Real Estate Transaction Manager

DESCRIPTION

Amazon is looking to hire an experienced Transaction Manager to join the Real Estate team and play a critical role in driving Delivery Services network across Germany, Austria and other new expanding European regions for our Last Mile customer.

This role will identify, undertake due diligence and secure sites across DE, AT, NL (MEU) and New Countries (NW) to provide flexibility and optionality for the current launch plans to assist growth of Amazon Operations and future proofing the existing network. It will involve partnership with other Amazon teams both within Global Realty and outside, involving a strategic analysis of the existing network to determine the optimum real estate solutions. The role will report up through the Head of MEU & NW and will be based in the Munich corporate office.

In this role, you will ensure the timely completion of new real estate transactions including lease agreements, BTS, option agreements, conditional land purchases and investments/existing building acquisitions. This includes working with stakeholders in defining the requirements, commercial and legal negotiations, technical due diligence, in-depth financial analysis of property transactions, underwriting analysis including developer appraisals, exit scenarios, assisting in the presentation of deals to leadership and project management to completion. You will be expected to navigate through complexity and ambiguous environments to deliver strategic, cost-effective property options for occupation by Amazon operations in the current launch plan.

Key job responsibilities

1. Manage the deal flow of multiple transactions simultaneously
2. Use your extensive network and experience to source new opportunities from a range of external brokers, land owners, public bodies and developers.
3. Management of negotiations with landlords, agents and lawyers.
4. In-depth knowledge of the property development process including site assembly, securing acceptable permitting, financing, cost planning and industry investment profiling.
5. Communicate expectations, requirements and status of deals to key business partners – both internal and external.
6. Single threaded owner of all commercial aspects to ensure the exchange and completion of property contracts consistently and reliably to meet programme expectations.
7. Closely collaborate with multiple teams incl. Amazon operations, launch & expansion, network planning, legal, finance, public policy, pre-construction and design and construction groups to deliver highly successful projects.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

1. Degree held in a property-related or equivalent subject preferred
2. Significant Real Estate negotiation and transaction management experience (ideally in logistics) in DE/AT
3. Experience managing large capital projects with proven success in delivering on time, on budget and safely across DE/AT
4. Extensive network of contacts across DE/AT for brokers, developers, landowners, public bodies and capital partners

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

1. Proven track record in large scale project driven workloads with experience of reporting to multiple internal and external stakeholders.
2. Verbal and written communication skills with a high level of attention to detail and an ability to manage people and operational functions.
3. Experience managing large capital projects with proven success in delivering on time, on budget and safely
4. Knowledge of life-cycle of physical assets (property and buildings), including the acquisition and disposition of assets and lease administration
5. Understanding of financial analysis techniques including discounted cash flow and capital budgeting
6. Broad understanding of how to innovate in real estate services to optimize customer satisfaction and productivity
7. Ability to proactively monitor and control various vendor relationships and external resources (including contract negotiation and vendor management skills)
8. Understanding real estate trends, best practices

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