Real Estate Portfolio Manager

Company Description
**Do you have a passion for retail, business, and negotiation? Would you like to be a part of H&M’s Expansion Team **and be one of our next leaders? Are you dreaming of growing within a global, fast-moving company? If yes, continue to read**

We are looking for Real Estate Portfolio Managers to join our Central Europe Team, supporting Germany (placement can be in Hamburg -preferably-, or in Vienna). As a Real Estate Portfolio Manager, you are responsible for the management of a real estate portfolio of stores from our eight brands - it can also include offices, and warehouses - within a specific geographic area in Germany. You will be part of an ambitious team, responsible for enabling long-term omni growth by optimizing the existing store portfolio through targeted lease actions (for example through renegotiations, rebuilds, and other investments) as well as identifying the best locations for new stores.

**What we offer**:

- Attractive compensation package, including 30 days of vacation capital-forming benefits
- Staff discount on all H&M Group brands - online and in-store
- We support you in your personal and professional development with, among other things, development meetings and internal trainings
- Modern offices in the city centers of Hamburg and Vienna
- Corporate benefits
- Access to pme family service program (Hamburg) & IBG (Vienna)
- The benefits for Austria and Germany may differ. Please contact us for more detailed information._

**Job Description**:
As a Real Estate Portfolio Manager, you will manage the real estate portfolio for all Group brands including:

- Negotiating and re-negotiating commercial and legal terms of lease agreements with landlords
- Defining the portfolio strategy by developing and maintaining the road map for your geographic area
- Ensuring full potential by optimizing store locations and store types (adding new stores and optimizing existing) in your geographic area, making sure that your portfolio is commercially competitive and financially resilient
- Recommending the full business case in terms of fit with market strategy, location requirements, commercial idea, configuration of space, economic and legal terms, and present ready business cases for H&M Board approval
- Collaborating with internal functions, including store design team in Sweden to create best layout and space, as well as other departments, such as construction, facility management, merchandising, and legal to ensure the best possible deal for the H&M Group
- Being responsible for the full P&L optimization in your portfolio: driving long term optimization of absolute profit, sales and return of investment (ROI). To optimize ROI, you work closely with the construction department to drive the right investment levels

You will be based either in the Support Office in Hamburg (preferably) or in the Support Office in Vienna, depending on your personal needs (both can be combined with working remotely) and you will report to the Expansion Manager for Germany.

**Qualifications**:
You have a deep analytical capability and strong communication skills, and you create innovative ideas and deliver outstanding results in a fast-paced environment. You have experience from demanding roles with a focus on negotiations, financial analysis, and business strategy. The Real Estate Portfolio Manager is an important role within the company with management exposure, and to be successful you need to be a strong strategic negotiator with an ability to optimize each deal. You are flexible and happy to travel to and within Germany for this role.

**Your expertise also includes**
- Experience in Real Estate, Leasing, Expansion or Portfolio Management
- Bachelor or Master’s Degree in Business/Economics, Real Estate, Engineering, Law or equivalent
- Excellent analytical skills and strategic thinking
- Strong negotiation skills
- Retail experience and understanding is an asset
- Strong planning and executing skills with a “can-do attitude”
- Strong business mindset geared towards seeking opportunities
- Enjoying a changing working environment
- Ability to prioritize according to where the most impact is created
- Ability to remain calm and positive in difficult situations and under pressure
- Being curious and feed the organization with new insights
- Enjoying teamwork
- Fluency in English and German is mandatory

Additional Information
**ARE YOU READY TO BE REAL ESTATE PORTFOLIO MANAGER & MORE AT H&M?**

The salary is according to the collective agreement, depending on your qualification and experience, we are willing to overpay.

We are looking forward to hearing from you