Schneider Electric is the global specialist in energy management and automation. With revenues of ~25 billion in FY2016, our 144,000+ employees serve customers in over 100 countries, helping them to manage their energy and process in ways that are safe, reliable, efficient and sustainable. From the simplest of switches to complex operational systems, our technology, software and services improve the way our customers manage and automate their operations. Our connected technologies reshape industries, transform cities and enrich lives. At Schneider Electric, we call this Life Is On.
The Global Real Estate's purpose is to deliver the best digital, sustainable, attractive and optimized Real Estate commercial and industrial portfolio and workplaces to enhance employee's engagement and collaboration and show case Schneider Electric values and expertise. In this context, we want to build strong Real Estate capabilities in workplace management, sustainability transformation and ensure our acquired entities are well integrated into global real estate standards.
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This role's mission will be to lead globally segments of our real estate value chain to drive performance, compliance and transformation required for the company current and future needs.
Key Areas of Responsibility Include:
- Workplace management - Our Workplace of Future is an essential element of our employee experience to nurture innovation culture, cross-functional work and reflect our value proposition to work at Schneider Electric (SE). Enrich, deploy and educate our real estate community on SE global workplace policy.
- Sustainability - In close collaboration with our global and SERE sustainability teams, engage, run and animate global initiatives and overall real estate ambition to convert our portfolio to net zero carbon trajectory and associated components supporting ESG company objectives.
- Post-Merger Integration (PMI) - Develop and maintain governance and duties on post M&A integration of SE delegated entities, ensure compliance to our real estate trust standards and identify opportunities to consolidate into SE portfolio.
Main activities:
- Deploy and enrich the global workplace policy across our four pillars (digital and sustainable, inclusive and welcoming, innovative and collaborative, effective and resilient) based on learnings from SE sites, collaboration with other global functions (HR, IT, Digital Buildings, Sustainability, Security, etc) and external benchmark.
- Ensure proper education and adherence to the policy by having regular communications to our real estate community (and beyond), project reviews and KPIs management (incl. /sqm ratios, internal benchmark etc).
- Establish and deploy SE global design book, taking inspiration of our company DNA, culture, core values, workplace essentials incl. B2B dimension.
- Lead overall real estate ambition on sustainability, ensuring close collaboration with corporate sustainability and GSC SERE departments (Impact Horizon 2030).
- Animate real estate community to develop a true sustainability mindset, from vision purpose to operational toolkit deployment (low carbon design to build, circular economy, energy sobriety, etc)
- Ensure due diligence support to PMI governance team (acquisition, divestiture).
- Run Trust Standards audit and ensure compliance of in-scope entities for real estate domain.
- Work closely with real estate digital team, finance and Post M&A functions to run proper integration of targeted delegated entities and identify early opportunities of consolidation into core SE portfolio ('simplification').
What skills and capabilities will make you successful?
- +10 years of experience in the real estate industry, with specific focus on construction work segment combined with sustainability exposure
- Knowledgeable in real estate (MRICS certification or equivalent), certification in Sustainability as a plus.
- Fluent in english
- Strategic mindset. Analytical skills. Self-driven. Ethics & Integrity
What's in it for you?
- Life insurance
- Health insurance
- Flexible compensation: ticket restaurant, nursery, savings plan, training, etc.
- Own your career: enjoy all the benefits of Open Talent Market, our platform that uses AI to connect you with hundreds of job opportunities, projects and mentors around the world
- Flex@Work: flexible hours, telework, sabbaticals, purchase leave, floating holidays, Global Family Leave Policy
- Recognize and be recognized through our StepUp program
- Club Schneider: discount on products and services throughout Spain
- Wellness: medical service, wellbeing laboratories, activities per workplace, gyms in different sites, etc.
- If you like to go to the gym, we have a special agreement with Wellhub
- Become a Schneider shareholder with our "WESOP" program
- Many more benefits per site!
Let us learn about you! If you believe this role could be your next career challenge, we encourage you to apply.
Looking to make an IMPACT with your career?
When you are thinking about joining a new team, culture matters. At Schneider Electric, our values and behaviors are the foundation for creating a great culture to support business success. We believe that our IMPACT values - Inclusion, Mastery, Purpose, Action, Curiosity, Teamwork - starts with us.
IMPACT is also your invitation to join Schneider Electric where you can contribute to turning sustainability ambition into actions, no matter what role you play. It is a call to connect your career with the ambition of achieving a more resilient, efficient, and sustainable world.
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36 billion global revenue
+13% organic growth
150 000+ employees in 100+ countries
#1 on the Global 100 World's most sustainable corporations
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