Manager, Global Real Estate Operations (Any North America Location)

We take care of our employees, and they take care of our customers!

Become a member of a global community! The international logistics industry is an integral piece of the global trade puzzle; we make the world go round. Global supply chain management is what we do, and at the heart of Expeditors you will find professionalism, leadership, and a friendly environment, all of which foster an innovative, customer service-based approach to logistics. Expeditors is a global logistics company headquartered in Seattle, Washington. As a Fortune 500 company, we employ over 19,000 trained professionals in a worldwide network of over 350+ locations across six continents. Expeditors satisfies the increasingly sophisticated needs of international trade through customized solutions and seamless, integrated information systems.

Our Mission

We recruit, train, and retain the very best logistics and technical experts the world over. We love to promote from within - more than 50 percent of our employees have been at Expeditors for five years or more. Our high retention rate is influenced by a unique compensation program for positions that are more than just jobs - they're chances to grow, do what you love and build a career with us!

Oversee property management for 20 owned sites globally, facilitate and manage workplace space planning and build out projects for global sites and oversee global project workflow, budgets and costs.

Responsibilities and Tasks

• Operate at both a strategic and tactical property management level throughout a global portfolio of owned office and industrial assets
• Develop and execute strategies to improve property management efficiency including reports, vendor management, cost KPI’s, site concerns
• Review and implement best practices for audit of CAM expenses of owned and leased facilities
• Lead internal and external teams to leverage and implement workforce planning methodologies, data sources, and practices
• Take responsibility for overseeing tenant improvement and interior build out construction projects on a global level
• Apply performance management, reporting and budget management  techniques to monitor workplace planning and build out projects
• Establish effective project governance, processes, and systems for project budgets and capex budgets
• Support department strategic initiatives and needs analysis for real estate consolidation, space utilization, relocations and market growth

Physical Demands

• Use of standard office equipment - computer with keyboard and mouse, phone, fax/copy/scan machine, etc.  
• Write with pencil/pen/marker 
• Functions performed primarily while seated at desk

• Listening skills
• Problem solving skills
• Written and verbal communication skills
• Software proficiency skills (e.g., MS Excel, MS Word)
• English language proficiency
• Experience in supervising all operational and financial property management activities for a diverse geographic industrial portfolio
• Understanding of transaction management in an industrial real estate operation with a global footprint
• Able to drive workforce planning programs from inception to completion
• Skilled at managing multiple renovation/build-out concurrent projects
• Knowledge of project cash flow budgeting and capex budgeting

Expected base salary: $130,000 to 150,000 

Expeditors offers excellent benefits:

• Paid Vacation, Holiday, Sick Time
• Health Plan: Medical
• Life Insurance
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• Training and Personnel Development Program
• Growth opportunities within the company
• Employee Referral Program Bonus