Manager Real Estate Transactions

Staples is business to business. You’re what binds us together.

Join a team of commercial real estate professionals that work collaboratively with clients in providing practical solutions to grow businesses in multiple industries and different jurisdictions. We help our varied businesses assess risk, drive results and mitigate problems. With diverse projects and a transformative culture, you’ll grow and learn with our businesses. Work with appreciative clients and supportive peers in a flexible environment that helps you gain the experience you want to develop your career.

The Manager, Real Estate Transactions, will assist in the oversight, strategic leasing, acquisition, disposition and management of industrial and logistics real estate assets that support the company’s supply chain operations. This role ensures optimal utilization of facilities, cost efficiency, and alignment with overall business objectives. The position involves collaboration with internal business units, landlords, brokers, legal counsel and external partners to manage a portfolio of fulfillment centers, last mile delivery facilities, and other supply chain real estate.

• Maintain an accurate database of leased and owned properties with up-to-date lease information.
• Monitor lease expirations, renewals, and critical dates to ensure seamless operations.
• Evaluate market rents and negotiate renewal terms to achieve cost efficiency.
• Manage divestment of excess properties through provider coordination and negotiation of sublease/termination agreements.
• Track and report real estate metrics, occupancy costs, and other performance KPI.
• Maintain and publish Real Estate Agenda and Minutes.
• Provide a high level of customer service and support to business units.
• Develop and maintain office utilization data including up to date furniture layout plans.

• Must be able to work independently and to work on multiple projects simultaneously
• Strong organizational and time management skills.
• Articulate communicator, both verbal and written, and ability to work directly with external parties in both cooperative and potentially adversarial scenarios
• Must be sensitive to working with confidential information
• Strong negotiating skills for industrial facility leases.
• Experience with commercial lease administration and basic real estate concepts

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent work experience required.
• 3+ years Real Estate Transaction experience including lease negotiations and financial analysis

Additional experience in complex lease negotiations and portfolio management is a plus