Corporate Real Estate Business Partner, Apac

**Your Job**:
The Corporate Real Estate Business Partner, APAC plays a critical role for the Real Estate and Facilities Management (REFM) organization, acting as the primary point of contact and advocate for the APAC Region business units on all REFM related activities and serving as the trusted advisor to the APAC region C-suite leadership.

The role is primarily responsible for proactively identifying real estate, project and facility needs and opportunities by maintaining a thorough understanding of the business unit’s strategy and real estate driving factors. These needs are translated into real estate solutions through collaboration with the various REFM service lines (transactions, projects and facilities management) and other shared services (HR, IT, Finance, etc.).

The role also plays a critical part in the successful adoption and implementation of key REFM initiatives by working with business unit stakeholders to gain their understanding and support for these initiatives; This position reports to the Director, GBS MS Business Partner.

In your **Corporate Real Estate Business Partner, APAC **role, you’ll help us deliver better care for billions of people around the world.

**About Us**:
People have looked to Kimberly-Clark brands for more than 150 years and today we're proud to help over a billion people around the world cope, laugh, love and live every day. From the best nappies and baby wipes to the softest tissues, to the best supplies for business, we are constantly searching for new ways to make life better for our consumers, our customers and our planet.

Our leading consumer brands like the Kleenex, Huggies, VIVA, U by Kotex, Poise, Depend brands improve the lives of people around the world. Kimberly-Clark proudly leads the way in providing better care for a better world.
- Kimberly-Clark proudly leads the way in providing better care for a better world. _

**_Led by Purpose. Driven by You_**

**Role Overview & Primary Accountabilities**:

- Act as the first endorser and trusted advisor for the **APAC President, CFO and CSC** on real estate leasing and disposition decisions, which carry material P&L impact and liability to the company balance sheet.
- The role develops real estate strategies and solutions that result in $30M in annual lease cost and $>100M in financial commitments for the company
- The scope includes active management of KC owned and leased real estate of one million square meter of size, which comprises of 219 properties across 13 countries.
- Responsible to forecast real estate demand for input into the 3-year Strategic Business Plan (SBP) aligning with BU Presidents and Functional VPs.
- Proactively manage the real estate portfolio of the APAC region and provide future forecast
- Collaborate with the appropriate regional leadership to pro-actively address pending notice dates, lease expirations and other critical dates associated with real estate leases in the region.
- Develop thorough and complete real estate solutions that meet the business needs of the region and are aligned with near
- and long-term business strategies. Document solutions in a Statement of Requirements (SOR) form to assist in REFM project implementation.
- Collaborate with the REFM portfolio planner to develop real estate strategic plans and business cases that support business strategy and identify value-added opportunities for the business.
- Collaborate with Global Facilities Management, and, analyze, recommend, and develop an Asia Facilities Management aligning with Global FM strategy
- Leadership accountability for establishing and driving an outsourced solution for FM service delivery; consisting of internal Kimberly-Clark employees, Integrated Facilities Management suppliers and auxiliary service delivery vendor team including but not limited to Food, Catering, Dining, Janitorial, Mail, Engineering Services, Landscaping, Environmental Health and Sustainability as part of USD $25+MM Integrated Facilities Management solution
- Develop and maintain a forecast of high-level real estate space demand for the real estate portfolio within the APAC region. Forecasts should be linked to business strategy and represent an understanding of the key drivers of real estate needs for each respective business.
- Collaborate with the REFM team and business unit operations to have a current understanding of the business unit’s supply of real estate (utilization, condition, market conditions, etc.).
- Regularly communicate with APAC C-Suite leadership on real estate strategy, initiatives, metrics and value-add opportunities. Lead formal business review meetings with business unit leadership semi-annually at a minimum to review the aforementioned information and stay connected on business unit strategy, challenges and initiatives.
- Communicate to the broader REFM organization relevant business unit activity and strategy to assist them in the successful execution of their services.
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