Description
Salesforce is seeking a Senior Manager, Real Estate Compliance to join our Real Estate Strategy & Operations team. The ideal candidate will have a comprehensive understanding of the entire real estate lifecycle, from strategy to transactions and project design & delivery through ongoing operations. This role requires expertise in financial and accounting compliance, procurement, and process efficiencies to drive operational excellence throughout our global portfolio. The successful candidate will be the subject matter authority on the procurement process for the Salesforce Real Estate & Workplace Services (REWS) team. This role will partner heavily with our internal REWS teams, our internal Salesforce partners in Strategic Sourcing and Procurement, Corporate Accounting, and Finance & Strategy teams, and our external partners including third party providers.
The successful candidate will have at least 7+ years of experience in the end-to-end procurement process, focused in corporate real estate. The Senior Manager, Real Estate Procurement will report to the Senior Director, Real Estate Compliance.
Responsibilities
- Lead REWS Procurement strategy and operations, teaming closely with the Salesforce Sourcing & Procurement and our REWS teams to drive process efficiency and compliance across our Source-to-Pay process
- Partner with key real estate functions including Project Delivery & Design, Workplace Services, Real Estate Strategy & Transactions and others, that combined, make up the Salesforce REWS team
- Be the primary subject matter authority on the end-to-end procurement process, guiding the REWS team throughout this process and being able to answer any questions or bring in the appropriate partners when necessary (Strategic Sourcing, Procurement Operations, Accounts Payable, Legal, etc)
- Build high-value business partnerships across the Salesforce organization, ask questions to gain a deeper understanding of the business and influence change to efficiently communicate with our internal Salesforce partners outside of REWS
- Leverage existing data sources to develop dashboard reporting on key metrics that monitor the financial and operational performance of procurement functions against budget and industry benchmarks
- Implement and amend appropriate policies, procedures, controls, playbooks and monitoring to ensure REWS-wide compliance with applicable internal standards
- Ensure compliance with internal financial controls and policies in connection with process, projects, leases, and contracts
- Lead the performance strategy and ongoing operations of key vendor partners; providing oversight and review of KPI’s
Requirements: Education, Experience, and Key Skills
- Understanding of procurement processes throughout the real estate lifecycle, from strategy to transactions and project design & delivery through ongoing operations
- Deep understanding of procurement operations, with focus on corporate real estate procurement
- Demonstrated experience of supporting and driving major initiatives across a diverse, geographically dispersed, multicultural environment while fostering effective relationships across all levels of the organization
- Excellent presentation, verbal and written communication skills
- Exceptional problem-solving and decision-making skills with a strong general eye for business (finance, accounting, operations) and ability to distill complex issues, develop solutions and implement effective strategies
- Ability to develop and communicate financial objectives, inspire and motivate distributed teams and maintain alignment to the business strategies
- Outstanding analytical and organizational skills while having attention to detail
- Strong social skills, including the ability to work effectively in a team environment as well as in a leadership role with proven ability to maintain composure under deadline pressure
- Ability to think strategically and act in a detailed, hands-on manner while operating in a high impact, results-driven, fast-paced environment
- Effectively collaborate across multiple teams (e.g. Finance, Accounting, Sourcing & Procurement) and within the REWS organization
- Degree or equivalent relevant experience required. Experience will be evaluated based on theValues & Behaviors for the role (e.g. extracurricular leadership roles, military experience, volunteer roles, work experience, etc.)
- 7+ years experience in Corporate Real Estate, Procurement, Compliance, Operations, and/or Finance roles
For roles in San Francisco and Los Angeles: Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance and the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring, Salesforce will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
For roles in San Francisco and Los Angeles: Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance and the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring, Salesforce will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.