Places (Real Estate and Development) Regional Lead - EMEA

Apple

  • London
  • Permanent
  • Full-time
  • 5 days ago
In Places, we don't sit back and let things happen, we make things happen, and we do this in service to all Apple employees and customers. Our team is a diverse and nimble group that manages Apple's retail stores, workplaces, and workplace services. We develop and manage Apple's global real estate portfolio, lead all related capital construction projects, provide outstanding facilities and site services, develop and lead sustainability initiatives to reduce the environmental impact of all Apple facilities, including commute and renewable energy programs, and do everything we can to ensure the health and safety of all Apple personnel, facilities, and customers in our facilities around the world.DescriptionWe are seeking an experienced, collaborative and highly motivated leader with a demonstrated record in delivering outstanding workplaces to join our team as Places (Real Estate and Development) Regional Lead - EMEA.Responsibilities
  • Lead an experienced team of engineering and facilities professionals to deliver, manage and maintain part of Apple's Corporate portfolio in EMEA.
  • Represent our Places global team in EMEA and invest in developing this team.
  • Oversee various programs to foster consistency across teams in Places.
  • Actively manage the portfolio to ensure compliance to local regulations, driving efficiencies and ensuring the real estate portfolio is future proofed to enable Apples business.
  • Partner across all business units and actively support EMEA site leadership across Places and people initiatives.
  • Consistently operate and maintain Places across EMEA providing excellence in service to our partners.
  • Deliver projects on time and within budget to the high quality that is expected of Apple's Places, at times partnering with Places project management team.
Minimum Qualifications
  • Extensive knowledge with the upkeep and function of client led real estate portfolio, buildings, building systems, machinery, landscape, and quality improvement projects.
  • Excellent people leadership, communication, and supervisory skills, including experience working with all levels of an organisation, always with a positive manner.
  • Proven experience leading a diverse, dynamic portfolio expanding in existing and new markets.
  • Strategic planning, sourcing, implementation of a consistent facilities management delivery model across the region through in country teams and service partners.
  • Capital and operating expense planning skills; strong resource management abilities, including balancing end user requirements with constantly changing fiscal requirements and personnel resources/constraints.
  • Experience building and maintaining relationships with facility operations, maintenance and services companies, utility companies, project teams including architectural and design firms, and general contracting firms.
  • Travel will be required across the portfolio to support in country teams (Circa. 50%).
Preferred Qualifications
  • Bachelor's Degree in Engineering (Mechanical, Electrical, Industrial), Business Technical lead or Building Construction Management equivalent.
  • Experience in high-quality construction and project management of complex real estate portfolio.
  • Highly motivated to succeed and provide best-in-class facilities services with demonstrated ability to balance the trade-offs between operational risk and investment, constantly seeking the highest quality and design at the best value.
  • Experience with conservation and sustainable building maintenance practices.
  • Demonstrated success in employee development and mentoring including fostering collaboration, continuous performance feedback and motivating the team to develop and apply tools for more efficient operations and improved customer service.
  • Ability to bring cross-functional teams together within and outside a Places (Real Estate and Development) function, including Security, IS&T, Finance, Corporate Communications, and Procurement to ensure standard methodologies and continual process improvement.

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