Head of Real Estate Nordics

The Adecco Group is the world’s leading HR solutions partner. We provide more than 700,000 people with permanent and flexible employment every day. With more than 34,000 employees in 60 countries, we transform the world of work one job at a time. Our colleagues serve more than 100,000 organizations with the talent, HR services and cutting-edge technology they need to succeed in an ever-changing global economy.  As a Fortune Global 500 company, we lead by example, creating shared value that meets social needs while driving business innovation. Our culture of inclusivity, fairness and teamwork empowers individuals and organisations, fuels economies, and builds better societies. These values resonate with our employees, who voted us number 5 on the Great Place to Work® - World’s Best Workplaces 2018 list.  We make the future work for everyone.

The Adecco Group is based in Zurich, Switzerland. Adecco Group AG is registered in Switzerland (ISIN: CH0012138605) and listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange (ADEN). The group is powered by eight lead brands: Adecco, Modis, Badenoch + Clark, Spring Professional, Lee Hecht Harrison, Pontoon, Adia and General Assembly.  

Description of the role

The role will report to the Head of Real Estate (RE) for Northern Europe (NE) and will work closely with the different Adecco business units and departments across the region. Initially this role will also support the transition from 3 separate Real Estate functions in Norway, Sweden and Finland into one unified Nordics global function, which in turn forms a key part of the Northern Europe Real Estate organisation.

The Nordics Real Estate’s primary objective is to ensure that the entire Real Estates process, from establishing the business need to the invoicing, is efficient, data-driven, compliant and well communicated internally. A key part of the process is first to understand the business requirements and then to find the best solutions to design and adapt the existing Portfolio, in the wake of the Covid-Crisis and the Digitalization process of the Business.

The role will require quite extensive travelling.

Key responibilities (not limited to)

• Managing the overall Real Estate Portfolio of Norway, Sweden, Finland (70 offices)
• Negotiations of new terms and extensions, driven by data-analysis and Benchmarks from the NE region
• Assessing and supporting needs from the Business and deploying RE solutions according to the Region’s strategy.
• Leading, interacting with and steering internal and external stakeholders in the development from miscellaneous Project types: Openings, Closures, Merges, Refreshes and Rebranding
• Supporting the Business on Facility Management and other daily Business issues & tasks
• Reporting KPI’s on a regular basis to the head of RE NE, Finance and other stakeholders
• Ensure contract compliance 

Essential Skills / Experience

• Native speaker of one of the three Nordic countries, excellent communication skills in English both spoken and written
• Able to provide an excellent customer experience, through performance and embedding a culture of continuous improvement
• Passionate about creating an environment that is oriented towards the highest ethical standards, trust, open communication, and creative thinking
• Familiar with Real Estate management in at least one of the three countries, a diploma would be a plus
• Familiar with the deployment of RE projects, from pre-projects to construction to the move
• MS Office skills – particularly Excel, a diploma would be a plus
• Experience in a retail, or other fast paced organisation, would be a plus
• Previous experience in developing and managing Real Estate contracts
• Experience in collecting, analysing and presenting data

We offer

We empower our people to carve their own career paths their way. After all, it's only natural that a people-focused organisation should be focused on its own people too. We will offer all the training, tools, motivation and inspiration you need to achieve exactly what you want from your career. Be that flexibility, international mobility or an enhanced work/life balance. If you can make an impact, we'll provide the career development opportunities you need to achieve your potential and thrive.

Contact info

Jan-Petter Westlie
Manager Executive Search
47 900 84 810
jpw@badenochandclark.no

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