Your responsibilities and tasks
To strengthen our Real Estate Excellence team, we are looking for a Regional Real Estate Portfolio & Property Manager (f/m/d) to support and optimize our real estate portfolio across Northern-Central Europe and Eastern Europe.
- Implement and support GEA's Real Estate strategy across Northern-Central Europe and Eastern Europe
- Optimize the regional real estate portfolio, including offices, manufacturing sites, and warehouses, with a focus on cost efficiency, sustainability, and operational excellence
- Prepare business cases, portfolio analyses, and management reports for executive stakeholders
- Manage lease lifecycles, renewals, landlord relationships, and support contract negotiations
- Support footprint optimization, relocations, consolidations, expansions, and new site evaluations
- Coordinate with local management, HR, Finance, Legal, EHS, Operations, IT, and external partners
- Support construction, facility, and workplace projects, ensuring compliance with GEA standards and local regulations
- Monitor project and property-related budgets, CAPEX, sustainability investments, contracts, and invoices
- Drive continuous improvement of real estate and property management processes
- Track, analyze, and report relevant KPIs and portfolio performance metrics
Your profile and qualifications
- Bachelor's or preferably Master's degree in Real Estate, Engineering, Architecture, Construction Management, or a comparable qualification
- Minimum 8 years of experience in Corporate Real Estate Portfolio and Property Management
- Experience managing multi-site real estate portfolios across multiple countries
- Proven experience with industrial facilities, manufacturing plants, and warehouses
- Strong knowledge of lease management, property operations, and real estate projects
- Understanding of statutory compliance requirements and European sustainability regulations, including EU Taxonomy
- Advanced skills in Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and Word; CAD knowledge is a plus
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills
- Hands-on, proactive, and solution-oriented mindset
- Ability to influence decisions through data-driven recommendations and best practices
- Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple projects and locations simultaneously
- Collaborative team player with experience working in international environments
- Fluent English is mandatory
- Willingness to travel regularly across Northern-Central Europe and Eastern Europe
What we offer:
- Work in a supportive, appreciative, and international team
- A modern work environment with flexible work options to ensure a healthy work-life balance
- A wide range of personal and professional training and development opportunities to support your career
- Company pension scheme and accident insurance
- 30 vacation days per year plus December 24th & 31st off
- Employee benefits such as discounts on gym memberships, language courses, etc.
- Subsidized job bike scheme
- Good public transport connections with travel allowance
- One additional day off for volunteering
- Global bonus program
About GEA
GEA is one of the largest suppliers for the food and beverage processing industry and a wide range of other process industries. Approximately 18,000 employees in more than 60 countries contribute significantly to GEA’s success – come and join them! We offer interesting and challenging tasks, a positive working environment in international teams and opportunities for personal development and growth in a global company.
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GEA’s heritage stretches back more than 140 years. Today, we operate in resilient customer industries with a dedicated workforce of more than 18,000 employees and conduct business with more than 150 countries.
