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Andercore is the AI-native supplier of industrial materials for energy, infrastructure, and construction in wholesale and beyond.
We trade with global suppliers and distribute to European customers on our own account. Our AI runs the full trade and distribution end-to-end: sourcing, quality, pricing, sales, logistics, and embedded financing. For the customer, it feels like buying from their preferred local supplier; for our partners, it is the most convenient and safe way to do business across borders. Behind it, our software and agentic AI do the heavy lifting that used to take an asset-intensive supply chain with four or five intermediaries and weeks of manual coordination
Seven European markets live
80+ people across Berlin (HQ), offices in London, Mumbai, and Shanghai
$40M Series B just closed, $75M raised to date from Atomico, Project A, and Inven Capital, institutional financing from international banks.
We are building the world's first and last industrial-grade AI operating system for materials, redefining how global trade works in of the largest and most essential industries on earth.
This is not a traditional Corporate Development role.
As
, you will work directly with the CEO and take responsibility for building Andercore's M&A engine from the ground up. You will help define our roll-up strategy, identify and approach acquisition targets, develop investment cases and execute transactions end-to-end. At the same time, you will work closely with our technology and operating teams to answer the question at the heart of our strategy:
This means thinking beyond financial engineering and traditional buy-and-build.
You will help identify where AI, automation, centralized procurement, data, pricing, sales productivity, working-capital optimization and shared infrastructure can fundamentally improve the economics of acquired businesses.
Your mandate is ultimately to build a repeatable acquisition and value-creation machine capable of executing multiple transactions every year.
Take Andercore's acquisition and consolidation strategy across Europe to the next level.
Identify attractive verticals, geographies and acquisition archetypes.
Build market maps and identify highly fragmented markets suitable for consolidation.
Develop the financial and strategic logic behind our roll-up thesis.
Determine where Andercore's technology and AI capabilities can create disproportionate value after acquisition.
Build a multi-year acquisition roadmap together with the CEO and Board.
Build and continuously develop a proprietary pipeline of acquisition opportunities.
Identify and directly approach founders and owners of attractive businesses.
Build trusted relationships with entrepreneurs, often long before they consider selling.
Develop systematic, data-driven sourcing approaches.
Build relationships with investment banks, M&A boutiques, advisers and other intermediaries.
We expect proprietary sourcing to become a core competitive advantage of Andercore's M&A strategy.
Own transactions from first conversation through closing:
Initial assessment and strategic fit
Financial analysis and valuation
Investment cases
Deal structuring
LOIs
Negotiation
Commercial, financial, tax and legal due diligence
Financing
Board and shareholder materials
Signing and closing
You will coordinate internal stakeholders and external advisers while remaining personally accountable for moving transactions forward.
Our ambition is not simply to acquire businesses. It is to transform them.
Together with Andercore's technology and operating teams, you will identify opportunities to apply AI, automation and our central platform across areas such as:
Sales productivity and customer intelligence
Pricing and margin optimization
Procurement
Supplier management
Customer service
Finance and administration
Working capital
Logistics and fulfilment
Data and reporting
You will incorporate these opportunities into acquisition theses and quantify their potential impact before we invest.
Develop Day-1 and 100-day plans before closing.
Translate investment theses into measurable operational initiatives.
Define integration priorities together with functional leaders.
Track acquisition performance against the original investment case.
Identify additional opportunities for technology deployment, synergies and operational improvement.
The objective is not necessarily to integrate everything immediately. It is to determine
You will build the infrastructure required to turn acquisitions into a repeatable capability using the latest AI stack:
M&A playbook
Target database and pipeline
Valuation frameworks
Investment committee processes
Due diligence standards
Deal documentation
Integration playbooks
Portfolio reporting
Value-creation tracking
As our acquisition pace increases, you will build and lead a dedicated Corporate Development team.
We are looking for an exceptional investor and operator. The strongest candidates will likely come from:
Leading Private Equity funds, particularly buy-and-build or mid-market investing
Top-tier Investment Banking / M&A
Corporate Development at a highly acquisitive company
A combination of Investment Banking and Private Equity
You will likely bring
, including meaningful exposure to transactions.
Experience in industrial distribution, business services, industrial technology or fragmented-market consolidation is particularly valuable
Strong commercial judgment
Deep understanding of M&A
Excellent negotiation skills
Entrepreneurial instinct
High ownership and execution intensity
Ability to build relationships with entrepreneurs and business owners
Intellectual curiosity around AI and technology
You do not need to be an AI engineer.
But you should be deeply interested in understanding how AI changes businesses, cost structures and competitive advantages — and how those changes can create entirely new acquisition strategies.
German and English fluency are highly preferred.
You think like an investor but operate like an entrepreneur.
You enjoy understanding businesses quickly and identifying what makes them valuable.
You are comfortable calling a founder yourself, building the model yourself, negotiating an LOI and presenting the investment case to the Board.
You don't need an established process around you. You build the process.
You combine analytical rigor with speed and pragmatism.
And you are excited by the opportunity to help answer of the most interesting questions emerging in private equity and technology today:
Within your first 12 months, you will have:
Established Andercore's M&A and roll-up strategy.
Built a substantial proprietary acquisition pipeline.
Created a repeatable sourcing and transaction process.
Built Andercore's M&A playbook.
Developed a clear framework for AI and technology-driven value creation.
Led multiple transactions from initial contact through advanced negotiations.
Closed our first acquisitions.
Established the foundations for executing multiple acquisitions every year.
Over time, you will build Andercore's Corporate Development organization and play a central role in building a new category of European industrial company.
This is an opportunity to build rather than inherit.
You will work directly with Andercore's founders, Board and investors and have significant responsibility from day.
You will combine
in role.
We are an equal-opportunity employer and welcome applicants from all backgrounds, regardless of race, ethnicity, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion, age, disability, or any other characteristic. We believe that diversity drives innovation, creativity, and collective strength.
How to apply for Director of Corporate Development at Andercore?
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What is the salary for this role?
Salary details will be discussed during the interview.
What experience is required?
Fresher (0-1 yr) of experience is required.
Is this position still open?
Yes, currently active and accepting applications.
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