Now Hiring - Manufacturing Global Real Estate Transaction Specialist in Sioux Falls, SD

You’re not the person who will settle for just any role. Neither are we. Because we’re out to create Better Care for a Better World, and that takes a certain kind of person and teams who care about making a difference. Here, you’ll bring your professional expertise, talent, and drive to building and managing our portfolio of iconic, ground-breaking brands. In this role, you’ll help us deliver better care for billions of people around the world. It starts with YOU.

As a Global Real Estate Transaction Specialist, you will have overall responsibility to serve as the strategic interface between Global Real Estate and the business unit teams in the Americas. This role provides timely financial/strategic analysis and real estate transaction contract negotiation/execution to facilitate sound business decisions with respect to the corporation’s real estate assets to maximize their value in supporting the Corporation’s operations.

The Global Real Estate Transaction Specialist position is expected to work independently and handle a wide variety of complex real estate assignments/transactions with the ability to assess and recommend courses of action and lead the negotiation, execution and implementation of real estate contracts. The Global Real Estate Transaction Specialist will often coordinate or lead project teams, and in general, be looked upon by other team members as a source of financial, real estate, and business expertise.

Responsibilities:

• Leads and/or supports contract negotiations, documentation, authorization and closing of lease/buy/sell transactions for real estate assets sometimes including the selection and management of commercial real estate brokers.
• Works directly with the appropriate business unit representative and/or local site contact on transactions including small sales offices, land lease renewals, overflow/temporary warehouse leases, etc. This includes overseeing communications with the other transacting party, leading negotiations, and leading and working with third-party resources and coordinating documentation with legal counsel.
• Assists in special real estate projects as requested by the Director – Global Real Estate. Special projects may include, but are not limited to, portfolio assessments for identification of cash generation opportunities, benchmarking with similar companies, etc.
• Acts as a single point of contact for responding to all internal/external corporate real estate inquiries in the region and takes required action
• Utilizes and supports the ongoing enhancement of the K-C Global Real Estate database (Costar)
• Provides expertise and input, including vetting and summarizing of, real estate broker valuation estimates (Broker’s Opinion of Value [BOV]) to business units/divisions
• Manages real estate due diligence activities (including but not limited to title reports, boundary surveys, environmental assessments, etc.) and coordinates all related activities including deliverables and vendor selection, documentation and system set up
• Manages mineral rights interests for the Corporation including summarizing all existing rights, working with third party vendors for state registrations and valuations, and handling requests for transfers to surface rights owners
• Coordinates buy/sell transaction closing processes with title companies including coordination with K-C Treasury on disbursements/receipts of funds
• Handles all requests related to K-C property easements, right of ways, licenses, estoppels, SNDA’s, etc. and reviews transaction documents with legal counsel
• Oversees broker engagement letters and listing agreements in region, including any external validation or vetting of recommended market commission rates
• Performs comparative financial analyses (requiring discounted cash flow analysis experience) and project financial evaluation skills including the ability to translate a proposed real estate transaction structure into expected cash flows and addressing all financial reporting implications
• Utilizes capital investment analysis and forecasting techniques to support real estate transactions
• Assists with writing business case documentation, delegations of authority, authorization memos, lease classification forms (LCF's) [including lease versus buy analyses where applicable] and lease authorization requests (LAR's)

About Us

At Kimberly-Clark, you’ll be part of the best teams committed to driving innovation and growth. We’re founded on 150 years of market leadership, and we’re always looking for new and better ways to perform—so what can you do with that? There’s no time like the present to make an impact at Kimberly-Clark. It’s all here for you at Kimberly-Clark.

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About You

You’re driven to perform at the highest level possible, and you appreciate a performance culture fueled by authentic caring. You want to be part of a company actively dedicated to sustainability, inclusion, wellbeing, and career development.

To succeed in this role, you will need the following qualifications:

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or higher, preferably in Real Estate, Finance, or Accounting
• 5+ years’ experience working in corporate or commercial real estate, business consulting, relationship management and project management
• Strong analytical and facilitation skills
• Outstanding collaboration, influencing and communication skills

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master’s degree or higher
• Consulting experience
• Previous experience negotiating complex corporate real estate and/or other business contracts
• Experience working in a matrix organization, working closely with the business units to align global corporate real estate services and business strategies while demonstrating strong leadership skills
• Ability to travel up to 25%.

Total Benefits

For a complete overview, see [please apply online] For Kimberly-Clark to grow and prosper, we must be an inclusive organization that applies the diverse experiences and passions of its team members to brands that make life better for people all around the world. We actively seek to build a workforce that reflects the experiences of our consumers. When you bring your original thinking to Kimberly-Clark, you fuel the continued success of our enterprise. We are a committed equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, pregnancy, genetic information, citizenship status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Additional information about the compensation and benefits for this role are available upon request. You may contact 866-[please apply online] for assistance. You must include the six digit Job # with your request.

The statements above are intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by employees assigned to this classification. Statements are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities and skills required for this position. This role is available for local candidates already authorized to work in the role’s country only. K-C will not provide relocation support for this role.

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