Senior Real Estate Portfolio Specialist

Position Title:Corporate Real Estate Specialist

Department: Real Estate

Position Summary:

Support the Corporate Real Estate team in managing the non-retail portfolio, including offices, distribution centers, and manufacturing facilities. Provide data management, reporting, budgeting, lease-administration, site-selection, asset-management, and property-management support for ongoing operations and key initiatives. Demonstrate the companys core values of respect, honesty, integrity, diversity, inclusion and safety.

Key Responsibilities:

• Assist with manufacturing and logistics real estate site selection and asset-management activities.
• Support management of the non-retail real estate portfolio, including offices, distribution centers, and manufacturing facilities.
• Develop the annual property budget and review expenditures related to ongoing portfolio management.
• Coordinate repairs, maintenance, and improvements in accordance with lease obligations and business requirements.
• Maintain daily, quarterly, and annual property-level reports and distribute accurate information to department and division leadership on a timely basis.
• Support surplus properly disposition, tenant leasing, property management activities, and other portfolio initiatives.
• Use technology to provide visibility into portfolio, regional, divisional, and asset-level data.
• Maintain property, lease, budget, and operational data and perform routine quality checks to support reliable reporting.
• Coordinate with internal stakeholders, landlords, tenants, service providers, and other business partners to resolve property-related needs.
• Support key Corporate Real Estate initiatives and identify opportunities to improve reporting and portfolio-management processes.
• Must be able to perform the essential functions of this position with or without reasonable accommodation.

Qualifications:

Experience:

• Bachelors degree in Real Estate, Business, Finance, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience
• Two or more years of experience in real estate, including lease administration, real estate transactions, contracting, or a related discipline
• Experience supporting property budgets, expenditures, rent collection, repairs, maintenance, or improvements
• Strong data-management, reporting, organizational, and attention-to-detail skills
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and related reporting tools
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and coordinate work across internal and external stakeholders
• Clear written and verbal communication skills

Preferred Experience:

• Experience supporting office, distribution-center, manufacturing, industrial, or logistics real estate
• Experience with site selection, asset management, property management, or lease administration
• Experience with annual budgeting and property-level financial reporting
• Experience with real estate portfolio, lease-administration, or work-order systems

Kroger Leadership Model:

Some of the Leadership Behaviors needed to successfully perform this position are:

• Puts the Customer First- Anticipates customer needs, champions for the customer, acts with customers in mind, exceeds customers expectations, gains customers trust and respect.
• Communicates effectively and candidly- Communicates clearly and directly, approachable, relates well to others, engages people and helps them understand change, provides and seeks feedback, articulates clearly, actively listens.
• Achieves results through teamwork Is open to diverse ideas, works inclusively and collaboratively, holds self and others accountable, involves others to accomplish individual and team goals.
• Leads through positive influence Demonstrates strong character; builds partnerships; models a conscious balance between work and personal life; takes personal responsibility for own development; role models leadership qualities such as motivation, inspiration, passion and trust.
• Coaches and develops others- Develops and cares about associates, builds effective teams, helps people be their best, values and manages diversity, provides candid and constructive feedback.
• Leads change and innovation - Challenges the status quo, embraces technology, puts forward creative ideas, champions and implements process improvements, gathers the ideas of others, demonstrates good judgment about which ideas will work.
• Executes with excellence - Is action oriented, drives for results, sets clear expectations and milestones, reviews progress, acts decisively, solves problems, can be counted on to consistently meet or exceed goals.
• Provides clear and strategic direction- Plans and organizes well, sets a clear and simple course of action, stays focused on the most important priorities, has the ability to visualize and plan for the future, understands the industry and marketplace.
• Safety Awareness -Identifying and correcting conditions that affect employee safety; upholding safety standards.

OUR COMMITMENT TO EQUAL OPPORTUNITY:

We are committed to creating an environment of respect, inclusion, and equal opportunity for all. We believe that a diverse workforce strengthens our ability to serve customers and communities effectively. We seek to attract, develop, and retain talent from a wide range of backgrounds and perspectives ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to contribute and grow. We provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees, without regard to race, color, religion, gender, age, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. This commitment reflects our broader purpose to serve people, support communities, and create an environment where individuals can do their best work.

Talent Value Proposition statement:

At Kroger Capability Center India, your expertise becomes part of something bigger. Work alongside global teams, build capabilities across critical business functions, solve meaningful challenges, and help shape how Kroger operates and grows. As the center takes shape, you have the opportunity to contribute early, learn continuously, and see the connection between your work and the millions of customers Kroger serves.