Country Real Estate Manager

With the following JD :

• Work with all Business Areas and Divisions to establish a Real Estate strategy and Masterplan aligned with the business strategy of our core operations
• Development of medium and long term, strategic real estate plans, enhancing current and future facility requirements. Incorporating our continued operational flexibility. Consolidating dispersed locations with co-location concepts where possible and reducing / eliminating vacancies
• Leading a team of 10+ our real estate professionals and supported by our service providers.
• Manage the financial performance of the function to meet or exceed committed performance level (e.g. budgets and forecasts). Ensure financial accountability of the real estate function including P&L, balance sheet and cash flow. Ensure accountabilities for all assets under Real Estate responsibility
• Lead and execute real estate transaction, lease administration and development projects
• Establish and regularly update and report the countrys detailed real estate inventory of all our owned, leased sites, plots of land, offices, manufacturing, warehouses, storage, parking, and other facilities
• Carefully benchmark, rationalize and regularly report the related real estate occupancy costs for every facility. Understand and communicate occupancy charges to the occupying Divisions
• Lead all investments in owned or leased facilities. Oversee that such investments are delivered in accordance with Company Policy and formal approval process with the Capital Investment tool
• Establish an excellent working relationship for mutual trust and respect with our various Divisions and the countries management to pro-actively support its operational achievements and business targets
• Implement a functional Real Estate organization in line with our Way operating model and governance structure.
• Manage the Real Estate program with focus on Space Efficiency, Energy Efficiency projects through the Green Real Estate Program, Mergers / Acquisitions and Optimized facility services related the Egyptian footprint with direct and subcontract employees ensuring a safe and efficient working environment
• Engage with the North America countries to align and simplify operations and processes
• Manage the financial performance of the real estate function and benchmark, rationalize, and report the occupancy costs for every facility
• Acting as prime point of contact for local authorities for regulatory and compliance purpose related to Real Estate

What it takes to Run what runs the world

• Minimum 10 years of professional real estate experience in a corporate or global real estate environment with solid understanding of facility management and commercial / industrial real estate and experience with challenged or distressed environmental properties
• Masters degree in real estate, engineering, business, or related field
• Aptitude to develop, lead and coach a distributed workforce within a functional organization and demonstrated effective change management leadership
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills to effectively communicate with stakeholders at country and global levels, architects, engineers, developers, commercial brokers, contractors, and others
• Ability to energize Real Estate staff and standardize and harmonize facility services and levels
• Strong focus and leadership in HSE practices within all real estate facility/project activities
• Excellent negotiating and presentation skills and knowledge of financial analysis (discounted cash flow and P&L)
• Familiarity with construction systems and building design to understand construction documents and achieve space and cost efficiencies
• Understanding of the components of buildings and the characteristics of their building construction system including but not limited to electrical, mechanical, and structural systems
• Ability to effectively manage multiple projects simultaneously and complete within estimated time frames and budget restraints
• Strong organizational skills to collaborate with multiple support functions to achieve a positive working environment for the achievement of common business and corporate goals
• Fluency in English

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