Vice President Global Real Estate and Facilities - EMEA

The Vice President of Real Estate & Facility Management is responsible for execution of the strategic real estate plans, oversight of effective facility management/operations, and optimization of capital assets for their region. This role is the key liaison with internal executive stakeholders to understand short and long term business requirements for effective real estate and facility strategy development and implementation. Manages the safety and security of employees through the implementation of defined security, environmental, health & safety programs. Directs the identification and implementation of policies and procedures within the organization to ensure alignment and global compliance on both an internal and external basis.

Responsibilities

Real Estate: Leads and executes real estate transactions including but not limited to, acquisition, divestiture, leases, sale lease backs and terminations. Works directly with internal executives to understand current and future business requirements and builds business plans accordingly. Partners with stakeholders in researching and negotiating real estate deals. Works with Global Portfolio Management lead to develop and present business cases to meet business requirements through strategic real estate transactions. The portfolio of real estate holdings is in excess of 9 million square feet in over 150 locations in EMEA.

Facility Management: Oversees the development and implementation of all facilities management programs and services to ensure optimum functionality of capital assets. Tracks and reports on space utilization metrics and manages the implementation of best practices through the deployment of proactive process improvement methodologies.

Project Management/Shared Services: Oversees the design, construction, and project management consultation for complex projects relative to properties in the defined region. Oversees the development and implementation of shared service functions. Ensures projects/ programs meet business requirements on schedule and within prescribed budget and are leveraged across the portfolio.

Financial Management: Prepares, manages and forecasts operating and capital budgets for the portfolio. Achieves synergy targets and leverages cost-saving programs and initiatives.

Leadership: Responsible for the supervision, development and coaching of staff. Mentors and develops leaders and key talent within the Real Estate & Facilities Americas region. Promotes opportunities for knowledge sharing and skill building globally.
Ensures compliance with equal employment, diversity and other corporate policies. Ensures compliance with all local, state and federal environmental and safety regulations, interfacing with local officials and governmental agencies as required.

RESPONSIBILITY FOR WORK OF OTHERS:

This role leads the EMEA region which includes over 9M SF of property in over 150 locations in and encompasses the Real Estate & Facilities organization EMEA that consists of a team of over 300 employees. Directly manages the Project Management and Shared Services and Facility Management functional leads.

FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY:

Oversees and leads the management of operating budgets for EMEA.  Responsible for tracking, monitoring, and providing performance metrics for this region.


Requirements


- Bachelor’s degree in Real Estate, Business Administration, Finance or equivalent experience

- Master’s in Business Administration degree highly desired

- Real Estate Broker’s license preferred

- Professional registration such as Facilities Management Administrator (FMA) or Real Estate license a recognized benefit

- Comprehensive understanding of all real estate and operational processes associated with a multi location, international organization

- Expertise in the real estate field with strong finance background and ability to operate with a high degree of autonomy in making decisions and implementing systemic changes

- Thorough understanding of contracts and negotiation relative to the real estate environment

- Comprehensive knowledge of commercial property management, maintenance and planning

- Experience in optimizing space to ensure effective productivity and performance of corporate assets in alignment with business requirements and operating plans

- Strong leadership skills, exceptional business and finance acumen, and well-developed interpersonal skills

- Demonstrated aptitude in effective management of people, developing talent and leading cross-functional teams

- Strong analytical, organizational and management competence

- Exceptional verbal and written communication skills are required; proactive communication skills are a requisite in establishing and maintaining customer confidence

- Ability to synthesize complex situations into key components and manage resolution effectively

- Proficiency in establishing and building client relationships to meet the financial goals of the organization

- Proficiency with the Microsoft Office suite and BigE or a comparable property management system is required

- Ability to travel 50%of the time to other Thomson Reuters sites in order to coordinate work activities and perform management duties

- Minimum of fifteen (15) years of progressive real estate/ corporate facilities management experience is required.

- Minimum of fifteen (15) years of operational and financial management

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