Senior Global Real Estate, Indirect Spend Manager

Role Overview

• Developing financial models and business cases that support HID’s 2030 Strategy, Real Estate footprint decisions, Indirect Spend initiatives, and MFP work.
• Providing scenario analysis and structured recommendations to help leaders understand cost, risk, operational impact, and long‑term implications.
• Supporting end‑to‑end execution of HID’s MFP program by shaping business cases, coordinating cross‑functional inputs, and tracking deliverables from proposal through completion.
• Managing program reporting, milestones, risk identification, and stakeholder communication to ensure predictable and transparent execution.
• Providing analysis, modeling, and operational coordination to help the Real Estate team assess space requirements, validate consolidation proposals, and monitor progress.
• Supporting the Indirect Spend organization with category spend analytics, process mapping, compliance tracking, and visibility tools that strengthen governance and execution.
• Supporting acquisition integration by evaluating footprint opportunities, indirect spend efficiencies, and transition needs across both organizations.
• Delivering integrated financial analysis for long‑range planning (3–5 years), site‑level budgeting, functional spend builds, and allocation/cross‑charge models across Real Estate and Indirect Spend.
• Supporting annual FP and FC cycles by developing assumptions, consolidating forecasts, validating inputs, and ensuring accurate submissions.
• Providing financial oversight for capital expenditure programs, including project modeling, spend tracking, forecasting, and variance analysis.
• Rebuilding data governance across Real Estate and Indirect Spend to ensure consistent definitions, clean inputs, and reliable reporting.
• Maintaining the savings pipeline (Provolito), providing accurate tracking of savings, spend, compliance, and performance.
• Developing dashboards, scorecards, and analytics that give leaders clear visibility into utilization, spend, supplier performance, capital activity, risks, and program execution.
• Contributing to enterprise Business Transformation initiatives, ensuring Real Estate and Indirect Spend needs are represented and integrated into future‑state processes.
• Participating in the redesign of the Global Chart of Accounts, providing guidance on structures and definitions that support accurate reporting and decision‑making.
• Supporting the Acquire‑to‑Retire workstream with insights on asset‑related data, financial treatment, and reporting alignment.
• Supporting the Source‑to‑Pay workstream by helping define reporting needs, spend visibility requirements, and process alignment across indirect categories.
• Serving as a liaison to Finance/Accounting (BA Controllers, Functional Controllers, AP/Accounting), ensuring consistent financial structures, coding, and reporting across both portfolios.
• Collaborating with Business Areas, functional leaders, and external providers to ensure real estate and indirect spend strategies integrate with broader operational and financial plans.
• Coordinating with external service providers to scale data tools, analytics, and program operations globally.

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience across Operational Finance, Real Estate, or Indirect Spend management, ideally with global exposure
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively across functions and regions, coordinating with internal teams and external partners
• Strong understanding of corporate functions such as Finance, Legal, HR, Engineering, Marketing, and Business Development
• Proven decision-making skills and solid judgment, balancing financial, operational, and organizational considerations
• Demonstrated commitment to a service‑oriented approach, responding to stakeholder needs with professionalism, reliability, and accountability while representing HID’s brand with integrity.
• Experience working with financial systems, reporting tools, and structured data environments
• Strong analytical and organizational skills, with the ability to interpret, manipulate, and draw insights from large data sets
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills; able to interact confidently with all levels of the organization and with suppliers
• Comfortable operating in a fast‑moving, dynamic environment with changing priorities
• Bachelor’s degree required
• Experience with Oracle Fusion ERP, reporting structures, chart of accounts, and financial data model is preferred.
• Hands‑on experience with Oracle Analytics Cloud (OAC) or similar enterprise analytics (Power BI) environments, including dashboard design, data modeling, and automated reporting is preferred.
• Familiarity with AI‑enabled analytics, such as predictive modeling is preferred.
• Experience introducing or scaling AI capabilities within finance, real estate, procurement, or operational workflows is preferred.

Tech Stack

• Cloud
• ERP
• Oracle

Benefits

• Competitive salary and rewards package
• Competitive benefits and annual leave offering, allowing for work-life balance
• A vibrant, welcoming & inclusive culture
• Extensive career development opportunities and resources to maximize your potential
• To be a part of a global organization that is pioneering the hardware, software and services that allow people to confidently navigate the physical and digital worlds