Integration Project Manager (Milan)

About the Role

The Integration Manager (M&A Post-Integration) is responsible for leading end-to-end post-merger integration execution across DKSH's business, functional, and geographic workstreams. This role is critical to realizing the full value of DKSH's acquisitions by translating deal intent into structured execution, driving synergy capture, and ensuring seamless organizational and operational convergence.

What You Will Deliver

• Lead end-to-end post-merger integration execution across business, functional, and geographic workstreams, ensuring full alignment with the original deal thesis and strategic objectives.
• Translate signed deal assumptions into a detailed integration roadmap, milestones, and deliverables that guide cross-functional teams from Day 1 through stabilization.
• Drive synergy realization including cost savings, revenue synergies, and operational efficiencies, tracking performance against agreed targets and escalating deviations early.
• Establish and govern integration governance frameworks including steering committees, workstream cadences, and escalation paths to maintain accountability and momentum.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams across Human Resources (HR), Finance, Information Technology (IT), Commercial, and Supply Chain to ensure aligned and timely execution.
• Identify, manage, and resolve key integration risks, issues, and dependencies in partnership with accountable workstream owners.
• Oversee Day 1, Day 100, and stabilization phases to protect business continuity and minimize operational disruption.
• Ensure data, systems, and process integration across Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Customer Relationship Management (CRM), and reporting structures are executed as planned.
• Lead change management and communication plans to reduce disruption, protect employee retention, and maintain organizational confidence throughout the integration journey.
• Track and report integration progress, Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), and value capture outcomes to senior stakeholders with clarity and precision.

What You Bring

• Bachelor's degree in Scientific, Engineering, or a related field.
• Master of Business Administration (MBA) or equivalent qualification is preferred but not mandatory.
• Min. 5 years of experience in mergers and acquisitions (M&A), management consulting, transformation, or large-scale program delivery.
• Prior experience leading post-merger integration or carve-out transactions is strongly preferred.
• Strong project and program management capability across large, complex transformations with multiple concurrent workstreams.
• Solid understanding of the M&A lifecycle from deal origination and due diligence through to integration execution.
• Experience working with financial models, synergy models, and performance tracking frameworks.
• Demonstrated ability to structure and manage multi-workstream execution including timelines, progress trackers, and governance mechanisms.
• Exposure to business process harmonization and system integration across ERP and CRM environments.
• Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to engage and influence senior business leaders and external advisors.
• Structured problem-solving capability and sound decision-making in complex, fast-moving environments.
• High ownership mindset with the ability to operate effectively under ambiguity and deliver results.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to translate strategy into clear and actionable execution plans.
• Data-driven and detail-oriented approach to managing integration performance and outcomes.
• Fluency in Italian (required) and French an advantage

Why Join DKSH

At DKSH, we help companies grow globally and enable people to perform at their best. You will be part of an organization that values accountability, collaboration, and long-term partnerships. We offer a dynamic environment where your contributions are visible and where you can build a meaningful career in Corporate Development and Transformation.