Regional Head of Industrial Real Estate

Opportunity

At Maersk, we are striving to become the true integrator of container logistics, connecting, and simplifying our customers’ supply chain through global end-to-end solutions. You will be joining the Logistics & Services Procurement team in Europe team and will be based in either Copenhagen or Rotterdam and partaking in managing the regional real estate agenda across an extensive and growing portfolio. You will join as the regional lead for our industrial and logistics real estate projects across the region, ranging from greenfield developments, lease acquisitions and negotiation while also taking part in developing the strategy together with the local product owners and the global real estate team.

The global real estate strategy targets significant growth within Contract Logistics but at the same time securing efficient and effective real estate assets for our business and colleagues. Typical projects include finding the right strategy for our assets (lease, own, develop), investments, divestments, lease acquisitions, project development, project management, and space optimization.

The candidate will join the team as Regional Head for our Industrial and Logistics real estate and will be responsible for the development of this role both internally in procurement and in the Maersk organization. Thus, previous experience in Corporate Real Estate, Industrial and Logistics categories is a must. The role entails a regional scope of the Maersk warehousing sector and requires participation in the development of a structured and competitive strategy.

As Head of IRE you will be part of a team based in Copenhagen or Rotterdam where you will belong to a local/regional procurement team and will be fully integrated with the business and the product organizations.

Key Responsibilities

You will be responsible for:

• Developing, participating, and executing on the IRE agenda, and supporting the ambitious growth strategy for this category
• Manage regional transactions and project roll-outs incl. securing development/construction financing
• Be the key link between the central real estate function and the local execution of real estate projects
• Coordinate activities and implementation of new processes between regional and global functions to ensure governance
• Take part in delivering key logistics solutions to our customers
• Regional Supplier Relationship Management of large market players
• Engaging a large community of stakeholders, often at the senior level, both internally and externally
• Playing an active role in contributing to the overall Maersk Real Estate Strategy
• Deliver on profit and savings targets on leased and owned properties

Your role offers a unique opportunity to become a vital part of Maersk’s strategy, to create a strong network in the real estate industry as well as across the Maersk organization and you will have a chance to truly showcase your commercial understanding and business acumen.

Who we are looking for

Ideally, we are looking for a candidate with:

• Minimum 5 years of real estate experience, preferably of a global nature in the industrial and logistics category.
• Experience with real estate developments/construction projects
• Multinational corporate and/or warehousing experience will be especially noted.
• A legal, finance or business-related education; may be combined with a real estate related degree/designation like CoreNet MCR or MRICS.

You need to possess refined communication and interpersonal skills. You get excited by taking an active part in transforming our organization to further support our customer’s needs. You are open-minded and you challenge both your surroundings and yourself, in order to continuously improve and reach the next level within Corporate Real Estate. You have a strong personal drive and you will take an active part in the execution needed.

You are good at solving complex business problems in a structured and analytical manner, e.g. via project management and negotiations. You can conduct deep financial analysis and effectively communicate the conclusions, e.g. making executive summaries of possible strategies for presentation to senior management.

We have high ambitions for this role and what it can deliver, so if you see yourself as a match, please do not hesitate to apply – we guarantee excitement, challenges, great colleagues, a unique global opportunity in a company that has the privilege of enabling global trade.

The role is based in Copenhagen or Rotterdam - some business travel should be expected.