Senior Global Real Estate & Indirect Spend Manager

ASSA ABLOY

3d

About The Position

As HID advances toward its next stage of global scale, effective management of our real estate and indirect spend portfolios becomes essential to operational stability, cost efficiency, and readiness for 2030. The Senior Manager, Global Real Estate & Indirect Spend Strategy plays a central role in this progress by integrating planning, analytics, and execution across regions and business areas.
This role delivers the financial modeling, scenario planning, and performance insights that guide footprint decisions, supplier strategies, consolidation opportunities, and acquisition‑related integration. It provides a forward‑looking view of how HID operates—covering space requirements, supplier dependencies, contract structures, service delivery, and total cost—enabling leaders to make confident, data‑driven decisions.
Partnering closely with Business Areas, corporate functions, and ASSA ABLOY, the Senior Manager ensures both Real Estate and Indirect Spend operate with consistent standards, reliable data, and predictable outcomes. Responsibilities include stewardship of spend and real estate metrics, development of business intelligence tools, oversight of program delivery, and coordination with outsourced partners to ensure commitments are met.
Success in this role requires sound judgment, strong presence, and the ability to influence without escalating. Acting as a connective tissue across teams, the Senior Manager enhances predictability, reduces surprises, strengthens budget and supplier discipline, and helps shape a footprint and cost structure that can scale with HID’s growth

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

Nice To Haves

• 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.

Responsibilities

• 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.

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

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees