Commercial Asset Manager  Open

About the vacancy

Are you an enterprising and commercial minded Assset manager?

Within our property managementteam, you are the point of contact for all our tenants and stakeholders for our buildings in Belgium. Do you like thinking in solutions and working in real estate? 
Then this vacancy will make your heart beat faster!
Together with the team, you ensure that the processes function optimally. You have a critical eye and are continuously working on improvement where cooperation with both colleagues (including international) and tenants is key.

Innovate with us
Knowledge-intensive organisations have the potential to change the world. And when you change the world, you need more than a standard work environment. Everything we do at Kadans is focused on stimulating and supporting innovation: the spaces we design, the support we offer, the community we bring together. It's innovation from a solid foundation. State-of-the-art buildings, meeting the individual business needs of our tenants. Experienced teams, allowing them to focus on what they do best. And an international community that can help take their business to the next level. Welcome to Kadans Science Partner. We build innovation.

About Kadans Science Partner
Kadans is the leading European developer, operator and asset manager of Science & Innovation locations with a high expertise in real estate for knowledge intensive industries. Kadans has a deep understanding of the requirements in different research fields of our tenants and the complexities that come with it.
The Kadans portfolio consists of laboratory facilities including cleanrooms, research facilities, pilot plants and more traditional office space. Kadans creates these facilities for R&D departments of knowledge institutions, educational bodies and knowledge-intensive businesses in sectors, such as life sciences, healthcare, biotechnology and high-tech industries.
Kadans is uniquely familiar with the needs of innovative organisations and knows how to translate these into high-quality and sustainable facilities. With an optimal positioning of spaces, perfect functional floor areas and the ideal layout and specifications of laboratories

Are you the Commercial Asset Manager we are looking for?
Due to the recent expansion of our Belgian team, we are looking for a Commercial Asset Manager. In this position, you will be responsible for achieving sustainable, profitable sales growth for the entire product portfolio. You independently maintain the relationship with the retailer and conduct (annual) negotiations. You look for cooperation based on common interests. Think about optimising the entire category or introducing new products.

How exactly will you achieve that?

• You translate developments in the market into opportunities for the organisation;
• You manage contractual framework agreements across the portfolio to drive efficiency and enable rapid portfolio upgrade;
• You monitor the pre-leasing period, external valuations and asset KPIs;
• You manage relationships with tenants to optimise and generate value;
• You will be part of investment and development negotiations;
• You strive to secure high valuations and make properties as attractive as possible to potential tenants;
• You manage the asset budget, reporting and businessplan;
• You promote and maintain positive client relationships;
•  You study market trends to maximise profits, identify investment opportunities and minimise risks
   

What we ask of you?

• You have at least 5 years of professional experience in an equivalent position and/or in a similar company and have knowledge of asset management. 
• Experience in leading contract negotiations, considering commercial, legal, and technical considerations. 
• You have a strategic mind and want to develop new innovative solutions. 
• You are good at networking and know how to develop this. 
• You are detail-oriented and very organized. 
• You have knowledge of urban planning, construction law, legal statements, taxes and levies on real estate. 
• Do you have an excellent command of the French and Englisch languages, and can you also manage in Dutch?

This is what you will get in return from us!

• An excellent benefits package with a good salary and attractive secondary benefits;
• An employer who invests in your personal growth and development and offers training opportunities;
• A dynamic and fast-growing organisation in which you will find freedom and independence;
• At Kadans Science Partner, you will work in an international environment;
• You will work at an organisation with an open and informal corporate culture;
• And last but not least, you will of course receive a lease car, laptop and phone!

Are you curious about your future colleagues? Get to know Sandrine
"Hi, I'm Sandrine! When you start with us as Asset Manager, I will be your manager. Kadans
Science Partner is developing rapidly and we have ambitious plans for further growth. Will you become
part of my team and grow with us? You certainly won't regret it!"

Where will you be working?
Kadans Science Partner focuses on the development and operation of inspiring and sustainable
commercial and office buildings, combined with laboratories, clean rooms, research spaces
conditioned spaces and pilot plants for R&D departments of knowledge institutions
educational institutions and knowledge-intensive companies. We do this in innovative (top) sectors such as food, life sciences, health, living environment, biotechnology, biobased and high-tech semicon.
We are market leader in Europe and play an important role in the development of start-ups that
grow into organisations that play an important role in sustainability and innovation worldwide.
Think multi-tenant office buildings with a vibrant community, including lab spaces
clean rooms and pilot plants. In addition, we provide ready-made answers to complex
housing issues and, as owners, we remain actively involved with our tenants. Because knowledge
and innovation are important drivers of economic growth, we develop ecosystems that stimulate both.
stimulate both. They promote cooperation and knowledge sharing in the buildings and on the
campuses, but also between the companies and organisations housed at these locations;
our network, in other words.

Apply
Is this vacancy already making your heart beat faster? That's a good sign, because Sandrine and our
other 160 colleagues are waiting for you! 

For questions about the position and/or the procedure, please
contact Hilda Jorritsma (Recruitment consultant at Kadans Science Partner) at
telephone number +31 6 11471129.