Frasers Group | M&A Integrations Manager

At Frasers Group we’re rethinking retail. Through digital innovation and unique store experiences, we’re serving our consumers with the world’s best sports, premium and luxury brands globally. As a leader in the industry, we’re elevating the retail experience for our consumers through our collection of established brands, including Sports Direct, FLANNELS, USC, Frasers, and GAME.

Why join us?

Our Mission – we are building the worlds most admired and compelling brand ecosystem

Our Purpose – we are elevating the lives of the many with access to the world’s best brands and experiences

At Frasers Group, we fear less and do more. Our people are forward thinkers who are driven to operate outside of their comfort zone to change the future of retail, embracing challenges along the way. The potential to elevate your career is massive, the experience unrivalled. To be able to make the most of it you need to live and breathe our principles:

• Think without limits – Think fast, think fearlessly, and take the team with you
• Own it and back yourself – Own the basics, own your role and own the results
• Be relevant – Relevant to our people, our partners and the planet

Are you ready to join the Fearless?

Job Description

As a M&A Integrations Manager you will be involved in a wide range of mergers, acquisitions and joint ventures, from the origination stage all the way through to the integration of the businesses post acquisition.

Integration strategy and planning:

• Lead the development of the integration strategy, timelines and phasing of businesses and JVs
• Develop frameworks / templates to structure JVs e.g. wholesale-led, fully integrated
• Identify and monitor key risks to integration strategy
• Providing options and recommendations to leadership on integration programmes, covering all areas of business having worked with relevant internal stakeholders

Integration execution

• Scoping and delivery of integrations

o Managing handover from purchase to integration / BAU including liaising with external advisors to communicate post deal actions
o Bringing internal / external teams together, managing cultural differences / change
o Coordinating activity and communication across departments
o Resolving blockers / issues and escalating appropriately
o Ensuring synergies identified during due diligence phase are realised in the integration process, particularly in operational areas
o Managing progress and ensuring delivery of integration within agreed timelines

• Tracking and reporting on integration progress to key stakeholders

o Post-integration review and implementation of key learnings

Pre-acquisition and transaction support

• Support with pre-acquisition stage of transactions

o Assisting with review of acquisition, investment and JV opportunities, drafting internal proposals and external offers
o Assessing synergies from potential acquisitions/investments, work and timelines to achieve these
o Planning and coordinating visits of key stakeholders from M&A / JV targets, setting up workshops with key areas of business
o Ensuring timely communication of key transaction details with business unit leads

• Liaising with and managing transaction advisors
• Managing and tracking ongoing transaction opportunities.

Other key tasks

• Managing administrative tasks with external advisors including tracking of fees, reviewing of invoices, requesting scope of works and proposals
• Awareness and monitoring of integrations not directly managed to identify risks and impact on overall integration programme
• Identify appropriate tech to support with efficiency of M&A team and implement as appropriate

Qualifications

• Strong commercial acumen
• Highly motivated and able to meet deadlines
• Experience working with various functions of a large business
• Experience in project management and with excellent organisational skills.
• Able to work in a fast paced and dynamic work environment where priorities are ever changing
• Excellent communicator, able to build strong relationships with those at all levels of an organisation
• Ambitious and looking to develop career with a global PLC

Additional Information

Along with your benefits package we also offer a wide range of perks for our colleagues:

Reward, Recognition and Opportunities

Frasers Champion– Our employees are at the heart of our business and we ensure individuals are recognised every single month for their hard work. Frasers Champion is a peer nominated scheme where 8 winners will receive double their pay for a month where they have thought without limits, owned it or been relevant.

Fearless 1000 – By October 2025, we want our share price to hit £10. If that happens for 30 or more consecutive trading days, all colleagues across the business will receive a bonus! The top 1000 performers in the company will receive unprecedented bonuses, worth from £50,000 to £1million! Senior leaders across the business nominate these performers twice a year for embodying our core values and delivering exceptional performance*.

*subject to terms and conditions

Frasers Festival – An event like no other! Frasers Festival is our celebration for Head Office and Retail Staff across the UK and Europe – hosting a MEGA brand village, guest speakers from the world\’s biggest brands, evening entertainment, the ultimate Frasers Fearless Fitness Challenge and much more.

CEO Sessions – Once a quarter we offer 20 employees the opportunity to attend our “CEO Sessions” ran by our CEO and leadership team. Employees have the chance to connect, network and submit questions around specific topics such as our Sports or Luxury business.

Retail Reconnect – In order to build the planets most admired and compelling brand ecosystem, all employees must understand our business, product and customers. Each financial year, Head Office employees will gain insights by spending two days in one of our stores or the Warehouse. The goal is to learn how the work you do impacts our teams on the frontline, and to bring ideas back to the office which will improve how we work.

Employee Welfare

Frasers Fit – Our Everlast Gyms Team are on a mission to make our workforce the best, and fittest on the planet! We run free gym classes for employees as well as discounted memberships to our clubs. Frasers Fit is our wellbeing programme which aims to support and improve colleagues Physical, Financial & Mental wellbeing. The app is accessible for every employee and includes training, nutrition and lifestyle advice- all completely free.

Retail Trust – We know that its not just about physical health, mental wellness is equally important which is why all of our employees get free access and support from the Retail Trust charity. This includes a 24 hour wellbeing helpline, wellness hub, counselling and financial/legal support.

What’s next?

Our Recruitment Team will be reviewing applications and all candidates will receive a response, whether you are successful or unsuccessful. Shortlisted applicants may be asked to confirm a few key details before being booked in for a first stage interview with the Recruiter- this will be behaviourally focussed and centred around how you align with our Culture and Values. If successful we anticipate two further interview stages with the Hiring Manager/wider team which will be more technically focussed and could include a presentation/task so we can see your skills in action.