Sr. Manager - Real Estate

Confidentiel; North Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Confidentiel is seeking a senior real estate professional to join the Supply Chain team in the corporate office in Illinois. You will manage the real estate portfolio, guide acquisitions, dispositions, and leasing activities, and provide financial analysis for Facilities & Operations.

You will collaborate with business leaders and third-party leasing administrators to standardize processes, drive cost efficiency, and deliver strategic outcomes for a growing portfolio.

Qualifications

• 6–8+ years of progressive experience in corporate real estate and multi-site management.
• Bachelor’s Degree preferred.
• Experience with complex portfolio management and leasing negotiations.
• Proven budgets, forecasts and monthly reporting experience.
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced corporate office environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead management of the real estate portfolio across multiple sites, including budget controls and leasing activities.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to support expansion or contraction and optimize commercial outcomes.
• Analyze lease data to determine obligations and landlord requirements.
• Develop and evolve real estate portfolio standards and due diligence processes.
• Prepare financial templates including cash flow, P&L impact, and IRR for transactions.
• Coordinate with internal teams and third-party leasing administrators.

Skills

Real estate portfolio management

Lease negotiations

Financial analysis

Budgeting & forecasting

Cross-functional collaboration

Facilities management

Education

Bachelor’s degree preferred

Tools

Real estate systems

Real estate platform

Job description

Member of the Supply Chain team supporting Indirect Procurement in a Corporate Office. This position is responsible for managing real estate activities (including acquisition, financial analysis, lease negotiation & administration, disposal activities) for the Global portfolio and providing transactional leadership and support for Sr Leadership and the Facilities & Operations teams. Working closely with Business Leaders and 3rd party leasing administrators to provide best class services to key stakeholders and standardizing the real estate processes across the global portfolio.

• Leads all management activities associated with the Company’s real estate portfolio, including budget controls/planning, acquisitions, dispositions and leasing activities, facilities management and construction.
• Collaborate with the appropriate key business stakeholders to understand and support operational requirements including expansion or contraction of the business and propose the best commercial outcomes for the business.
• Analyze lease data or other property related documentation to determine all parties’ obligations and support the business requirements around assignment/subleasing, consents/notices for alterations and other landlord requirements.
• Develops and evolves Real Estate portfolio standards, guidelines and procedures as part of the overall due diligence process.
• Establish strategic priorities, KPI’s and reporting to ensure performance, cost and efficiency
• Work with broader facilities and operations function as well as key business partners such as Legal, Risk, FP&A, Controllership and Finance.
• Prepare, review, analyze, and interpret financial templates including cash flow projections, P&L impact and/or IRR to determine the financial impact and economic value of multiple transaction scenarios.
• Liaise with in-house legal real estate team to ensure that the processes are undertaken in a timely and efficient manner.
• Experience with working real estate systems and technology and manage transaction data through a dedicated third-party real estate platform.
• Deal with ad-hoc landlord and tenant queries relating to lease obligations and occupation of the space, including oversite of all disputes related to the property.

Qualifications

• 6 to 8+ years progressive experience in a hands-on, corporate real estate multi-site business model with rapid growth
• Bachelor’s Degree preferred
• Current experience in real estate portfolio and facilities management, preferably with a complex portfolio
• 6-8+ years of progressive experience w/commercial lease negotiations
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment
• Proven record of managing budgets, forecasts and monthly reporting
• Thorough working knowledge of real estate project management
• Experience working with and/or managing cross-functional teams and third-party leasing administrators
• Comfortable working in a corporate office setting