The Vice President of Strategic Growth & Integration is a key executive leadership role responsible for driving the company’s growth strategy through acquisitions, market analysis, greenfielding, and enterprise-wide strategic initiatives. This role operates with a primary focus on market assessment, target identification, due diligence coordination, and integration planning and execution.

The remaining focus supports high-impact special projects across the organization’s vertically integrated business lines. This role works cross-functionally with operations, sales, accounting, human resources, IT, safety, and legal to evaluate opportunities, drive efficiencies, and support strategic execution.

This position requires a blend of financial acumen, operational knowledge, project management, and strategic leadership, with the ability to influence decisions at the executive level.

Key Responsibilities – Growth Initiatives (75%)

- Lead the identification, evaluation, and execution of acquisition opportunities aligned with company growth strategy

- Conduct market assessments to identify expansion opportunities across geographic regions and service lines

- Build and maintain a robust pipeline of acquisition targets within construction materials industry

- Partner with executive leadership to define acquisition criteria and strategic priorities

- Coordinate and lead cross-functional due diligence efforts (financial, operational, legal, HR, IT, environmental, safety)

- Lead the development and alignment of capital investment strategy, including evaluation and prioritization of growth capital expenditures.

- Develop financial models, valuation analyses, and investment recommendations

- Support negotiation strategy, deal structuring, and closing processes

- Lead or support post-acquisition integration planning to ensure alignment with operational and financial objectives

Key Responsibilities – Business Excellence Initiatives (25%)

- Lead and/or support special projects across business units

- Evaluate operational performance and identify opportunities for efficiency, scalability, and margin improvement

- Partner with division leaders to assess new market entry strategies, capital investments, and product line expansion

- Support enterprise-level initiatives such as vertical integration optimization, cost structure improvements, and process standardization

- Collaborate with Accounting, HR, IT, and other support functions to align systems, reporting, and organizational capabilities with growth strategy

- Standardize and align KPIs across the organization to ensure clarity, consistency, and direct linkage to strategic and operational objectives

- Prepare executive-level presentations and recommendations for strategic decisions

Qualifications

Education & Experience:

- Bachelor’s degree in business, finance, engineering, construction management, or related field (MBA preferred)

- 10 years of experience in market development & business performance, finance, & operations

- Successful candidates shall have wide knowledge of the construction materials industry including but not limited to aggregates, asphalt, and/or construction 

- Demonstrated experience leading due diligence and transaction processes

- Proven track-record of being able to develop, plan and execute impactful business initiatives

Core Competencies:

- Strong financial modeling, valuation, and analytical capabilities

- Deep understanding of operational drivers within aggregates, asphalt & construction

- Ability to translate complex data into actionable strategy

- Detail, thorough, and timely communication and influencing skills

- Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams in high-stakes environments

- Operates with the highest level of discretion and integrity, coupled with well-developed business and financial acumen

Success Metrics

- Identification of target markets and acquisition opportunities

- Apply structured methodologies to identify strategic targets and drive execution

- Leadership effectiveness and efficiency of due diligence processes

- Post-acquisition performance vs. investment validation

- Contribution to EBITDA growth

- Impact on commercial and operational projects