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województwo małopolskie, Polska
Hybrid
The Real Estate Transaction Manager oversees the end-to-end purchase and leasing lifecycles for real estate outside of the Americas (North and South America). Responsibilities include translating business requirements into workplace strategies, negotiating terms, managing critical dates, evaluating financial data, and ensuring compliance with lease agreements. The role bridges internal business units, legal teams, and external landlords.
How you'll make an impact:
Own and evolve Ecolab’s Real Estate Portfolio Strategy and implementation, ensuring alignment with business priorities, capital plans and budget targets.
Partner closely with Director of RESS and functional business leaders to evaluate real estate options, present financial scenarios and deliver Executive ready recommendations.
Deal Negotiation: Drive lease acquisitions, renewals, dispositions, and restructurings to secure optimal financial and operational terms.
Critical Date Management: Monitor lease expirations, option periods, and termination deadlines to prevent financial liabilities or missed opportunities.
Financial & Market Analysis: Conduct site selections, analyze market trends, and build financial models (e.g., comparing net present value and occupancy costs) to inform portfolio strategy.
Document Management: Draft, review, and finalize transaction documents, including Letters of Intent (LOIs), lease agreements, amendments, and estoppels.
Stakeholder Coordination: Act as the primary liaison between corporate executives, legal counsel, facility managers, and external brokers or landlords.
Portfolio Compliance: Ensure data accuracy in transaction management systems and verify that rental payments and lease terms align with corporate governance.
Qualifications:
Bachelor’s degree in real estate, Finance, Business Administration, or a related field is prefered.
3-5+ years in commercial real estate, corporate leasing, or transaction management in a large multi-national environment.
Strong contract negotiation, financial acumen, and proficiency in lease administration software and CRM tools.
Deep understanding of commercial real estate law, property valuation, and local zoning or occupancy regulations.
Comfort operating in ambiguity within a matrixed, enterprise organization, with regional focus and enterprise lens.
Excellent communication skills and a collaborative, outcomes‑oriented leadership style in a cross-cultural environment.
Experience partnering with 3rd party brokerage/provider to execute real estate transactions.
What’s in it For You:
Competitive Compensation: Attractive salary (Base pay & Variable Plan) and benefits package (private medical care, life insurance, stock purchase, lunch subsidy, sport cards).
Work-Life Balance: Flexible working arrangements with hybrid model of work (approx. 60% from the office and 40% from home)
Matrix Organization: Thrive in our matrix organization, working across Europe with various teams and cultural backgrounds.
Collaborative Environment: Strong teamwork and diverse interactions.
Development Opportunities: Personalized plans with rapid progression
Versatile Career Paths: Professional growth supported by active committee for different career levels.
Supportive Culture: High employee satisfaction and responsive feedback.
Learning and Innovation: Continuous learning and technical training incl. subject matter experts’ trainings, soft skills and management trainings and LinkedIn learning.
Relocation Support: Assistance for international candidates and candidates living outside of Krakow.
Social events such as family events and charity auctions.
Comfortable working environment (Library, relaxation area, casual dress code).
Parking space for cars and bikes.
About Ecolab:
At Ecolab, we prioritize our talent-first philosophy by creating the most capable and diverse team to excel at our nearly three million customer sites. Building on a century of innovation, our 48,000 associates help deliver comprehensive science-based solutions, data-driven insights and world-class service to advance food safety, maintain clean and safe environments, and optimize water and energy use, and improve operational efficiencies and sustainability for customers in the food, healthcare, life sciences, hospitality and industrial markets in more than 170 countries around the world. Our solutions not only enhance operational efficiency but also contribute to sustainability and public health, making a positive impact on the world. We are committed to eliminating unnecessary complexities and embracing a beginner's mindset, continuously seeking new perspectives and innovative solutions to stay ahead in a rapidly changing world.
Ecolab’s commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I) reflects our longstanding value of working together to integrate diverse perspectives to challenge ourselves, reach our goals and do what’s right.
Apply today and join one of the most ethical companies with over a hundred years of history.
Join Ecolab and help us protect what’s vital.
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