Director of Corporate Development

About the role

About Andercore 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. Where we are today: Strong triple-digit-million euro turnover 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 one of the largest and most essential industries on earth. The Opportunity This is not a traditional Corporate Development role. As Director of Corporate Development, 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: How can we acquire traditional industrial businesses and use technology and AI to make them dramatically better? 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. What You Will Own M&A & Roll-Up Strategy 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. Proprietary Deal Origination 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. Deal Execution 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. AI-Driven Value Creation 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, aut

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