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UK Real Estate Senior Transactions Manager
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Job Description
Are you an Amazonian? Come build the future with us! What unites all Amazonians (across teams and geographies) is that we are striving to delight our customers and make their lives easier-whoever they may be. In pursuit of delighting customers, Amazonians have developed many products and services that have transformed the way our customers live their lives and run their businesses. Together we are building the future, one innovative product, service, and idea at a time. Wherever you are in the business - whatever team, whatever level - we all work to one set of Leadership Principles that help us hire the right people and run our business in the best way. These principles are followed every single day. They are highlighted in the way we interact with each other and how we behave. They are: Customer Obsession; Ownership; Invent and Simplify; Are Right, A Lot; Learn and Be Curious; Hire and Develop the Best; Insist on the Highest Standards; Think Big; Bias for Action, Frugality; Earn Trust; Dive Deep; Have Backbone - Disagree and Commit; and Deliver Results. About Amazon Operations Amazon Operations sits at the heart of the Amazon customer experience. We deal with the 'everyday experience' of shopping on Amazon. We look after everything from the moment a customer click's buy, to the moment that item gets delivered - from desktop to doorstep. Across Europe we have more than 50 fulfilment centres, hundreds of delivery stations, thousands of machines, and tens of thousands of employees, all working together in harmony to make sure the right item gets delivered to the right person in the right place at the right time. Job Description Amazon is currently looking to hire an experienced Senior Transactions Manager to join the Real Estate team and play a critical role in supporting all facility and property activity across Amazon's EU Network. Regular EU travel will be required. In this role you will support the EU team to ensure the timely completion of new lease transactions including renewals, expansions, terminations, and reconfiguration of existing warehouse space. This encompasses the entire process from working with the local management team in defining the requirements, lease negotiations (business and legal terms), on-site surveys, comparative financial analysis of lease transaction, and project management to affect the end result. Your primary objective in this role is to provide adequate, cost effective storage/operation space for Amazon on the continent given the market conditions working to challenging deadlines and budgetary requirements. Key Tasks/Responsibilities: Support the EU team to fulfill the overall strategy for maintaining and developing space requirements of Amazon European Warehouse/storage strategy Develop and implement investment models together with market player to optimize investments Discuss with local stake holders and governmental bodies to ensure support for FC (Fulfillment Center) expansions Develop the annual European real estate business plan & budget, and will be responsible for transactions to meet the business plan Develop regular communications to all business owners including local and central Finance managers, IT, legal, Operations, Facilities and Engineering functional representatives Ensure the efficient day to day operations of Amazon major facilities, coordinating with local Administrative or Purchasing personnel on all facility issues on an escalating basis Project Management, working to successful completion within deadlines and on budget and safety Landlord relations, negotiation and contractor management, including escalation of any issues beyond regular daily activity Alteration management and reducing Fix costs (all building related costs)