Job Description
As a Real Estate Portfolio Manager, you will be responsible for managing the real estate portfolio of stores within the H&M Group, including offices, warehouses, and more, within a specific geographic area in Switzerland. You will be a crucial member of an ambitious team dedicated to facilitating long-term omni growth. Your responsibilities include optimizing the existing store portfolio through targeted lease actions, such as renegotiations and rebuilds, and identifying the best locations for new stores. As a Real Estate Portfolio Manager, you will oversee the real estate portfolio of all H&M Group brands.
Key responsibilities:
- 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 types, adding new stores, and optimizing existing ones in your geographic area
- Recommending full business cases for H&M Board approval, considering market strategy, location requirements, commercial idea, space configuration, economic and legal terms
- Collaborating with internal functions, including the store design team in Sweden, and 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 will closely collaborate with the construction department to determine the right investment levels
This is an opportunity for open-minded team players who, by being curious, innovative and forward-thinking, want to change and develop our business and the entire industry. We encourage you to be yourself, drive results, work towards goals and give it your all. Your competencies, such as self-reflection and empathy will contribute to your success in this role.
What you need to succeed:
- Passion and interest for real estate, leasing, expansion or portfolio management
- Retail experience and understanding are an asset
- A business mindset with strong planning and executing skills and a “can-do attitude”
- The ability to prioritize, remain calm and stay positive in difficult situations and under pressure
- Enjoyment of teamwork
- Fluency in English and German is mandatory
This is a fulltime permanent position, starting as soon as possible according to agreement. The role is based in our Office in Zürich, Switzerland and you will report to the Expansion Manager for Austria, Switzerland and Slovenia.
Apply by sending in your full application, including CV as soon as possible, but no later than the 25th of February.
Benefits
We offer all our employees at H&M Group attractive benefits with extensive development opportunities around the globe. All our employees receive a staff discount card, usable on all our H&M Group brands in stores and online. Brands covered by the discount are H&M (Beauty and Move included), COS, Weekday, Monki, H&M HOME, & Other Stories, ARKET, Afound. In addition to our staff discount, all our employees are included in our H&M Incentive Program – HIP. You can read more about our H&M Incentive Program here.
In addition to our global benefits, all our local markets offer different competitive perks and benefits. Please note that they may differ between employment type and countries.
Inclusion & Diversity
H&M is a part of H&M Group. At H&M Group, we’re determined to create and maintain inclusive, diverse and equitable workplaces throughout our organisation. Our teams should consist of a variety of people that share and combine their knowledge, experience and ideas. Having a diverse workforce leads to a positive impact on how we address challenges, on what we perceive possible and on how we choose to relate to our colleagues and customers all over the world. Hence all diversity dimensions are taken into consideration in our recruitment process.
We strive to have a fair and equal process and therefore kindly ask you not to attach a cover letter in your application as they often contain information that easily can trigger unintentional biases.
Company Description
H&M is a fashion brand that offers the latest styles and inspiration, from fashion pieces and unique designer collaborations to affordable wardrobe essentials. Our business idea is fashion & quality at the best price in a sustainable way. Learn more about H&M here.
