M&A Origination Associate – Latin America

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Kirin

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11 - 50 employees

Founded 2025

🍽️ Food & Beverage

💼 Consulting

🛍️ eCommerce

Food & Beverage • Consulting • eCommerce

Kirin is a global leader in the beverage industry, known for its innovative products and commitment to quality. With a strong presence in major markets such as New York, San Francisco, Shanghai, and Hangzhou, Kirin offers a diverse range of beverages that cater to the tastes and preferences of consumers worldwide. The company continuously strives to enhance its offerings through research and development, ensuring sustainable practices and customer satisfaction.

📋 Description

• Identify, qualify, and build relationships with owners of durable small and mid-sized businesses. • Conduct market research and outreach to potential business owners. • Track and maintain clean CRM records of contacts and statuses. • Analyze opportunities and prepare summaries for the investment team.

🎯 Requirements

• We are hiring an M&A Origination Associate in Latin America to identify, qualify, and build relationships with owners of durable small and mid-sized businesses. • Build sector and geography-specific target lists using company databases, public records, industry directories, and original research. • Identify owners and decision-makers, verify contact information, and maintain clean CRM records. • Run thoughtful outbound sequences across email, LinkedIn, and phone without relying on generic mass outreach. • Conduct first calls with owners; understand motivation, succession, business quality, and timing. • Prepare concise company summaries and hand qualified opportunities to the investment team. • Track reply, meeting, qualification, and conversion rates; improve messages and channels weekly.

🏖️ Benefits

• Based in Latin America and fluent in English; Spanish or Portuguese fluency is strongly preferred. • 1–3 years in M&A sourcing, search funds, private equity, investment banking, B2B sales, recruiting, or research-intensive outbound work. • Strong written communication, careful research habits, and comfort speaking with business owners. • Excellent spreadsheet and CRM discipline. • Experience with PitchBook, Capital IQ, Grata, Apollo, Clay, HubSpot, Affinity, or similar tools. • Familiarity with lower-middle-market acquisitions, search funds, or founder succession.