Director Real Estate
Wacol, QLD, AU, 4076
Transport is at the core of modern society. Imagine using your expertise to shape sustainable transport and infrastructure solutions for the future. If you seek to make a difference on a global scale, working with next-gen technologies and the sharpest collaborative teams, then we could be a perfect match.
What you will do
Volvo Group Australia is seeking an experienced and commercially minded Director Real Estate to lead our property and facilities portfolio across Australia.
Reporting to the CFO, Volvo Group Australia, this senior leadership role is responsible for setting and delivering our Real Estate strategy and ensuring our property portfolio supports the current and future needs of our business. With responsibility across industrial, office and retail environments, you will oversee strategic asset management, property transactions, major projects, facilities management and investment planning.
As a key advisor to the Country Management Team, you will work closely with leaders across Volvo Group Australia, our global Real Estate organisation and external partners to deliver safe, sustainable, efficient and future-focused property solutions.
What you will do
- Lead the development and execution of Volvo Group Australia's Real Estate strategy and property portfolio planning.
- Develop and maintain Site Master Plans aligned with local business requirements and broader Volvo Group strategy.
- Lead property acquisitions, leasing, divestments and own-versus-lease evaluations.
- Oversee major design, construction, renovation and property investment projects from planning through to completion.
- Lead property and facilities management across Volvo Group Australia's sites, including maintenance, compliance and essential facility services.
- Manage significant operating and investment budgets, ensuring strong financial governance, forecasting and cost control.
- Establish effective supplier partnerships and drive performance through clear KPIs, commercial discipline and continuous improvement.
- Ensure our properties meet relevant legal, safety, operational and sustainability requirements.
- Partner with business leaders to understand evolving operational requirements and translate these into effective real estate solutions.
- Lead, coach and develop the Real Estate team while fostering a culture of collaboration, accountability and continuous improvement.
- Work closely with Volvo Group's global Real Estate Centre of Expertise to leverage Group standards, capability and best practice.
Who are you?
You are an experienced senior property or facilities leader who can balance long-term portfolio strategy with the operational realities of managing a diverse property footprint.
You will bring:
- Extensive senior leadership experience across real estate, facilities management or a related operational environment.
- Demonstrated experience managing a complex property portfolio, ideally spanning industrial, commercial and retail environments.
- Strong capability across property strategy, leasing and transactions, facilities management and major capital projects.
- Proven experience managing complex budgets, investment planning, forecasting and commercial performance.
- Strong commercial capability across contract negotiations, supplier management and service delivery.
- Experience operating within a complex, global or matrix organisation and influencing senior stakeholders.
- A strong understanding of property compliance, risk, sustainability and emerging real estate practices.
- Demonstrated ability to lead teams and build strong relationships across functions, regions and external partners.
- A strategic and commercially focused mindset, combined with the ability to translate strategy into practical outcomes.
- Experience within automotive, commercial vehicles, manufacturing or another asset-intensive environment would be advantageous.
Relevant tertiary qualifications in business, real estate, facilities management or a related discipline are desirable, with relevant professional certifications also highly regarded.
What’s in it for you?
We offer a solid package of compensation and benefits, plus:
- Work in a supportive team, where new ideas and change are embraced and encouraged.
- Work with iconic brands and be part of a reputation that has been earned over a century.
- Join an organisation that supports internal career growth through training, role changes, and global mobility options.
- Benefits for applicable staff including access to Sonder (Wellbeing & Safety Partner) for employees and family members, education assistance, Service Awards, income protection, private health insurance, personal computer loans, option to purchase additional leave, additional superannuation and generous paid parental leave provisions.
- A strong commitment to safety and your health and wellbeing.
- A commitment to equal opportunity and equal outcome.
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Who we are and what we believe in
We are committed to shaping the future landscape of efficient, safe, and sustainable transport solutions. Fulfilling our mission creates countless career opportunities for talents across the group’s leading brands and entities.
Applying to this job offers you the opportunity to join Volvo Group. Every day, you will be working with some of the sharpest and most creative brains in our field to be able to leave our society in better shape for the next generation. We are passionate about what we do, and we thrive on teamwork. We are almost 100,000 people united around the world by a culture of care, inclusiveness, and empowerment.
At Volvo Trucks you will be part of leading the way towards a sustainable transport industry. For nearly a century we have been innovating for people – to make life easier, better and safer. Driving progress is our promise to customers, to the industry and to society. At Volvo Trucks we share a curiosity to learn, we work with passion and we embrace change to stay ahead. Join us, together we move the world we want to live in.