Sr. Property and Facilities Maintenance Manager - Corporate Real Estate

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Department: Corporate Real Estate

Eligible Locations: Fort Worth, Atlanta, Vegas, Phoenix

Position Description

The Sr. Manager role is part of our corporate real estate team and will report to the Director, Corporate Real Estate. This position will focus on the structural and mechanical well-being of company owned and leased buildings. Focus areas include facility assessments, mechanical inspections, vendor management, capital budgeting, major project oversight, cost and spend analysis, and data analytics to identify improvement opportunities.

This is high-visibility role will collaborate internally with our executive leadership, operational leadership, location leadership, and functional teams (finance & accounting, legal, operations, marketing), as well as externally with landlords, brokers, environmental consultants, developers, and vendors.

Responsibilities

• Works with location leadership to manage on-going building repairs and maintenance, oversee major projects, perform building assessments and mechanical inspections, develop capital improvement plans for budgeting, standardize vendor selection and management, and benchmark operating expenses to identify potential cost savings.
• Supports the opening and closing of locations regarding building repair and maintenance activities, mechanical inspections, and specifically vendor engagement and performance to related functionality.
• Work with internal business partners to identify, analyze, and present business case justification.
• Work closely with executives and other Saddle Creek teams such as operations, solutions engineering, business delivery, finance, legal, IS, Industrial Engineering, and human resources to meet ever-changing demands of internal and external stakeholders on all CRE and facilities activity.
• Proactively provide new ideas and emerging industry trends that support internal and external stakeholders.
• Develop, maintain, report, and review standardized S&OP process flows for building asset (property) management.
• Develop, maintain, and execute processes and tools to share best practices.
• Develop and maintain positive relationships with internal and external stakeholders and act as the corporate real estate advocate on all levels of the Saddle Creek organization.
• Other duties as directed.
  
  

Qualifications

Education/Experience required:

• Bachelor’s degree in business, economics, engineering, finance, accounting, or related study
• Minimum of seven (7) years progressive work experience in warehouse operations or Facility Maintenance.
• Working knowledge of building mechanical systems
  
  

Education/Experience Preferred

• Working knowledge of the Third-Party Logistics (3PL) industry
• Experience in continuous improvement disciplines of LEAN, Six-Sigma a plus
• Professional Certifications (please provide)
  
  

Knowledge, Skills, And Abilities

• Excellent communicator and relationship builder
• Demonstrates a commitment to supporting and driving operational process excellence.
• Possesses critical thinking ability-analytical problem solving with significant amount of information.
• Possesses creative thinking ability-dealing with imperfect information and ambiguity.
• Displays a sense of urgency and a demonstrated ability in the areas of time management and adherence to deadlines.
• Must have solid presentation and communication skills with the ability to persuade internal and external customers in relation to continuous improvement efforts.
• Ability to influence, negotiate and resolve conflict to ensure buy-in and common goals.
• Represent the SCLS brand well in all transactions and negotiations.
• Ability to travel up to 60%.
  
  

Benefits

• Benefits package including medical, dental, vision, HSA, and medical reimbursement
• Annual bonus eligibility
• 401(k) match
• Vacation and holiday pay
• Employee assistance and identity theft protection
• Career development and opportunity for internal promotions
• Tuition reimbursement for further education
• Company paid life insurance and short term disability
  
  

Saddle Creek is an Equal Opportunity employer and an Affirmative Action employer, as required by law. We provide equal employment opportunities to applicants and existing associates and evaluate qualified candidates without regard to race, gender, national origin, ancestry, age, color, religious creed, marital status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, sex (including pregnancy, breastfeeding and related medical conditions), mental or physical disability, medical condition, military and veteran status or any other status or condition protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws, governmental regulations and executive orders. View the EEO poster here. View the E-Verify Posting here.

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