Business Development, Mergers & Acquisitions
Learn about the various roles in our business and their importance in helping us fulfill our purpose of getting the right food to the right location at the right time.
Business Development, Mergers & Acquisitions
Business Development, Mergers & Acquisitions
Our Business Development, Mergers & Acquisitions’ team members are forward-looking professionals who work closely with our business platforms and regions to establish opportunities for expansion through investments.
About Business Development, Mergers & Acquisitions
Employees in these roles create new business opportunities, assist in the deployment of the company’s capital, and the creation of potential partnerships.
They promote the investment capabilities of Louis Dreyfus Company (LDC) and our range of activities to existing and potential partners, and also play a role representing our business to industry players.
They support potential mergers, acquisitions and joint ventures and help structure new business transactions, working closely with our business leaders and financial and legal teams.
Is This the Career for You?
- You are energetic, and motivated to understand our business and the world of commodities in depth
- You are able to recognize what affects supply and demand and the impact of our customers and partners’ decisions
- You are very analytical, and able to determine the real potential of new assets and partnerships for our business
- You have a strategic mind capable of thinking long-term and planning for new opportunities
- You have the technical skills necessary to evaluate investment opportunities and value target companies and assets
- You are confident and decisive to act on opportunities quickly
Areas of Opportunity
- Execution of LDC’s business plan in terms of CAPEX deployment, including origination, structuring and negotiation of transactions
- Building relationships with partners and customers and working with them to create new business opportunities
- Developing new geographies and assessing the opportunities they provide to grow the business
- Sourcing new assets that will increase our market presence and help us protect commodity flows
- Internal evaluation of investment opportunities to determine the benefits they will bring to LDC