Global Real Estate and Facility Management Leader

The position is responsible for overseeing the planning, development, and management of real estate assets and facilities across our global supply chain network. The role involves ensuring that our facilities are strategically located, designed, and maintained to support efficient and effective supply chain operations while aligning with business objectives and sustainability goals.

What will you do?

• Strategic Planning: Develop and execute the global real estate strategy for the supply chain, including site selection, facility expansion, consolidation, and optimization initiatives, in alignment with GSC, Corporate Real Estate, and HR strategy
• Project Management: Lead the planning, design, and construction of new facilities, renovations, and infrastructure projects, ensuring adherence to budget, schedule, environment and sustainability standards.
• Governance around the Facility Operations: develop a global playbook for the essential day-to-day operations of supply chain facilities, including maintenance, security, and utilities management, to ensure a safe, functional, and productive working environment.
• Build a global governance around sustainable design of buildings and advocate for green building policies. Contribute significantly to the advancement of sustainable construction practices.
• Sustainability and Environmental Stewardship: Implement sustainable practices and initiatives to minimize the environmental impact of supply chain facilities, reduce energy consumption, and enhance resource efficiency.
• Global Vendor Management: Manage relationships with global third-party vendors, contractors, and service providers involved in real estate development, construction, and facility management activities, ensuring alignment with contractual agreements and performance expectations.
• Budgeting and Financial Management: Monitor real estate projects and facility operations, including capital expenditures, operating expenses, and lease obligations, to optimize cost-effectiveness and resource allocation in Supply Chain
• Compliance and Risk Management: Ensure compliance with regulatory requirements, building codes, zoning ordinances, environmental regulations, and health and safety standards for all supply chain facilities.
• Technology Integration: Identify and implement technology solutions, such as facility management software, IoT sensors, and automation systems, to optimize facility performance, enhance visibility, and enable data-driven decision-making.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including HR, Governance, M&A team, corporate sustainability, supply chain operations, logistics, procurement, and finance, to align real estate and facility management strategies with business objectives and operational needs.
• Performance Monitoring and Reporting: Develop key performance indicators (KPIs) and metrics to track the performance of real estate assets and facility management activities, and provide regular reports and updates to senior management.
• Understand the needs of employees and contribute to increase their satisfaction through RE/Facility management projects

What skills and capabilities will make you successful?

• Strong leadership to influence and convince.
• Budget management and data analysis skills
• Agility to execute on challenging constraints and to prioritize conflicting needs
• Mobilization of indirect resources in a matrix organization while keeping diverse teams engaged
• Willingness to own issues and solve problems
• Process transformation, internal audit, program & change management experiences are preferred

What's in it for you?

• Schneider Electric offers a robust benefits package to support our employees such as flexible work arrangements, paid family leave, 401(k)+ match, and more.

Who will you report to?

• SVP, GSC SERE & Sustainability

What qualifications will make you successful for this role?

• +10 years in real estate and facility management industries
• Supply Chain acumen is a plus
• Fluent in English, both spoken and written

Let us learn about you! Apply today.

You must submit an online application to be considered for any position with us. This position will be posted until filled.

Why us?

At Schneider Electric we're committed to creating a workplace that gives you not just a job but a meaningful purpose in joining our mission to bring energy and efficiency to enable life, progress and sustainability for all.

We believe in empowering our team members to reach their full potential, fostering a sense of ownership in their work.

We embrace inclusion as a fundamental value, ensuring that every voice is heard and valued. We value differences, and welcome people from all walks of life. We believe in equal opportunities for everyone, everywhere.

If you want to be part of a company where your contributions truly matter, where you are empowered to make a difference and where inclusivity is valued, we would love to hear from you.

Discover your Meaningful, Inclusive and Empowered career at Schneider Electric.

€34.2bn global revenue
+12% organic growth
135 000+ employees in 100+ countries
#1 on the Global 100 World’s most sustainable corporations

You must submit an online application to be considered for any position with us. This position will be posted until filled

Schneider Electric aspires to be the most inclusive and caring company in the world, by providing equitable opportunities to everyone, everywhere, and ensuring all employees feel uniquely valued and safe to contribute their best.

We mirror the diversity of the communities in which we operate and we ‘embrace different’ as one of our core values. We believe our differences make us stronger as a company and as individuals and we are committed to championing inclusivity in everything we do. This extends to our Candidates and is embedded in our Hiring Practices.

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