Real Estate Manager

Are you someone deeply committed to operational excellence, delivering real estate solutions that consistently exceed expectations? Are you a Real Estate Manager with a growth mindset who relentlessly seeks and applies new knowledge to deliver better operational results and drive innovation in real estate? If you are a great team player, focused on elevating the standard of execution and fostering a collaborative, high-performing team culture, we have an exciting opportunity for you to join the Goodmorning.com team as a Real Estate Manager.

Role Overview

As Leasing/ Real Estate Manager at GoodMorning.com, you are central to our growth, adeptly developing and managing our real estate portfolio in support of business objectives. This pivotal role involves identifying and securing optimal real estate opportunities, leveraging market analysis and trends, and establishing beneficial relationships with landlords and contractors. Through expert negotiation practices, you ensure favourable terms for leases and contracts, enhancing GoodMorning.com’s financial and operational leverage. Your leadership will be instrumental in creating and streamlining real estate and facilities management processes to optimize costs while creating and maintaining productive and sustainable work environments.

About Us

GoodMorning.com Inc. is a Canadian digitally native direct-to-consumer brands company. Our mission is to provide branded products of remarkable quality and value that customers love. We earn market share by obsessing over our customers, being relentlessly better, moving fast and doing it right, applying an ownership mindset when solving challenges, and celebrating wins together.

Benefits and Perks

• Competitive compensation, vacation, profit share, and equity package
• 100% employer-paid extended benefits - health and dental
• Employee Assistance Program
• 125% RRSP matching (10% of salary, up to a maximum of $10k/yr)
• Employee product discounts
• Transportation Reimbursement

In this role, you will

• Develop and execute comprehensive real estate and facilities management plans to select, negotiate, maintain, and protect the company’s retail stores and office spaces.
• Build and manage a diverse real estate portfolio, including:
• Finding and presenting Real Estate opportunities that optimally meet the needs of the business
• Negotiating and executing contracts and agreements, to benefit the business and mitigate risks
• Developing or updating stores via leasehold improvements
• Maintaining real estate assets through service and maintenance agreements
• Efficient administration of all current and upcoming contracts
• Cultivate and manage partnerships with a diverse range of real estate vendors, contractors, and other external service providers (e.g. lawyers, insurers, utility providers).
• Collaborate with internal departments to understand their needs, ensuring that plans and activities align with, and fulfill, these cross-functional requirements to meet their quality, cost, and timeline expectations.
• Leverage market knowledge and exceptional negotiation skills to establish contracts that secure favourable terms for property leases and maintenance services.
• Oversee compliance with industry requirements, building regulations, and sustainable and ethical practices throughout the real estate and facilities management process.
• Implement risk management approaches, and secure insurance, to safeguard and protect property, staff, and customers.
• Rigorously implement and monitor service level agreements (SLAs), ensuring contractors and service providers meet their obligations and develop corrective actions for any deviations.
• Manage budgets and planning for real estate and facilities operations, focusing on cost-effectiveness, timeliness, and efficiency of site renovation projects, enhancements, and ongoing administration.
• Deliver in-depth reports and analyses on management strategies, contractor performance, cost savings, and operational process improvements, driving data-driven decision-making.

Who You Are

• Someone deeply committed to operational excellence, delivering real estate solutions that consistently exceed expectations and contribute to GoodMorning.com’s success.
• Equipped with a growth mindset, relentlessly seeking and applying new knowledge to deliver better operational results and drive innovation in real estate and facilities management.
• A great team player and communicator, focused on elevating the standard of execution and fostering a collaborative, high-performing team culture.
• Naturally curious, leveraging the latest industry insights, best practices, sustainability initiatives, and technological innovations to inform decisions and strategies in real estate and facilities management.

Our ideal candidate

• A minimum of 5 years of experience in real estate, facilities management, or a related field, including at least 2 years in a managerial or leadership role. Experience should demonstrate a focus on strategic management, vendor relations, and operational excellence in a dynamic business environment.
• A successful track record of developing and executing plans that have led to optimal service levels, cost savings, and effective vendor and contractor relationships.
• Strong negotiation skills, with extensive experience in drafting, evaluating, and managing complex contracts to ensure advantageous terms and compliance with company policies.
• Advanced organizational and project management skills, enabling the simultaneous management of multiple real estate and facilities projects and initiatives and the implementation of large-scale facility improvements or renovations.
• A solid understanding of Canadian real estate laws, building regulations, and facilities management standards, with a keen awareness of the regulatory landscape that affects management activities.

Skills to have

• Demonstrated leadership skills and resilience with a focus on delivering results while fostering a collaborative and high-performing team environment.
• Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills, capable of effectively engaging and negotiating with contractors, service providers, and collaborating with internal stakeholders across all levels of the organization.
• Strong budget, financial analysis, and resource-allocation skills, including cost modeling and total cost of ownership (TCO) analysis, to drive cost savings and efficiency improvements across real estate and facilities activities.
• Proficiency in conducting comprehensive evaluations of service providers and contractors, incorporating criteria such as quality, cost, reliability, capacity, and adherence to sustainability and ethical practices.
• Able to identify, assess, and mitigate risks associated with real estate and facilities activities, ensuring business continuity and resilience.