Director Real Estate F - m H/F Volvo Group

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Transport is at the core of modern society. Imagine using your expertise to shape sustainable transport and infrastructure solutions for the future? If you seek to make a difference on a global scale, working with next-gen technologies and the sharpest collaborative teams, then we could BE a perfect match.

What you will do :

In France, UK, Spain & Italy, our Europe South (EUS) Division manages Volvo Group's owned and leased properties. The EUS division's portfolio consists of factories, offices, warehouses & dealerships. We support the local business with investments, construction projects and long- and short-term maintenance.

Lyon is our main site in the division, gathering all type of activities, and gathering most of Volvo Group's business organizations. IT is about 5000 people working in more than 500 000 sqm of buildings

As Director for Lyon site, you are an active business partner for the EUS division management team, and you contribute and collaborate in all aspects of the EUS division. This is a leading leader position meaning that you are the line manager of the 3 Lyon site managers, including leading, developing and supporting your team members as well as driving the team´s continuous improvement journey.

Lyon site is made of about 20 people with various skills in our real estate areas including the 3 managers you will manage.

You will report to the VP EUS division and BE part of the EUS management team.

Who are you?

In a company that values customer success, trust, passion, change and performance, you hold a strong personal credibility, integrity and creativity.

As a leader, you act as a role model and lead by example. You earn and build trust and provide support to your team. You enable your team to BE successful and see the value of the approach to GO and see, ask why, and to engage everyone in the continuous improvement journey.

To BE successful in your new job you need the following toolbox :
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering or Business Administration or equivalent experience
- Minimum 10 years' experience in real estate and facility management - or the equivalent combination of education, training and experience that provides the required knowledge of skills and abilities.
- Consolidated leadership skills with a successful leading leader experience
- You have worked with a tough change agenda and value change as something important to stay ahead.
- You have business understanding and are oriented with a drive for results and an ability to work effectively in a global matrix organization with a broad range of stakeholders.
- Experience within the areas of Real Estate and Sustainability is a strong advantage.

You have a lot of energy and love for developing and influencing people around you to BE their best selves and to drive innovative teams that are accountable to deliver.

You need to BE flexible, well organized and have sharp communication and networking skills. But most of all you are a true team player and contribute with a good team spirit.

As we are a truly global and diverse company you also need great communication skills in English, spoken and written.

Ready for the next move?

If you are a passionate leader who strives to get the best out of people - well, then you are a good match and we want you to BE part of our team !

We can't promise you an effortless job, but we can promise you some really skilled colleagues and some truly exciting challenges to work with.

You will work in a global environment that provides you with development opportunities, both professionally and personally.

We at Volvo Group want you to prosper and BE happy, because when you succeed, we succeed. We are eager to learn from you and you will get fantastic opportunities to learn and develop with us.

At Group Real Estate we are actively working to establish team that will take maximum advantage of the strength inherent in differences in knowledge, experience, age, gender and nationality, etc. We find that well balanced working groups increases group dynamics, creativity and new approaches to solutions.

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Who we are and what we believe in
Our focus on Inclusion, Diversity, and Equity allows each of us the opportunity to bring our full authentic self to work and thrive by providing a safe and supportive environment, free of harassment and discrimination. We are committed to removing the barriers to entry, which is why we ask that even if you feel you may not meet every qualification on the job description, please apply and let us decide.

Applying to this job offers you the opportunity to join Volvo Group. Every day, across the globe, our trucks, buses, engines, construction equipment, financial services, and solutions make modern life possible. We are almost 100,000 people empowered to shape the future landscape of efficient, safe and sustainable transport solutions. Fulfilling our mission creates countless career opportunities for talents with sharp minds and passion across the group's leading brands and entities.

Group Real Estate is part of Volvo Group - and our ambition is to create work environments where people thrive, every day. We are a global team of real estate professionals, acting as true business partners to our stakeholders, in more than 60 different countries and 600 sites. Volvo Group Real Estate operate throughout the entire property lifecycle, from acquisition to divestment. We believe we can always learn and improve, and we know this is best done together.