Job Description

Job Profile Summary
As bp undertakes a fundamental restructure to its whole business and reinvents to drive to a net zero ambition by 2050 or sooner, the workplace within bp and also need to change to align with this ambition.
The working practices and office designs of today will not be those that are required into the future. Increased flexibility and choice for our people, allied to dynamic, creative human & engaging workplaces in smaller footprints across the globe is what is required to support our ambition.

The Group Real Estate (GRE) has a key role in the workplace and provides;

• Subject matter expertise for all real estate matters
• Strategic portfolio planning and portfolio optimisation
• Real estate transaction management, including acquisitions, renewals, restructures and disposals
• Market aligned corporate real estate best practice, innovation and implementation
• A consistent approach globally to the delivery of real estate work within bp
• Identification of market opportunities and/or contractual opportunities across the office portfolio
• Risk mitigation of conflicts of interest, ethics and compliance in the conduct of real estate activities contrary to bp’s code of conduct

The Group Real Estate Manager – AsPac role will have accountability for all activity relating to the planning and execution of real property transactions, across all bp business units and functions in AsPac. Real property includes offices, warehouse, industrial property, operational property, retired sites, and all land, but excludes retail service stations, pipeline rights-of-way, environmental remediation sites, aviation sites, and operating P&O production fields.

The AsPac office portfolio comprises of 15 countries, 47 office interests with space totalling 1.1m sq.ft. There is also a significant portfolio growing renewable assets, land, warehousing and other industrial real estate in region where GRE provides Subject Matter Expert support.
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Key Accountabilities

• Build and develop relationships with business leaders and other key stakeholders and develop property strategies to reduce costs while optimizing the real estate footprint and employee experience.

• Champion and support agile working, by working holistically with workplace transformation and solutions team, business stakeholders, People & Culture and IT.

• Build, liaise and maintain working relationships with the workplace transformation and solutions teams, Legal, Treasury, Finance, Tax, M&A and other support functions to aid and facilitate the delivery of assigned projects.

• Lead and act as the single point of contact for individual real estate projects and coordinate internal and external resources.

• Manage all elements of acquisition and disposal of real property, including the financial evaluation, preparation of statements of requirement, technical due diligence, providing guidance on property options, managing letters of intent, RFPs, lease agreement negotiations, purchase & sale contract terms and conditions.

• Performance manage the external brokers, suppliers, consultants, and agents in the transaction management of the portfolio including new lease requirements, renewals, sub-lettings, lease surrenders and other property matters. Develop and implement corporate real estate best practice.

• Motivate outsourced suppliers to derive optimal performance and results. Support the global lead in the performance management of the brokers, preparing quarterly management reviews.

• Lead the database management and MI reporting for the AsPac region. Manage the database outsource provider and undertake monthly and quarterly critical event meetings and reviews. Liaise with business stakeholders in order to collect key property data to ensure accuracy of the portfolio data.

• To champion and ensure compliance with all bp and GRE standard operating procedures, processes and HSSE requirements

• The Group Real Estate Manager will work very closely with the other GRE regions to ensure consistency of approach, analysis of cross region property opportunities/strategy options and leverage of bp scale.

Essential Education and Job Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in real estate, business or finance
• Demonstrable experience in corporate real estate strategy, real estate transactions for a major corporate entity
• Outstanding stakeholder engagement skills, building sustainable networks of using high EQ
• An inquisitive yet respectful mindset, continually promoting innovation and continuous improvement
• Proven ability to deliver a multi-disciplinary approach to corporate real estate, providing a holistic approach to property within established processes
• Entrepreneurial thinking, demonstrating extensive understanding of business interconnectivity and the ability to act upon this understanding
• Strong contract negotiation and influencing skills, derived from a strong working knowledge of commercial property practices, development and valuation across the AsPac region
• Well-developed interpersonal communication style and demonstrable inclusive leadership skills

Entity
People & Culture
Job Family Group
Business Support Group
Relocation available
No
Travel required
Yes - up to 25%
Time Type
Full time
Country
Singapore
About BP
PEOPLE & CULTURE

People & culture discovers, empowers and cares for brilliant people, and so can you. Together, we can build and enable our ‎culture, emotionally connected leaders and dynamic teams – and help our company achieve its purpose for ‎people and our planet.

Join us and work closely with our business by:‎

• always putting our people first, understanding and responding to their needs, supporting their health, ‎wellbeing and recognising them for great work
• hiring and developing talented people and empowering them to progress
• enabling an inclusive and agile culture, where our teams thrive and add value
• developing emotionally connected leaders who continuously learn, put others first and enable everyone to be at their best
• creating energising workplaces that enable collaboration and innovation.‎

Experience Level
Senior
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We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, neurodiversity/neurocognitive functioning, veteran status or disability status. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform crucial job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodations.