Country Manager for Slovakia

The Country Manager will be involved in:

1. Acquisitions
2. Finance of the properties
3. Letting
4. Running a team of people responsible for construction, repair and maintenance

In particular:

• Source potential new acquisition opportunities for both investment and development purposes (from land to income producing assets)
• Lead tenants negotiations and required legal and entitlement work related to development opportunities
• Supervise a team of technical, asset and property management professionals
• Hold asset, property and investment management duties related to own Real Estate portfolio in order achieve the maximum value for the assets
• Bank on an existing network of brokers, banks and authorities
• Lead the company operations and ensures that all business objectives are delivered as per the set-up business plans
• Recruit and manage staff
• Timely and accurate reporting
• Negotiate and manage relationships with third parties - local authorities, suppliers, contractors, etc.

We need someone with commercial, financial and technical understanding, best someone from real estate business. The Country Manager will oversee, directly or via his/her future staff, everything from acquisition to pre-development, structuring, commercialization, leasing, delivery and asset management. The successful candidate will coordinate contacts with occupiers, agents, authorities, contractors, architects, engineering and other technical consultancy.

The Country Manager will support all activities of the contracted consultants in the preparation of permitting strategies, concept/design coordination, budgeting, timetables, cost plans, tenders, program development, on site engineering and construction process etc.
The successful candidate will work closely with a centralized back office team (based in the the Czech Republic) throughout the entire acquisition, development and financing process.

The Country Manager reports to CEO.

In respect of the ideal candidate profile:

• Man / woman
• Fluent English
• University degree, ideally with focus on Finance, Economics or Engineering.
• Demonstrated experience and documented track record in sourcing and executing industrial/logistics real estate investments
• Strong and verifiable network of investors, brokers, lenders and real estate professionals
• Advanced analytical and problem solving skills are required in order to anticipate and resolve issues
• High level of administrative and organizational skills is required in order to manage multiple projects
• The person should be independent, a self-starter, a business developer, with a strong analytical background
• Flexible and commercially driven to find new business development opportunities
• Honest, trustworthy, reliable and open with high business ethics
• Hardworking, dedicated and committed with high result orientation
• A natural communicator, he/she should be self-motivated and possess strong entrepreneurial spirit

The position will be based in Bratislava but requires travelling flexibility.
Currently the Slovakian team consists out of one 3 project managers and team of property / maintenance stuff. It is the plan to further extend the organization.

Start possible immediately or a.s.a.p.

In case you feel you are the right candidate for this position, please do send your CV in English. In case we do not contact you within 2 weeks time, then you have not been selected for a personal interview.

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