Job Specific
- Accountable for delivery of complex and significant property commercial deals (transactions) that form part of the Group Location Footprint and related portfolio plans.
- Portfolio Management: Proactively review and monitor throughout the year allocated property portfolios, to ensure familiarity with the properties, address upcoming activities and drive to identify portfolio opportunities. Provide key input into portfolio plan feasibility studies.
- Develop Masterplan options and appraise strategic solutions for commercial deals in conjunction with the Strategy & Portfolio team as well as the Portfolio Planner and relevant stakeholders and business partners.
- Acquisition/Disposal: For commercial, industrial, agricultural or residential assets lead/support all acquisition or disposal activities for allocated projects/portfolios and also support Country/Business investments/divestments.
- Leasehold Administration: Deliver activities, including lease renewals, rent review/re-gearing, forecasting and budgeting, and other matters relating to lease obligations.
- Governance: Deliver transactions and projects in accordance with the Real Estate Process Model (REPM) using the associated tools and applications.
- Conduct complex negotiations on own, or as part, of a professional team.
- Provide valuation support for Acquisitions, Disposals, Rentals, Cost and management accounting purposes and taxation purposes.
- Stay updated with the assigned Business drivers, targets, and organization changes and external Real Estate factors influencing performance and strategy.
- Records management: Ensure that Group Property Database Administrator is supplied with relevant property data including: key property metrics, significant dates (and associated bring forward triggers).
Job Knowledge, Skills & Experience
General
- Degree or equivalent in Real Estate or equivalent.
- Minimum 4 to 5 years work experience in complex corporate environments in business and commercial real estate (office leasing preferred) related roles.
- Proven track record in delivery of large scale Real Estate activities, and/or leasing transaction.
- Comfortable working with, and leading through uncertainty, complexity, ambiguity and incomplete information.
- Good collaboration skills with the ability to communicate and negotiate with internal and external stakeholders.
- Project and commercial deal experience within a real estate area at a strategic level is essential.
- Proficiency in English writing, speaking, and to provide support on multiple paperwork and financials to drive real estate strategy.
People Skills
- A professional with business and real estate experience.
- A clear proven track record of delivery, self-starting with the ability and courage to initiate and frame strategies and manage change.
- Very good interpersonal and communication skills including a proven ability to influence others and lead commercial negotiations with landlords.
- High energy level individual, with the determination of seeing thing through and succeeding.
- External outlook – ability to spot relevant external trends and translate these into opportunities and responses.
- Business acumen to understand the economics of a solution or service, including cost drivers and the trade-offs associated with quality, schedule, and cost.