Real Estate Portfolio Head - APAC & Greater China
About Signify
Through bold discovery and cutting-edge innovation, we lead an industry that is vital for the future of our planet: lighting. Through our leadership in connected lighting and the Internet of Things, we're breaking new ground in data analytics, AI, and smart solutions for homes, offices, cities, and beyond.
At Signify, you can shape tomorrow by building on our incredible 125+ year legacy while working toward even bolder sustainability goals. Our culture of continuous learning, creativity, and commitment to diversity and inclusion empowers you to grow your skills and career.
Join us, and together, we’ll transform our industry, making a lasting difference for brighter lives and a better world. You light the way.
More about the role
The Real Estate (RE) Portfolio Head has a regional responsibility and partners with the businesses to drive portfolio optimization and consolidation, create additional value on RE cost and capital efficiency, functional discipline and professionalism ensure right people and competent suppliers and drive continuous improvement. This role will be responsible for ensuring that RE strategic initiatives are deployed and implemented, in line with strategic and portfolio plans for the businesses and in line with Signify and functional requirements including RE-QS requirements and RE directive.
STRATEGY AND PORTFOLIO
Responsible for senior stakeholder alignment in the region to fully understand business and location strategy and translate that into real estate requirements.
Support development of real estate strategy per asset type and deploys in the region.
Advises and challenges strategic rationale, space demand, financial implications, liabilities, risks and opportunities.
Primus inter pares in the region for HoRE. Leads the regional team and ensures balanced project allocation and
TRANSACTIONS
Reviews 18 months lease events on a regular basis and ensures business alignment and execution.
Responsible for real estate transactions in the region including lease renewals, lease acquisitions, disposals and partners with internal and external stakeholders in accounting, EA, tax, legal etc
Manages outsourced service providers for transactions in the region.
Ensures high quality and compliant and auditable transaction process and is primary interface with brokers.
FINANCIALS
Responsible for Target and SP, manages target and meets capital expenditure and P&L targets.
Prepares financial business cases prior to submission including at investors and IC presentations.
Creates lease and transaction POs in line with accounting principles.
Responsible for data accuracy in Planon for the region
SUBJECT MATTERS
Holds SME role for the domain supporting strategic priorities. In this global SME role, be a consultant supporting across regions in the area of but not limited to workplace, project management, transactions, (use of own) technology, sustainability.
Responsible for contract management and performance management of outsourced service provision/ MSA’s in his/ her domain
As BPO for his/ her SME role responsible for maintaining process descriptions in QS up to date
More about you
Minimum 10 years of (corporate) real estate experience, Portfolio Management, Transactions Management in an international environment.
Master in Economics, Finance or Real Estate (or similar)
Experience in stakeholder management, account management and in managing expectations within a matrix management environment
Working knowledge of transactions, design, construction management, facilities and property management.
Knowledge of financial aspects like IFRS, lease accounting, NPV and Cash flow
Experienced in coordinating project teams, preferably in matrix environment.
Experience in & has been responsible for transactions, negotiation & deal-making. Negotiation-handling with uncompromising sense of business integrity.
Solid analytical & financial acumen. Experience with (& understanding of) decisions which impact P&L and balance sheet.
Strong Influencing & Interpersonal Skills
Strong drive to combine result orientation with process focus
Ability to operate and proactively act in a dynamic environment
Excellent communication and presentation skills; fluency in Mandarin is an advantage
Drives and creates a performance culture in his/ her region
Everything we’ll do for you
You can grow a lasting career here. We’ll encourage you, support you, and challenge you. We’ll help you learn and progress in a way that’s right for you, with coaching and mentoring along the way. We’ll listen to you too, because we see and value every one of our 30,000+ people.
We believe that a diverse and inclusive workplace fosters creativity, innovation, and a full spectrum of bright ideas. With a global workforce representing 99 nationalities, we are dedicated to creating an inclusive environment where every voice is heard and valued, helping us all achieve more together.
