DESCRIPTION

Job summary
The Asset Manager sits within the UK Asset Management team which is a part of the World Wide Operations Real Estate team. This role will be based in the UK and will require travel throughout the UK and Ireland. This role will report to the Regional Asset Manager for UK & Ireland. Main responsibilities will include:

• On-boarding new acquisitions from the Transactions team
• Asset management of Amazon’s portfolio of logistics assets throughout the UK and Ireland
• Reporting and management of critical lease event dates, including obtaining instructions from Amazon leadership
• Development, implementation, monitoring and refining of a property asset management plan
• Lease renewals, sub-leases, amendments and variations including an understanding of key lease terms and internal legal requirements
• Short term acquisitions as required, for example parking transactions for peak trading
• Managing end of term lease obligations, building surveying and dilapidations liabilities
• Responsibility and oversight of outsourced property tax/business rates requirements
• Financial reporting of Real Estate liabilities and liaison with internal finance stakeholders
• Ensure compliance with both landlord and tenant lease obligations
• Liaise with internal teams such as Legal, IT, Security, Operations, Construction Facilities and Engineering. Instructing and liaison with external consultants
• Managing requests for building alterations and improvements. Liaising as necessary with Legal, third party consultants and landlord’s to properly document consents and obtain permitting/planning consents
• Identifying cost saving opportunities, reviewing service charges and liaising with appointed consultants on property tax/business rates and insurance matters

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor's Degree
• Experience in Logistics or industrial property and asset management
• Fluent English
• Detailed knowledge of Landlord and Tenant, commercial law and service charge and a good understanding of property accounting principles

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Awareness of industrial property market activity and commercial surveying best practice
• Broad understanding of how to innovate in real estate services to optimize customer satisfaction and productivity
• Understanding real estate trends, best practices and the vendor marketplace
• Communication, negotiation and conflict resolution skills
• Proven ability to work collaboratively and build strong relationships with customers/partners with the ability to invite input from these groups when determining what will work best for the business
• Ability to think strategically and holistically about business units' unique real estate needs
• Ability to understand and value different customer needs and provide tailored services where necessary
• High level of leadership capability and credibility with the ability to be influence at all levels
• Acts decisively, holding others and self accountable for tasks, actions and development needs