Real Estate Manager, Facility Manager, Property Manager, Workplace Manager

• Accountable for IBM office operations in Russia and CIS region: facility and office infrastructure management, financial budgeting, control/analysis/reporting of FM operational expenses, CAPEX and leasing costs.
• Executed company real estate strategies in support of IBM growth and space reductions in RCIS countries, creating modern agile work environment. Continuous management of leases and rental payments via established rental contracts database to ensure invoice pre-payment checks.
• Experienced in project management: development of project plan and requirements, planning and control over schedule and budget, space management, layout/furniture design, implementation of flexible office solutions (e.g. desk sharing, collaboration space), successful negotiations with construction and other vendors. Coordination with employees and service providers of all project phases and relocations; control over materials and work quality.
• Successful communication experience with company and business leaders in determining and agreeing on their requirements, requests, ways of implementing, budget confirmations and resolution of on-going unexpected issues during task completion.
• Established solid relationships with Business Partners and Executives, shared-service colleagues (IT, HR, Legal, Health & Safety, Finance, Procurement) and external service providers.

• Coordination of office fit-up & relocation projects: development of project schedule, requirements to architecture, engineering, furniture design and tenders; planning budget and efficient space layouts for agile working space.
• Support in lease negotiations, recommendations on technical terms/conditions to mitigate risks caused by building technical restrictions identified by due-diligence reviews on technical capabilities and limitations at the selected property and their compliance to local norms and Client’s requirements.
• Coordination with clients and service providers of all aspects of office fit-up projects and relocations, control over materials and work quality, project budget and schedule.

• Manage GE office infrastructure in 18 locations (total size over 20000 sqm) in Russia, CIS, Eastern and Central Europe for 1000+ GE employees: efficient day-to-day property management, implementation of preventive and on-going maintenance of engineering systems, technical and office equipment, office repairs and layout changes, management of service providers, office services set-up (reception, company fleet management of appx.360 cars, business travel and visas, office safety).
• Develop and implement GE regional real estate strategy in Russia, CIS, Eastern and Central Europe: design of optimized cost base and sustainable property solutions, development of city/business co-location strategies to optimize company existing office locations, modeling and leveraging space efficiency utilization.
• Lead regional development of real estate infrastructure in Russia and CIS: develop company office standards and requirements, office market research/analysis, lease negotiation with landlords, project management, quality/budget/schedule control. Manage multi-functional project teams.
• Build, manage and train Moscow and regional facility teams.
• Develop/manage/control regional property operational budgets with total annual spend of appx. $15MM; centralized control on regional facility/admin costs, targeting cost reduction and optimization.