Job summary

Associate Director - Real Estate Strategy & Transactions

Real Estate Strategy & Transactions Lead (India & APAC)

Responsibilities

• Act as CRE Real Estate Strategy & Transactions focal for India and APAC
• Ensure all RE Transaction related actions like new lease acquisition Mid-Cycle Escalation Lease expiry/renewal Site Exits & Associate lease actions etc.. are followed up and completed timely.
• Establish prelim. RE market options & define executable RE scenarios for new RE space acquisitions
• Drive RFP in coordination with Procurement.
• Update / Revalidate statement of requirements basis market options.
• Drive Technical & Legal Due diligence of properties in coordination with other cross functions (IT HSE/EHS Security CWS Legal)
• Organise & Drive RE Transaction governance.
• Prepare RE strategy and drive stakeholders alignment basis the final shortlisted options.
• Prepare Business Case & work with FPNA for approval.
• Lead Negotiation & align relevant stakeholders for readiness to execute agreement.
• Execute agreement & tie-out with business leadership.
• Ensure smooth site handoff to relevant CWS team for moving into next relevant project phase.
• Prepare & Maintain RE Portfolio tracker for both India & Philippines up to date.
• Support CRE regional leader with annual budget planning exercise.
• Execution registration archival of lease related documents.
• Lease negotiation/discussion for operational portions of the leases.
• SD recovery after exit resolving issues related to lease payments.
• Data source of leases for FP&A Lease Accounting AP Internal CWS team.
• O&M Budget forecasting.
• Prepare short term and long term real estate strategy city strategy in coordination with CREWS team.
• Provide rental benchmarking for city level facilities.

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