibilities to life through the power of beauty each and every day in our stores and online with more than 25,000 products from approximately 500 well-established and emerging beauty brands across all categories and price points, including Ulta Beauty's own private label. Ulta Beauty also offers a full-service salon in every store featuring-hair, skin, brow, and make-up services.

We will consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with arrest records, conviction records, or other criminal histories, in a manner consistent with the requirements of any applicable state and local laws, including the City of Los Angeles' Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, and the New York City Fair Chance Act.
  • ID: #39937092
  • State: Illinois Bolingbrook 60440 Bolingbrook USA
  • City: Bolingbrook
  • Salary: TBD
  • Job type: Full Time
  • Showed: 2022-04-30
  • Deadline: 2022-06-18
  • Category: Et cetera