Global Real Estate Senior Manager (East Europe & Turkey)

Overview

At PepsiCo, you’ll discover a place where our mission is to create smiles around the world. With a portfolio of more than 500 beloved brands including, Pepsi, Doritos and Lipton Ice Tea, our work touches millions of people every day. At the heart of the company is a team of thinkers, creators, and problem-solvers who collaborate to innovate and turn ideas into action. Driven by innovation and a focus on creating joyful moments through food and drinks, our decisions are guided by consumer centricity, creating opportunities for our associates to do meaningful work and make a lasting impact in the communities we serve. Whatever your role, you’ll be part of a global community that values your ideas and empowers you to make an impact, on your career and on the world around you.

We are looking for a Global Real Estate Senior Manager based in İstanbul and who will be responsible for managing all PGRE operations in all East Europe regions & Turkey.

Responsibilities

• Lead all PGRE activities within Turkey and East Europe, ensuring services are delivered in line with local expectations and PGRE standards

• Oversee building and grounds maintenance

• Organize and plan building installments and refurbishments. Recommend maintenance, mechanical, electrical, and facility design modifications.

• Ensure all building facilities adhere to proper safety standards and cleaning procedures

• Ensure security and emergency preparedness procedures are implemented properly.

• Maintain equipment and building provisions to meet health and safety requirements

• Supervise facilities staff and communicate with external contractors and vendors.

• Delegate cleaning and maintenance responsibilities to team members

• Manage and review shuttle contracts

• Forecasts, allocates, and supervises the financial and physical resources of the facility management

• Lead the organization of placement and furniture of the office regions and the meeting rooms

• Manage facilities capex budget and ensure properly tracking is in place

• Conduct and document regular facilities inspections

• Delivery of all office facilities management services

• Develop the vision and strategy for the region over the next 3-5 years

• Provide and manage pipeline for Offices, R&D, Food and Beverages projects

• Interact with PRGE and local BU’s, develop program strategy

• Develop relationships with key stakeholders, provide monthly executive updates and dashboards & dynamic communications to help the business better understand the project process & governance to ensure all stakeholders have a clear understanding of project

• Track and report the ROI of products/projects

• Develop asset baseline, support on implementing PGRE regional structure and team

• Partner with Finance and Procurement on regional / global initiatives

• Track and Report project KPIs and Metrics, with emphasis on WOW and PEP+ goals

• Ensuring strategic partners manage project budgets and execution

• Managing risks and issues and taking corrective measurements

• Coordinating the projects and their interdependencies

• Managing and utilizing resources across projects

• Proactively communicate roadmap, milestones and outcomes for all real estate project deliverables to partners and stakeholders

• Assure compliance with PepsiCo’s governance, process and procedures

• Work with Strategic partners and assure they meet KPI standards

Qualifications

• University degree required and MBA or other relevant advanced degree is preferred

• 10-15 years’ experience in corporate real estate, both office and supply chain

• Skilled in Lease, Transaction, Project and Facility Management

• Mastery of financial modeling

• Experience implementing a workplace strategy on corporate global real estate projects

• Professional certification: MCR / PMP / LEED / Preferred

• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written, along with the ability to influence and demonstrate confidence in communications with senior level management

• Ability to navigate periods of pressure and balance priorities/workload throughout the project duration due to tight deadlines

• Strong leadership, organizational and interpersonal skills

• Experience managing a culturally diverse groups

• Strong project management skills; track record of overseeing a portfolio of transformation projects

• Excellent analytical, critical thinking and problem-solving skills

• Self-motivated/self-starter with the ability to work independently

• Flexibility in adjusting & reprioritizing to meet changing needs in a fast-paced environment

• Solid presentational skills

• Advanced English and Turkish