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About the Role
CSC Generation continues to grow through M&A, acquiring iconic consumer and retail brands and revitalizing them through operational transformation. We need a senior investment leader to help drive that engine — originating transactions, leading deals from LOI through close, and partnering with operators to create lasting value across our portfolio.
As Private Equity Vice President, you will own the full deal lifecycle across consumer, retail, ecommerce, and adjacent sectors while also shaping portfolio value-creation plans alongside brand CEOs and CSC's operating leaders. Success in the first year means closing or materially advancing multiple transactions, embedding repeatable value-creation playbooks into portfolio operations, and helping scale the investment function itself.
This is a lean team. You will own a lot, move fast, and make decisions with full end-to-end responsibility.
What You'll Do
Investment Origination & Strategy
- Develop and execute sector theses and sourcing strategies in priority categories such as home, outdoor, specialty retail, and DTC/ecommerce.
- Build and maintain relationships with investment bankers, brokers, advisors, lenders, and executives to generate proprietary deal flow.
- Lead early-stage assessment of opportunities — quick screens, high-level models, and go/no-go recommendations.
- Partner with CSC leadership to refine acquisition strategy, return hurdles, and portfolio construction.
Deal Leadership & Execution
- Serve as deal captain on transactions from LOI through close: structure, diligence, financing, and documentation.
- Lead negotiation of key commercial terms with sellers, management, and financing partners.
- Oversee investment committee materials and presentations — clear thesis, robust downside analysis, and actionable value-creation plans.
- Coordinate internal and external diligence teams (legal, accounting, tax, IT, operations) and hold them accountable to timelines and quality.
- Manage lender and co-investor relationships, including process management.
Portfolio Value Creation & Governance
- Partner with portfolio company CEOs and CSC's operating leaders to design and oversee 100-day and multi-year value-creation plans.
- Drive levers including assortment and merchandising, channel strategy, pricing and promotion, digital/customer acquisition, supply chain efficiency, and store fleet optimization.
- Work with CSC's technology and AI teams to embed automation and analytics into portfolio operations, creating repeatable playbooks.
- Serve as a board member or observer on select portfolio companies, ensuring disciplined governance, KPI tracking, and strategic focus.
- Lead evaluation and execution of add-on acquisitions and strategic partnerships for portfolio brands.
Team Leadership & Firm Building
- Manage and develop deal team members; set expectations on work quality, modeling, and communication.
- Help refine CSC's investment processes, standards, and toolkits so the platform scales efficiently.
- Contribute to firm-level priorities including capital raising support (data room prep, case studies, select LP interactions) and key financing partner relationships.
Required Qualifications
- 8–12+ years of total experience in investing and/or transaction-oriented roles, with significant time in private equity, special situations, or distressed investing.
- Prior background in investment banking, restructuring advisory, or top-tier strategy consulting.
- Proven track record as deal lead on multiple closed transactions (buyouts, corporate carve-outs, distressed or special-situations deals).
- Demonstrated experience driving portfolio value creation — not just closing deals — ideally in consumer, retail, or ecommerce businesses.
- Experience working with middle-market companies and complex situations (multi-brand platforms, cross-border operations, operational turnarounds).
- Expert financial and transaction skills: LBO modeling, capital structure optimization, credit documentation, and risk/return framing.
- Strong command of operational drivers in consumer and retail (traffic, conversion, AOV, merchandising economics, inventory turns, store productivity, customer acquisition costs).
- Ability to translate data and analytics into clear operational priorities and action plans.
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to influence C-level executives and present to investment committees and boards.
- Willingness to travel regularly to portfolio companies, partners, and key markets.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with complex carve-outs, corporate divestitures, or distressed/special situations transactions.
- Familiarity with operationally focused PE models that emphasize hands-on improvement and long-term value creation.
- Experience embedding automation and AI-driven analytics into portfolio company operations.
