Real Estate Director

ABB Schweiz AG; Montreal; On-site; CAD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Real Estate Director to lead and manage real estate transactions across Canada. This pivotal role involves overseeing the acquisition and management of real estate assets, ensuring compliance with legal requirements, and fostering relationships with internal and external stakeholders. The ideal candidate will possess strong strategic and analytical skills, with a focus on sustainability and workplace strategy. Join a dynamic team dedicated to creating optimal working environments and driving business growth through effective real estate management.

Benefits

Retirement plan

Accident insurance

Healthcare plan

Wellbeing program

Qualifications

• Proven experience in business strategy and real estate management.
• Strong knowledge of legal aspects related to real estate transactions.

Responsibilities

• Manage leasing/buying transactions for the Canadian real estate portfolio.
• Build strategic relationships with local division leadership for real estate needs.

Skills

Business Strategy

HSE Management

Budget & Performance Targets

Communications & Public Affairs

Portfolio Management

Finance

Systems

Sustainability

Workplace Strategy

Real Estate related Legal knowledge

Strong presentation skills

Job description

Real Estate Director

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This position reports to

National Real Estate Manager

Your role and responsibilities

The Real Estate Director manages leasing/buying transactions over the Canadian real estate portfolio. He/she is the main point of contact to provide internal businesses optimal working/production/warehousing environments. This role requires a dynamic leader who can build productive relationships with internal/external stakeholders and ensure compliance with company policies and relevant legal requirements.

1. Building strategic relationships with local division leadership to understand their future real estate related supply and demand requirements.
2. Participating on the real estate strategic development plans for all business areas and divisions to enhance the local division facilities for both current and prescribed future needs.
3. Overseeing the acquisition, development, and management of real estate assets to support business operations and growth.
4. Being responsible for the action plan defined with the business to ensure deadlines are met and communicated.
5. Leading and managing all real estate transactions, including acquisitions, dispositions, and lease/sublease negotiations.
6. Providing regular updates and reports to senior management on the status of ongoing transactions and projects.
7. Hiring and managing third party consultants and professionals.
8. Ensuring the analysis of legal documents related to real estate (deeds of sale, rental offers, leases, subleases, easements, and their amendments) to identify the rights and obligations of the parties.
9. Ensuring the management of the process for exercising options provided in leases and subleases.
10. Sending issue notices to tenants and subtenants, following up on the required approvals to proceed with the exercise of options in compliance with legal deadlines.
11. Managing the leasing of vacant properties owned or rented by the company, appointing brokers to find tenants, ensuring that their activities are compatible with the purpose of the property, verifying the solvency of tenants, and negotiating the terms of the lease or sublease (rent, work, etc.).
12. Being responsible for office space leasing files, including the exercise and negotiation of renewal options, the search for alternative locations, and the expansion of existing spaces. These tasks include appointing brokers, comparing alternatives, and, if necessary, negotiating leases, with the collaboration of the Legal Department.

Qualifications for the role

• Business Strategy
• HSE Management
• Budget & Performance Targets
• Communications & Public Affairs
• Portfolio Management
• Finance
• Systems
• Communications & Public Affairs
• Sustainability
• Workplace Strategy
• Real Estate related Legal knowledge
• Strong presentation skills

Benefits

• Retirement plan
• Accident insurance
• Healthcare plan
• Wellbeing program

More about us

ABB’s Electrification Global Markets organization is responsible for the go-to-market strategy and generating profitable growth for the Electrification Business Area. Our 10,000 strong commercial team represents the portfolio of all Electrification Business Area Divisions in over 100 countries. Our unmatched domain expertise across key industry verticals and channels combined with our truly global footprint makes us able to deliver extraordinary business results, supporting our customers with solutions which address their current needs, whilst considering the future emerging trends such as Urbanization, Digitalization and Shift to Electricity and Sustainable Energy. We look forward to receiving your application. If you want to discover more about ABB, take another look at our website www.abb.com.