Real Estate and Facilities Manager

Description

General Summary:

The Real Estate and Facilities Manager is responsible for the real estate assets and leased properties for Goodwill South Central Wisconsin (GSCWI) and affiliate corporations’ property to enhance Goodwill’s mission. Collaborate with key stakeholders to implement GSCWI strategic plan with the goal of identifying real estate opportunities and optimizing resources. 

Supervisory responsibilities:

• Recruits, interviews, hires, and trains direct reports. 
• Oversees the daily workflow of their department. 
• Provides constructive and timely performance evaluations. 
• Handles discipline and termination of employees in accordance with company policy. 

Principal Duties & Responsibilities:

• Directs real estate development projects from initiation to operations handoff.   
• Manages operational matters associated with building systems, preventive services and maintenance, operating policy and procedures and maintenance staff in a multi-facility environment that includes commercial, office, and residential facilities. 
• Leads the REDFM function to achieve maximum market penetration for GSCW operations.  
• Prepares documentation required for real estate closings, commercial leases, and exhibits. 
• Works with GSCW legal counsel as needed on real estate contractual issues, transactions, and financial obligations, etc.  
• Identify, negotiate, and contract with outside vendors for facilities-related purchases and services within the annual budget. 
• Ensures accurate property records are recorded and maintained. 
• Leads facilities function to strengthen image and branding while maintaining high property standards. 
• Market demographic research and analysis for GSCW market development initiatives and site evaluations.  
• Recommendations on property acquisitions and potential excess property dispositions of excess properties. 
• Assists with recurring financial review and coordination with accounting of rents, mortgages, CAM reconciliations, taxes, repair and improvement requests and invoices received to ensure accuracy and completion.  
• Contributes as needed on communications with landlord and leasing agents on lease negotiations, lease agreement questions, leasehold improvements, and the acquisition of improvement funds. 
• Recommends, selects, and works with various applications for asset management, mapping and demographic applications to optimize system value and workflow efficiencies. 
• Conducts tours and presentations to business partners and other stakeholders on GSCW property and real estate development activities, and to promote the sale or lease of properties. 
• Works closely with finance firm to track property profit per square foot periodically to insure continued profitability.  
• Contributes to the measurement of annual profit per square foot, donor penetration, donor opportunity gap analyses, ROI of capital investments in properties. 
• Write demographic analysis reports. 
• Develops real estate department and capital budgets as part of the GSCW planning process.     
• Consistently perform all duties within the framework of our Core Values. 

Requirements

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities Required:

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.  
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail. 
• Presentation skills required to deliver proposals to varying groups of individuals. 
• Creative problem-solving and analytical skills, strong negotiation skills, along with analytical and report writing. 
• Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite or related software. Effectively use computer applications including asset management software, mapping service software, and demographic software. 
• Ability to create, interpret, manage department budget, and accounting practices and procedures relative to capital assets. 
• Knowledge of commercial real estate agreements, lending laws, closing documentation, procedures, real estate valuation, appraisal practices, access real estate and government property records. 

Travel Required: 25%. 

Required education and/or work experience:

Bachelor’s degree in related field preferred 

Professional certification is preferred 

Five years in increasingly responsible multi-site business leadership is preferred 

Description of physical working environment:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.  

• Ability to maintain a stationary position to be able to operate a computer and other office equipment, mostly indoor office environment.? 
• Must be able to clearly communicate, identify, analyze, and assess details.? 
• Ability to move around our facilities and lift, push or pull up to 20 lbs. 

Other duties: 

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice. 

Equal Employment Opportunity Employer:

Goodwill of South Central of Wisconsin provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.