YOUR TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

The primary responsibilities of this role, Program Manager Real Estate Management, are to: 

• Steer US Real Estate projects within multinational and interdisciplinary teams;
• Initiate, execute and close Real Estate projects;
• Negotiate Letters of Intent (LOI), Leases and Purchase and Sales Agreements (PSA);
• Set up and manage internal and external project teams by aligning project requirements and developing approval packages for Steering Committees;
• Represent or support the local Project lead on Real Estate activities e.g. presentations to Senior Management for implementation planning and approval, project progress/performance, benefits achievement, etc.);
• Coordinate and manage Real Estate service providers in the course of real estate activities (e.g. brokers and attorneys);
• Further strengthen the real estate specific network;
• Review local project consistency of quality, benchmarking and delivery performance of key 3rd party suppliers;
• Drive continuous improvement;
• Provide specialist support to other business stakeholders as required.

WHO YOU ARE

Your success will be driven by your demonstration of our LIFE values.  More specifically related to this position, Bayer seeks an incumbent who possesses the following:

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor of Science in Business Administration or Bachelor of Science in engineering, economics, law or real estate with eight years’ of experience or a Master’s of Arts/M.B.A with four years’ of experience;
• Strong communication skills with the ability to build trustful and effective working relationships with internal and external business partners;
• Team player with leadership skills and the ability and experience to interact with senior Management;
• Intercultural sensitivity in a multinational company like Bayer is key for success;
• Willingness and ability to understand Bayer as a Life Science company;
• Strong interpersonal, negotiation and project management skills;
• Excellent understanding of financial and legal matters in real estate;
• Passionate, stress-resistant professional achieving high quality standards;
• Strategic thinking and independent working individual with structured and target oriented approach;
• Proficient with MS Excel and PowerPoint;
• Ability to travel up to 50%;
• Living Bayer’s LIFE values.