Real Estate Manager

About the role

This position leads real estate transactions and related activities to enable and support 3M business units worldwide. The selected candidate provides insight and direction to senior finance, corporate and divisional management with respect to the financial statement impact of complex and diverse real estate transactions proposed by 3M business units and local country subsidiaries.

Responsibilities

• Member of the RE Dept. Op. Committee
• Implement RE Dept. programs and procedures
• Develop and implement department priorities
• Quantify and analyze alternatives and deliver recommendations, including analytical support, to BU, financial and exec. mgmt. as part of the RE decision making process.
• Manage large and complex RE projects and implement global RE strategy
• Team with 3M RE and non-RE professionals to manage 3M RE assets with environmental constraints or other unique qualities
• Represent the RE Dept on individual merger, acquisition, and divestiture projects
• Complete due diligence and valuation analysis associated with projects
• Formulate contract negotiating points and assist RE counsel in contract negotiation
• Support the integration and post-closing activities.
• Provide support and counsel with respect to RE sites that are specialized in use, zoning, environmental conditions or have increased visibility in the community.
• Develop processes to ensure that data is properly collected, maintained, and reported.
• Identify opportunities and initiate actions to improve dept. and corp. RE processes.
• Participate in cross-functional teams to drive process improvements in corp. initiatives.

Qualifications

• A bachelor’s degree in real estate, finance, or business or engineering, supply chain, etc
• 5-10 years of experience in complex real estate work
• Five (5) or more years' experience across multiple asset classes; manufacturing, distribution, warehouse, office, office, and others.