Head of Corporate Real Estate Management (CREM), Transactions & Development

What if you worked for a company that shares your ambitions and enables you to unlock your full potential?

A place where your boldest ideas become reality, where you can take on visionary challenges, push your limits, and deliver outstanding results.

As a 150-year-old family business with over 11,000 employees across 160 locations on 5 continents, the Umdasch Group fosters a performance-oriented environment where innovation thrives. With our three divisions — Doka, umdasch The Store Makers, and umdasch Industrial Solutions — we’re shaping the future of construction, outfitting, and the operation of industrial plants driven by people who share our attitude. And there’s much more to come.

Join us and take your career to the next level.  

Strategy, Governance & Portfolio Steering

• Define and continuously develop the group-wide CREM strategy, governance framework, and standards

• Manage and optimize the global real estate portfolio with a strong focus on capital efficiency, de-investments, and operational necessity

• Establish uniform approval, decision, and steering processes across divisions and regions

Transactions & Site Development

• Identify, assess, and execute real estate transactions (acquisitions, disposals, leases, subleases)

• Lead site and market analyses, business cases, and negotiations in close alignment with divisions and regions

Projects & Development Oversight

• Provide central oversight for major construction and development projects

• Ensure delivery in terms of quality, cost, schedule, and ESG compliance across the full lifecycle

Standards, ESG & Compliance

• Establish global standards for space, construction, workplaces, and facility management

• Integrate ESG targets, occupational safety, and security requirements into transactions and projects

Digitalization & Transparency

• Own CREM reporting and data transparency

• Develop Power BI as the interim solution and co-shape MS Fabric as the target architecture with IT

• Ensure data quality, system interfaces, and a reliable KPI cockpit

Organization & Stakeholder Management

• Build and lead a high-performing, scalable CREM organization

• Act as a key interface to Executive Boards, regions, central functions, and external partners

• Degree in real estate economics, civil engineering, industrial engineering, or a comparable field

• 10+ years of experience in corporate real estate, transactions, or project development, ideally in an international environment

• Strong experience in governance, stakeholder management, and negotiations at senior level

• Proven track record in building and leading teams

• Experience in transformation and digitalization initiatives (e.g. reporting, BI, data platforms)

• Fluent in German and English

• Willingness to travel internationally

Why join us

• Opportunity to build and lead a group-wide Corporate Real Estate Management function

• Direct collaboration with top management across divisions and regions

• High level of responsibility and visibility within an international, family-owned company

• Scope to shape governance, portfolio steering, and real estate processes at group level

A salary in line with the market is offered for this position, which is based on the specific qualification and adequate professional experience.

We are required by law to state a minimum salary. The minimum annual gross salary for this position is € 52,345 according to the collective agreement (woodworking industry).