Position: Director, Real Estate

Job Description:

The Director, Real Estate is responsible for managing the company’s real estate portfolio, both owned and leased, including conducting real estate negotiations and working with internal and external groups as necessary.

Core Responsibilities & Duties:

• Manages and evaluates market analyses
• Finds and secures appropriate facilities that meet the company’s needs
• Negotiates and structures lease agreements and renewals, subleases, acquisitions and dispositions, and terminations
• Advises management of regional and local real estate trends, demands and commercial facility availability
• Manages ongoing lease and sublease obligations
• Guides terminal and regional management on facility preventative maintenance, and repair and restoration responsibility, contractual obligations and interfacing with property management and/or ownership
• Understands individual operating center (terminal) P&L goals and expectations with respect to real property renewals, relocation and facility maintenance and provides financial analysis with respect to same, including monitoring transactions against budget
• Advises, supports and assists management in the development and implementation of strategic and technical plans and budgets. Develops, evaluates, negotiates and analyzes total project costs, returns on capital, annual increases, ground leases, etc.
• Interfaces and coordinates with real estate brokers
• Maintains up to date knowledge regarding applicable local building and real estate codes as well as state and federal laws, rules and regulations as they relate to commercial real estate
• Communicates transaction status to local, regional and executive management
• Coordinates and interfaces with all internal (and external) resources required to assure timely and efficient site delivery, relocation and/or termination
• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree
• Minimum eight (8) years of professional commercial or industrial real estate negotiation, acquisition, management and finance experience, including experience with contract negotiations and commercial real estate/facility transactions
• Strong negotiation, interpersonal and communication skills (both written and oral)
• Ability to work independently and prioritize multiple objections in a fast-paced environment while delivering quality outcomes
• Strong technical skills (Microsoft Office Suite, Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, web-based applications, etc.
• Experience in the transportation industry is preferred

Skills:

• Organized and able to create multiple timelines, budgets, schedules and financial performance metrics
• Detail oriented and able to document and communicate specific and accurate information; learns subjects thoroughly and in detail; completes work with thoroughness; supplies appropriate details
• Ability to take initiative to lead and coordinate projects
• Excellent time management and organizational skills
• Accomplishes organizational goals by accepting personal ownership and responsibility
• Ability to work independently and as a team member

Forward Air is an Equal Opportunity employer.

Since 1990, Forward Air has been a leading provider of ground transportation and related logistics services to the North American air freight and expedited LTL market. We offer surface shipping on an accelerated “time-definite” basis, delivering cargo at a specific time, but under less time-sensitive situations – supplying you with a cost effective, reliable alternative to air transportation. We work with companies of all sizes to develop tangible advantages and build the best products to meet your specific needs. Forward Air presents to the wholesale transportation community (logistics companies, freight forwarders, integrated air cargo carriers, passenger/ cargo airlines, and non-traditional shippers), a single-source provider that can deliver more supply chain services and a superior menu of choices. Throughout the years we have added supplementary lines to our linehaul service, such as full truckload operations (Truckload Services), final-mile coverage (Complete® Cartage), and an Airline Logistics program, and we will continue to expand our services to meet the changing needs and growth of our customer base.

Forward Air is structured to optimize both savings and service to our customers. Direct partnerships with owner-operators and other surface transportation providers, enable us to remain cost-competitive. The Forward Air network is designed with over 90 facilities located at or near major U.S. and Canadian airports, 12 regional sort centers and over 300 beyond points (secondary airports provided through our Complete Cartage service), creating one of the most comprehensive linehaul networks in the industry.

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