Transaction Manager - Senior Surveyor (Occupier Accounts)

CBRE; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job description

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Role Purpose

The Transaction Manager role acts as a strategic advisor to the business on all Corporate Real Estate matters, bringing a diverse range of industry experience, wherewithal to navigate and influence complex stakeholder groups, along with the self-confidence to speak in the best interest of the client. Doing so as part of a client-centric operating model centered around Business Unit verticals and the unique demands and asset profiles therein. The role is geographically based within major client markets to build strong relationships and knowledge base at the Site level primarily within the R&D and Operations property portfolios, to effectively assess and deliver real estate strategies and transactions aligned with the business objectives.

Key Responsibilities

1. Work closely with Real Estate Business Partners as new CRE demands are assigned, starting with standard Terms of Engagement spelling out the business requirements, constraints, and opportunities to be considered therein.
2. Lead engagement with site sponsors to define detailed evaluation plans to include site specific objectives and rules of engagement, scenarios to be evaluated, cross functional team members, and detailed milestone plans.
3. Fully own client relations with the client site leaders, finance partners and operational staff, primary interface with external partners, property owners, brokers, legal counsels therein.
4. Facilitate the delivery of real estate strategies informed by sound scenario analysis and supporting business cases, acting as the lead architect introducing creative real estate solutions aligned with the Enterprise-Business Unit objectives and property performance metrics.
5. Establish clear accountabilities for all cross-functional team members in gathering key business insights and scenario assumptions, with assignments and deadlines identified and communicated early in the process.
6. Act as primary CRE interface with external stakeholders across the evaluation and transactional phases.
7. Develop and present business case summaries comparing financial and non-financial factors against business drivers, clearly documenting, and securing business endorsements on the recommended real estate strategy.
8. Identify, evaluate, and communicate risks using robust risk management processes.
9. Govern the transactional aspects for endorsed real estate strategies, liaison with the client broker in negotiating deal terms in line or more favourable than business case assumptions, establishing legal governance and support to deliver and execute contractual agreement that in a manner compliant with the client corporate policies.
10. Ensure company and industry design standards, and Best Practices are incorporated into the deliverables.
11. Transition scope/time/cost assessments to the Workplace team to advance design and build phase.
12. Record KPIs and conduct lessons learned review following each CRE engagement.
13. Contribute to continuous improvement of CRE core business processes leveraging best practices from both internal and external delivery models and is scalable to meet the full variety of real estate scenarios.

Person Specification/Requirements

Essential:

1. Bachelor's Degree.
2. Significant knowledge & experience in developing real estate strategy/solutions.
3. Proven ability to engage, influence & negotiate at senior levels across the global business.
4. High level of interactive communication and well-developed cultural sensitivity to influence the opinions and behaviours of key stakeholders and business.

Desirable:

1. Strong knowledge of, and established credibility across local business.
2. Experience of working across organisational boundaries.
3. An understanding of differing cultural environments across functions & geographies.
4. Qualified in related subject - Workplace, Engineering, Finance, Legal, Sustainability, etc.

Working at CBRE

When you join CBRE you will have the support and resources of a global firm where an entrepreneurial mind-set is encouraged. You'll realize your potential with challenging work, fast-paced assignments, an environment of constant learning and commitment to results. To enable your success, we provide the best tools, training and leaders in the industry.

Our collaborative culture is built on our RISE values and reflects the needs and perspectives of our clients and our people. Our work is guided by our North Star: Creating the real estate solutions of tomorrow, so businesses and people thrive. This informs everything we do-from diversity, equity, and inclusion to sustainability initiatives to workplace safety and wellbeing.

At CBRE, we believe that the more perspectives we have, the more dimensions we see. We welcome people with different backgrounds and experiences across industries to apply for open positions even if you do not match every element of the required skills. To discover more about what it's like to work at CBRE, visit Life at CBRE.

About CBRE

CBRE Group, Inc. (NYSE:CBRE), a Fortune 500 and S&P 500 company headquartered in Dallas, is the world's largest commercial real estate services and investment firm (based on 2023 revenue). The company has more than 130,000 employees (including Turner & Townsend employees) serving clients in more than 100 countries. CBRE serves a diverse range of clients with an integrated suite of services, including facilities, transaction and project management; property management; investment management; appraisal and valuation; property leasing; strategic consulting; property sales; mortgage services and development services.

Equal Opportunities

We are an equal opportunities employer and do not discriminate on the grounds of gender, sexual orientation, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity, gender reassignment, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, disability or age. For information about accommodations we can make during the recruitment process, please visit: https://www.cbre.co.uk/careers/accommodations