Real Estate Optimisation Senior Manager

Real Estate Optimisation Senior Manager – CRH International Position Overview

CRH is a global leader in building materials, operating in 20+ countries with a substantial and diverse real estate footprint. While real estate isn’t our core business, it’s a powerful lever for performance improvement and we’re looking for someone who can help us unlock that potential.

This is a unique opportunity for a commercially minded real estate professional to apply their expertise in a dynamic industrial setting. You’ll work occupants across countries and businesses to help us optimise our footprint, execute transactions, and build capability. Sometimes you’ll lead a land sale directly; other times you’ll support and challenge local teams as they execute. You’ll also help shift mindsets – working with operational leaders to better manage their assets.

You’ll report to the Real Estate Director for CR пар International and collaborate with internal real estate professionals (where we have them), operational leadership, and a network of trusted external agents that you’ll help build and manage.

This role will appeal to someone who enjoys applying deep real estate knowledge in a business‑first environment, and who thrives on variety, influence, and impact.

The CRH office is in London, but this is a hybrid/remote working role that can be based anywhere in the country with regular site visits/international travel and team meetings in London or at one of many regional offices.

• Lead and support real estate optimisation initiatives across CRH International.
• Drive financial performance – accountable for budgeting and forecasting, cost oversight, and profit delivery through real estate strategies that align with accounting policies and support broader business goals.
• Drive value creation through footprint rationalisation, consolidation, and strategic land sales.
• Partner with local teams to challenge and guide real estate decisions.
• стәўпно build real estate capability and shift culture around asset management.
• Develop and manage a network of external agents to support execution across markets.
• Collaborate with Operations, Finance, Legal, Strategy, and Performance teams to align real estate actions with business goals.

• Chartered Surveyor or equivalent professional qualification.
• 8+ years in real estate strategy, transactions, or portfolio management.
  
  Experience working across multiple markets and cultures.

• Deep expertise in property valuation, leasing, development planning, transactions, and portfolio optimisation.
• Strong commercial acumen and ability to connect real estate decisions to business outcomes.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management.
• Comfortable influencing without direct authority.
• Hands‑on, adaptable, and culturally aware.
• Familiarity with capital planning and investment appraisal.

Not Applicable

Full‑time

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