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Form of workAs a leading provider of insurance and reinsurance with worldwide operations and employees in Bermuda, U.S., U.K., Continental Europe and Asia, we recognize that our success is derived directly from those who matter the most: our people. At Sompo International, our values of integrity, collaboration, agility, execution and excellence underpin our culture and our commitment to providing an employee experience that attracts and engages the best talent in the industry. As we continue to grow, we strive to find diverse, innovative and driven professionals to join our teams and offer a broad range of career and development opportunities at all levels, in multiple business areas, in each of our locations throughout the world. Our compensation and benefits programs are market driven and competitive, with excellent family friendly policies and flexible working provisions.
Job Description
Job summary
We are seeking aReal Estate and Facilities AVP for our Midwest/West Coast Region
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
Qualifications:
Job Description
Job summary
We are seeking aReal Estate and Facilities AVP for our Midwest/West Coast Region
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Develop and administer facility operational expense and capital budgets for assigned area(s) of responsibility including recommending long-range plans for growth, space efficiency and capital expenditures
- Management and training of facilities staff
- Management of capital improvement projects, new office build-outs or refurbishments
- Track projects, review work of contractors, and coordinate activities to close out projects upon acceptable completion of work and within budget
- Work with architects, general contractors and other vendors as required to complete design and construction build-outs
- Work closely with our office landlords and property management teams to ensure our office space is maintained and serviced in accordance with our lease
- Collaborate with Procurement to maintain, develop and evaluate new and existing contracts
- Work with Legal to ensure Real Estate leases and contracts are properly reviewed
- Oversee and manage our external vendors
- Oversee management of corporate and local accounts to ensure vendors are meeting Service Level Agreements
- Review cleaning crew contracts to ensure service level agreements are being met and offices are be maintained appropriately
- Bistro vendors - ensure we are providing consistent catering, inventory and stocking of our kitchens
- Ensure office supply vendors are providing pricing and service that is in accordance with our contracts
- Develop, implement and enforce departmental policies and procedures
- Maintenance of enterprise Business Continuity Planning and Disaster Recovery
- Travel as needed and required
Qualifications:
- Minimum of 5-7 years of experience in a Facilities/Real Estate/Administrative or equivalent role
- Sound understanding and experience with Real Estate processes, transactions and commercial property issues
- Strong customer service, team building and conflict management skills
- Experience and knowledge reading space plans, working with contractors, and project management of office build outs
- Demonstrated confidence and tact in dealing with all levels of management, business associates, and outside vendors
- Demonstrated space planning and design skills
- Proven record of accomplishments within appropriate time frames
- Solid understanding of IT infrastructure and how it incorporates into the office environment
- A history of working within budgetary guidelines or projects and knowing how to effectively "value engineer" dollars out of a project when necessary
