Head of Global Real Estate

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Head of Global Real Estate & Facilities

**GRE at SUSE**

SUSE's Global Real Estate team manages over 37 locations across EMEA, AMS, DACH, and APJ. The team is responsible for the entire leasing, FM, and company-wide Health & Safety of SUSE's global real estate portfolio. The team also provides support for remote employees, including setting up home offices.

**The **R**ole**

Since its inception in 1992, SUSE has been at the forefront of technical innovation where change has been the only constant. An IPO transition in 2021 has brought a new pace of growth and evolution.

The primary responsibility of this position is to oversee the global real estate portfolio, ensuring its optimization and alignment with our business growth objectives and company culture. This includes managing all aspects of real estate acquisition, leasing, development, and disposition on a global scale.

This will in turn support business growth in line with our ambitious objectives and company culture, by providing strategic real estate solutions that support our expansion plans, enhance operational efficiency, and create value for the organization.

Critical to achieving excellent results will be your ability to lead a high-performing global real estate team, make data-driven decisions, and effectively collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders.

You will be responsible for setting the strategic direction of our global real estate portfolio, managing relationships with key partners and stakeholders, and driving innovation and efficiency in our real estate operations.

As the Global Head of Real Estate, you will have a direct impact on the overall success of the organization and will play a crucial role in shaping our global real estate strategy.

**Focus **A**reas**:
**Oversee the global facilities team** and SUSE GRE portfolio**:leading the global Facilities team by identifying, retaining and developing the right talent while making sure the team remains up to date on health and safety regulations in the assigned region.
- ** Develop and execute global real estate and facilities **strategy**:This includes identifying and leasing new properties, managing existing properties, and ensuring that all facilities are compliant with local safety and environmental regulations.
- ** Work with cross-functional teams: to ensure that real estate and facilities needs are aligned with business **objectives**:This includes working with the finance team to develop budgets, the IT team to ensure that facilities are equipped with the latest technology, Engineering with their key requirements and the People team.
- ** Lead the company's journey to sustainability.** This includes setting ambitious goals, developing innovative solutions, and engaging employees and stakeholders to make a real difference. I will work to ensure that our real estate and facilities portfolio is as sustainable as possible, and that we are making a positive impact on the environment.
- ** Act as a trusted advisor to the SUSE BUs**, providing expert FM advice and ensuring delivery of contractual commitments.
- ** Define service level agreements, drive performance **and lead FM related systems/process improvement projects.
- ** Drive continuous improvement in real estate and facilities management through optimization and commercial savviness**. This includes identifying opportunities to reduce costs, improve efficiency, and enhance the value of the company's real estate portfolio. It also includes working with cross-functional teams to ensure that real estate and facilities decisions are aligned with the company's overall business strategy.
- ** Responsible **and** **accountab**le** for** the global Health & Safety **strategy and compliance**
- ** Lead and manage the global health and safety strategy and compliance program**. This includes ensuring that all real estate properties comply with health and safety regulations and standards, implementing and enforcing health and safety protocols, and conducting regular audits and inspections.
- ** Promote a culture of health and safety awa