Real Estate Manager, EMEA

Entity: People, Culture & Communications

Job Family Group: Business Support Group

Job Description: This is a hybrid role that requires 3 days per week in the office, with 2 days per week from home.

Our purpose is to deliver energy to the world, today and tomorrow. For over 100 years, bp has focused on discovering, developing, and producing oil and and gas in the nations where we operate. We are one of the few companies globally that can provide governments and customers with an integrated energy offering. Delivering our strategy sustainably is fundamental to achieving our ambition to be a net zero company by 2050 or sooner.

About the role

The Global Workplace team sits within the People, Culture and Communications entity in bp. The team comprises of global Subject Matter Experts and Regional delivery teams who together work with the business to develop and deliver services and solutions complemented by our service partners.

The Real Estate EMEA role will have accountability for all activity relating to the planning and execution of office and non-office real estate strategy and transactions, across all bp business units and functions, in EMEA. The role will help to support the drive for change in the way bp works, to be outstanding, for attracting talent, engaging bp colleagues and help ultimately to reduce the size of the bp property portfolio footprint.

What you will deliver

• Providing corporate real estate expertise across the EMEA real estate portfolio, to all business units and functions.

• Supporting the management of all property acquisitions, disposals and renewals, whether purchased, sold, leased, to support a significant reduction & consolidation of the EMEA property portfolio in line with bp’s global strategy

• Supporting the management of external real estate outsourced providers and Vested supply partners, to drive bp’s real estate ambitions for the estate

• Crafting awareness that the Global Real Estate (GRE) and the Global Workplace team are seen as the unquestionable starting point of contact planning related to real estate transactions.

• Ensuring transactions are set up to be successful through appropriate governance, resourcing and risk management

• Performance manage our external real estate partners, agents and brokers, suppliers, and consultants, in the day-to-day management of the portfolio including new lease requirements, renewals, sub-lettings, lease surrenders, restoration issues, credit control and other property matters.

• Develop and maintain relationships with the regional workplace teams, collaborators and other bp entities (Legal, Treasury, Finance, Tax) to support bp’s portfolio ambitions.

What you will need to be successful

• Significant experience in a similar role inside an occupier facing organization, international real estate consulting or service provider consulting team.

• Demonstrable experience in property strategy, real estate transactions, and an understanding of agile working practices, and design & construction for a major corporate entity.

• Outstanding collaborator engagement skills, building sustainable networks of using high EQ, with an ability to challenge stakeholders to arrive at the best real estate decisions for bp.

• Proven track record to deliver a multi-disciplinary approach to corporate real estate, providing a broad approach to property within established processes.

• A minimum of a bachelor’s degree (or equivalent), master’s degree or equivalent experience preferred in one of the following fields: Estate Management, Real Estate, Finance, or related field.

• Relevant professional qualification RICS (MRICS) or Fellow of RICS (FRICS).

Why join us?

At bp, we support our people to grow in a diverse and exciting environment. We believe that our team is strengthened by diversity.

There are many aspects of our employees’ lives that are meaningful, so we offer benefits to enable your work to fit with your life. These benefits can include flexible working options, a generous paid parental leave policy, excellent retirement benefits, among others!

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

*Reinvent your career as you help our business meet the challenges of the future.

Travel Requirement

Up to 25% travel should be expected with this role

Relocation Assistance:

This role is not eligible for relocation

Remote Type:

This position is a hybrid of office/remote working

Skills:

Building services and standards, Building sustainability, Communication, Continuous Improvement, Contract Management, Curiosity, Customer centric thinking, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Financial Analysis, Integrated Planning, Long Term Planning, Project execution planning, Real estate and location Strategy, Safety Leadership, Strategy and business case, Supplier Relationship Management, Translating strategy into plans, Waterfall Model, Workplace colleague experience

Legal Disclaimer:

We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of protected characteristics like race, religion, color, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, veteran status or disability status. Individuals with an accessibility need may request an adjustment/accommodation related to bp’s recruiting process (e.g., accessing the job application, completing required assessments, participating in telephone screenings or interviews, etc.). If you would like to request an adjustment/accommodation related to the recruitment process, please contact us.

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