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dir-real estate services role at american express
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at american express, our culture is built on a 175-year history of innovation, shared values and leadership behaviors, and an unwavering commitment to back our customers, communities, and colleagues. As part of team amex, you\'ll experience this powerful backing with comprehensive support for your holistic well-being and many opportunities to learn new skills, develop as a leader, and grow your career. Here, your voice and ideas matter, your work makes an impact, and together, you will help us define the future of american express.
grewe vision: provide the world’s best workplace experience for every colleague, at every site, every day. grewe mission: enable profitable growth by anticipating business needs and co-creating flexible, vibrant, inspiring environments at a competitive cost.
responsibilities
the director, lac subregion is a key leadership position in the organization, leading a team responsible for end-to-end footprint operations across the american express sites in the latin america and the caribbean (lac) geographic region (mexico & argentina).
end to end operations responsibilities
* responsible for leading an organization of over 500 internal and external hc for end-to-end footprint operations across the plan / build / run e&ps functions for the lac portfolio of 3 sites. Lead the organization to manage the day-to-day service delivery across 500k square feet and 3+ properties, supporting over 4,000 amex colleagues. Also includes the direct management of our florida location.
business alignment / partnership
* leads a team of regional, cross functional leaders that partner with the business. The team connects with business leaders across amex such that working with grewe is seamless and frictionless from the customers perspective. This leader will establish and cultivate a close business relationship with key leaders, especially those in the sunrise location.
facilities management (hard services) community of practice leader
* builds, leads, and influences a team of facilities management hard services leaders across the americas. This team will be responsible for the proactive maintenance, repairs, and risk management of all amers sites, and this leader will be a subject matter expert on provisioning hard services, working with this cross functional team to proactively maintain our amers footprint.
general executive engagements
* has direct and frequent executive engagement with senior leaders, grewe lt, cfos, and others at the band 50+ level.
how will you make an impact in this role?
* relationship lead and space planning (75%)
o cultivate relationships with business units (bus) to understand requirements to support demand forecasting and solutions development.
o define, plan, implement, measure and improve grewe offerings while balancing enterprise objectives, grewe resources and bu requirements.
o deliver the strategic workplace known as bluework and execute other workplace strategies to maximize utilization.
o develop, drive and verify implementation of grewe initiatives ensuring appropriate change management and communication throughout the process.
o work with grewe team members including operations excellence, transaction management, design and construction, facilities management, workplace services and their contracted resources to ensure project initiatives are executed according to plan, aligned with bu expectations and in accordance with service level agreements and key performance indicators.
o prepare aggressive but achievable solutions for business partners adjusting as necessary based on changing circumstances.
o partner with colleague experience group, digital workplace, security, communications and other key functional areas for solution development and seamless delivery of grewe initiatives
o bring new ideas and innovation to current processes and solutions.
o deliver an exceptional customer and colleague experience.
* direct property management (15%)
o responsible for the mexico city & argentina strategy and operations, including partnerships with local stakeholders (landlords, city, neighbors, tenants, etc.)
o leads a team of cross functional leaders and functional experts to manage amex’s lac region
o establish and cultivates a close business relationship with key amex leaders to develop a sunrise plan and deliver operations excellence. This will be in partnership with the vp, grewe americas operations.
* end to end management of the sub-region (10%)
o leads an organization of 500 people to deliver end to end services (workplace experience, project delivery, facilities operations) on 3+ lac sites.
o responsible for 3+ properties, 0.5 million square feet
o oversees and leads an organization of 1-2 internal amex employees, and 500+ external employees
o supports workplace and facilities for over 4,000 amex colleagues
o delivers p&l impact across a budget of $35 million annually
o responsible to direct end to end amex property strategies for the lac region
+ footprint planning: deliver master plans for all sites under responsibility, focused on improving workplace experience and delivering profitability
+ lead the delivery of fm operations – hard and soft services: driving operations excellence, reducing down time, proactively mitigating risk, and delivering the most efficient properties possible
+ oversight (dotted line) of a sub-regional project delivery activities to manage/deliver projects supporting lac footprint transformation
+ accountable for site risk management including ehs, crisis management, and maintaining quality
additional responsibilities
o position will serve on the amex grewe americas lt
o serves as the key partner to whq stakeholders
o may serve on external boards of directors in industry groups: corenet, iamc, etc.
o rotating member of other councils as appropriate
qualifications
required qualifications
o university/bachelor\'s degree or equivalent
o 10+ years\' work experience
o 5+ years\' people management experience
o minimum of 10 years of operations or cre or facilities experience (or equivalent) is required
o minimum of 10 years managing large teams
o deep knowledge of operations management, real estate, hospitality, fm, and/or delivering capital projects in a footprint environment
preferred qualifications
o university/bachelor\'s degree or equivalent, mba preferred
o degree in operations, business or equivalent, is strongly preferred
o cfm, mcr, slcr certifications
benefits
o competitive base salaries
o bonus incentives
o support for financial-well-being and retirement
o comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and disability benefits (depending on location)
o flexible working model with hybrid, onsite or virtual arrangements depending on role and business need
o generous paid parental leave policies (depending on your location)
o free access to global on-site wellness centers staffed with nurses and doctors (depending on location)
o free and confidential counseling support through our healthy minds program
o career development and training opportunities
offer of employment with american express is conditioned upon the successful completion of a background verification check, subject to applicable laws and regulations.
job details
o seniority level: director
o employment type: full-time
o job function: other
mexico city metropolitan area — 14 hours ago
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