IBM Nigeria recruiting Estate Manager. Apply now

Estates Strategy & Planning
- Estates Transaction Management
- Compliance of Estates processes & legal obligations with IBM corporate business control guidelines and instructions.

Key Responsibilities
- Develop real estate plans for key locations (space growth/reduction, opportunities) based on utilization, market rent and demand dynamics.

- Business case development, financial analysis, recommendation of Real Estate investment projects and follow-up on funding requests until final approval.
- Manage the transaction process end to end from setting site search until the conclusion of lease negotiations and signature
- Maintain, update and safeguard all related property portfolio records, metrics, legal agreements, databases and process documentation assuring compliance is
- Managing internal interlock to insure corporate compliance on all new and existing lease agreements
- Effective working relationship and other members of the real estate team and user groups.
Develop external relationship with real-estate brokers, service providers, landlords and property managing agents
- Act as proxy for Middle East & North Africa Estate planning Manager during holiday’s and leaves
- Maintain a full understanding of the space dynamics of the existing portfolio,
- Accurate and timely payment of all real estate costs.
- Manage vacant space disposal programme

KEY Tasks
- Manage & Track Lease agreement critical event dates.
- Managing internal monthly interlock to insure compliance to the existing lease agreements
- Support regional/global RESO in the integration or disposals of property portfolios associated with IBM mergers and acquisitions.
- Coordinate periodic rent reviews, deal with Landlord and Tenant issues, and bring to close.
- Provide strategic property advice in line with business requirements.
- Develop clear space strategies including individual building utilization.
- Optimizing current assets in the solving new business requirements.
- Document, save and organize all internal approvals and documentation in compliance with corporate guidelines, processes, financial and operations key controls
- Support internal IBM key stakeholders
- Develop external relationship with real-estate brokers and other service providers,
- Monitoring the market availability for opportunities in South and Sub-Sahara Africa.

Personal Experience/Qualifications/Skills
- Educated to a degree level qualifications: Architecture, Surveying, Estate Management or Finance
- Strong technical background in all aspects of estates management is an advantage,
- Numerate and IT literate, good written and verbal communication skills & presentation skills
- Proven negotiation and business management skills.
- Enthusiastic, self motivated and highly flexible
- Willingness to travel within MEA(Middle East Africa)
- Strong Command of English is a must, French as a Second Language is an advantage

Property Portfolio
- Over 32 different buildings and growing
- Over 46 Different Countries

Required
Bachelor's Degree
At least 5 years experience in Estates Strategy & Planning
At least 5 years experience in Estates Transaction Management
English: Fluent

Preferred
Social Sciences
At least 8 years experience in Estates Strategy & Planning
At least 8 years experience in Estates Transaction Management


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