Senior Consultant Portfolio & Location Strategy

Company: Cushman & Wakefield
Location: Chicago
Posted on: November 11, 2024

Job Description:

Job Title: Senior Consultant Portfolio & Location StrategyJob Description SummaryJob DescriptionThe Opportunity

• Do you have a passion for strategy consulting, real estate and the future of work?
• Are you looking for a new challenge within a dynamic and international environment that promotes wellbeing, professional growth and offers international project exposure early on?
• We are looking for an enthusiastic individual to join our team as a Senior Consultant, Portfolio & Location Strategy. You will actively support all aspects of managing and delivering Portfolio & Location Strategy services to clients, from business development, proposal development through to managing projects and final deliverables.The Role
  • The Senior Consultant plays a central part in the delivery of our projects, driving data collection and analysis, scoping and undertaking research to support hypotheses, and supporting in the scoping, development and presentation of client deliverables.
  • Your focus will be on supporting all aspects of strategic portfolio management, including helping clients optimize existing business portfolios and identifying opportunities to improve efficiencies within their real estate portfolio, as well as all aspects of business location strategy including helping clients to identify the most favorable location (city) for a new or relocating business operation.
  • We also offer a wide range of learning and development opportunities to help further your personal and professional growth. We believe that supporting and nurturing our talent is key to driving our business success.Key Experience and Skills:
    • Proven track record in client project delivery
    • Ability to think strategically and creatively, and to clearly articulate client challenges and demonstrate how the real estate portfolio strategy can address these
    • Ability to support medium to large scale projects including leading commercial aspect, quality of content, managing client expectations and relationships and new opportunities
    • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
    • Strong skills in interpreting and presenting data in PowerPoint, Excel and Word
    • Ability to support proposal writing, description of services and associated modelling of programme and fees
    • Develop, present, and deliver workshops, focus groups, and group interactions with clients
    • Scope and undertake required research, including conducting secondary research, participating in client interviews, and preparing and analysing surveys
    • Take a proactive role in developing and delivering team initiatives
    • Actively participate in business development opportunities and develop client relationshipsQualifications:
      • 4+ years of experience within strategic real estate portfolio management, including real estate portfolios optimization, transformation, metro strategies and location strategy
      • Experience in management consulting or other consultancy roles
      • First degree and/or post graduate degree in relevant subject (this could include, but not limited to Real Estate, Economics, Geography, Regional Planning, Finance, etc)
      • Member of the RICS a benefit but not essential
      • Bi-lingual - Spanish & English
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