Germany
Passionate and innovative Leader in the Real Estate Industry with multi million dollar cost saving track record: + I bring over 20 yrs. Corporate Finance / Commercial and Corporate Real Estate experience + Advising global clients on corporate mergers, acquisitions & divestitures with focus on Commercial Real Estate Transactions and M&A. + I have been in Corporate Real Estate Management positions in the LifeScience and Pharma Industry. + My most recent mission was setting up a new Real Estate function in the U.S. to centralize, standardize and enhance professional and smart real estate solutions. Prime stakeholders are business and corporate functions with a focus on Integration and consolidation activities as well as corporate real estate activities such as commercial leases, negotiations, divestments and acquisitions, appraisals and workplace strategies. Identified and generated multi million dollar savings for Bayer’s US real estate portfolio > 100 locations. + Since 2 years, supporting and driving the transformation Bayer's Global PH Berlin site into a new cell & gene Campus with VC and real estate developers/investors. + Skills: proactive, self driven, reliable, responsive, dedicated, committed, strategic, persistent, collaborative and communicative with a deal driven and project closing mentality.
- Managing Global Real Estate Transactions with a passionate Team implementing NNOC Office standards and driving consolidation efforts. - Leading Bayers PH Life Science Project in Berlin for Real Estate. - develop, implement and support new FM strategies for regions, countries following dynamic FM approach.
- Established and developed a highly professional, experienced and motivated Corporate Real Estate Team for Bayer in the U.S. with the focus and passion to deliver tailored real estate solutions to the business with a consultant driven approach and mentality. - Identifying and establishing a U.S. Real Estate Community with members following the approach to combine and provide high solution services to the business from all functions involved in real estate projects. - Established roundtables with FACT functions and Real Estate to exchange on projects, trends and to strengthen collaboration and exchange of information. - Part of an external roundtable with other Corporate Real Estate Managers from other LifeScience companies in New Jersey. - Roll out of real estate database to standardize and establish benchmarks and key levers to proactively approach the business for real estate optimization solutions and to get a strategic advantage to negotiate better deal rates with landlord’s ahead of the lease expiry date. - Introduced key initiatives in Lease Administration, Lease Audits, Real Estate Auctions and standardizations of transaction processes. - Experience in M&A share and asset deal divestments, relocation and consolidation activities. Single point of contact for all M&A activities in relation to Real Estate for Bayer U.S. - Experienced in innovative office concepts following shared desk environment. - Steered and supported real estate divestments, acquisitions, leases, construction and development projects for land, office, R&D, sales offices, warehouses, plants for all Bayer divisions worth of multi million $. - Direct involvement in negotiations with landlord’s and buyers/sellers leading to direct cost savings of multi million $. - Strong governance process involving all relevant senior manager levels in the U.S. and Germany
- Advisory to domestic and international banks how to deal with distressed assets/ non core assets - Real Estate M&A - Debt financing - Distressed assets - Divestment of real estate portfolios
- Vendor Assistance for DAX-listed companies - Sell-side advisory for industrial properties in Germany and Eastern Europe - Valuation of Tangible Assets (Real Estate, Land and Buildings and M&E) for DAX, MDAX and international companies in the automotive, logistic and chemical industry for Purchase Price Allocations (PPA). - M&A and Real Estate Advisory (Asset and Share Deal) - Structuring of distressed assets for portfolio divestments
- Managed Department of Research. - Market reports about real estate markets of the Ruhr Area. - Feasibility studies and submarket analysis of retail, office and logistic. - Communicated with members of the city of commerce and local agencies