DIRECTOR MERGERS & ACQUISITONS

Founded in 1906, over the last 110+ years' CEMEX has grown into a global building materials company that provides high quality products and reliable service to customers and communities throughout the Americas, Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and Asia. Here at CEMEX we offer our employees competitive wages, career growth, excellent benefits including health, dental & vision plans, vacation or paid time off, employee assistance program and retirement plan options, along with over a century of stability to build your next career on! To learn more about our company culture and why you should join us, visit us at www.cemexusa.com/careers. For direct access to CEMEX Career Opportunities, visit us at https://jobs.cemex.com/.

The Director, M&A will be a key member of CEMEX's M&A organization, leading the sourcing, evaluation, structuring, negotiation, and closing of acquisitions (primarily industrial assets and operating companies-often mediumsized and privately held) in strategic U.S. markets. The role will partner closely with CEMEX's core businesses (cement, aggregates, and ready-mix) to develop and execute growth strategies. The Director will build advanced financial models, lead due diligence, manage crossfunctional workstreams, and present recommendations to senior leadership; collaboration with corporate M&A/Strategic Planning teams in Monterrey (HQ) may be required for larger transactions.
In addition, this leader will own core elements of the corporate development lifecycle-pipeline development, advisor management, executivelevel materials, deal execution, regulatory filings, and integration planning-in a matrixed environment that requires strong influence and executive communication.

Origination & Strategy

• Build and actively manage an acquisition pipeline at the businessunit level; cultivate targets and maintain market intelligence on competitors, adjacencies, and strategic fit.
• Proactively present and pitch opportunities to CEMEX executive management with clear strategic rationale and value creation theses.
• Define pipeline priorities and deal strategies aligned with financial/business cases and portfolio objectives.

Evaluation & Diligence

• Lead complete due diligence processes (commercial, operational, legal, financial, environmental, etc.), coordinating internal SMEs and external advisors in accordance with CEMEX protocols.
• Build and pressuretest complex valuation/operating models; assess earnings quality, returns, tax, and accounting implications.
• Benchmark targets vs. CEMEX performance drivers; quantify synergies and integration assumptions.

Deal Execution

• Lead negotiations, working with legal to structure definitive agreements, TSAs, postclosing adjustments, and closing deliverables.
• Manage regulatory filings/approvals and coordinate internal/external communications for transaction milestones.
• Resolve issues rapidly across the deal lifecycle and ensure CEMEX maximizes value and captures identified synergies.

Integration & Transition

• Develop and communicate robust transition and Day1/Day100 integration plans; ensure seamless handoffs to operating leaders, integration owners and track value realization.

Stakeholder & Advisor Management

• Establish strong partnerships with business leaders and enabling functions (Finance, Legal, Tax, HR, Operations, EHS, etc.).
• Assist in managing relationships with investment banks, private equity/VC, and external legal/tax/consulting advisors.
• Prepare and deliver highquality materials for executive leadership and Boardlevel reviews.

• Education: Bachelor's degree in Finance, Business, Engineering, Economics, or related field; MBA or advanced degree strongly preferred.
• Experience: 10+ years of endtoend M&A transaction experience in Corporate Development, Investment Banking, Private Equity, or Transaction Advisory, with a successful execution track record in industrials/natural resources/building materials; experience with cement/aggregates or heavy industrial assets is a plus.
• Technical: Advanced financial modeling/valuation and due diligence expertise; strong understanding of asset purchase agreements and related transaction documentation; exceptional PowerPoint and Excel skills.
• Soft Skills: Superior critical thinking, judgment, and problemsolving; persuasive executive communication (boardroom presence); ability to lead through influence in a matrixed environment and manage multiple complex projects simultaneously.
• Sector Knowledge: Understanding of industrial sector dynamics and regulatory considerations; ability to identify key business drivers and assumptions to inform investment decisions.

• Strong relationshipbuilding and negotiation capabilities; ability to inspire confidence with internal and external stakeholders.
• Demonstrated rigor in improving data quality, analytics, and decision support.
• Comfort operating at multiple altitudes-strategic portfolio view to handson execution.

Ability to work extended hours as needed; standard office/computer equipment in an open office environment; role requires regular talking/hearing to communicate with employees/visitors. Flexible working environment with some travel required (~20%).
May require walking, sitting, and light lifting (up to ~20 lbs).

• Requires walking, sitting, lifting, pushing, pulling, and climbing to a significant degree
• Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally, and/or a negligible amount of force frequently. Job involves sitting most of the time, but also involves walking or standing for brief periods of time
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear, in order to communicate to employees/visitors
  

CEMEX is an EEO/AA (equal opportunity/affirmative action) institution and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, religious creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital or familial status, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by under federal, state or local law in the programs or activities which it operates.

CEMEX will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with all local, state and federal laws.

CEMEX is an E-Verify participating employer.

Arizona Smoke-Free Act. CEMEX complies with the State of Arizona's Smoke-Free Act (Arizona Revised Statutes * 36-601.01). Smoking and/or the use of tobacco or related products is prohibited in and on CEMEX property as well as any building and/or vehicle owned or leased by CEMEX.

CEMEX offers both competitive pay and benefits. Benefits applicable to this position may include, but are not limited to, medical, dental, vision, 401(k), Paid Time Off, and Holiday Pay, as well as a comprehensive wellness program to help keep employees and their families healthy and well. You can learn more about CEMEX Benefits by visiting the CEMEX USA Benefits and Well-Being page. (https://www.cemexusa.com/careers/life-at-cemex/benefits-well-being).

CEMEX es una institucion EEO/AA (igualdad de oportunidad/accion afirmativa) y no discrimina en base al sexo, edad, raza, color, religion, discapacidad fisica o mental, credo, origen nacional, estatus veterano, orientacion sexual, informacion genetica, identidad de genero, o expresion de genero en los programas o actividades los cuales opera.