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Engel & Völkers

Global real estate agency and franchisor

Head of Commercial Real Estate

Real Estate SalesConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeBelgiumNo salary listed

About the Job

Requirements

  • At least five years of commercial real estate experience in brokerage, consulting, investment or asset management, including direct involvement in significant transactions and the ability to explain the candidate's role, approach and results.
  • Ability to originate business by identifying prospective owners, investors and companies, initiating contact, securing meetings, identifying sale, acquisition and leasing projects, and converting relationships into mandates and transactions. An active network in Belgium is an advantage.
  • Proficiency in commercial real estate investment metrics, including rental value, yield, cash flows, valuation and value-creation potential, and ability to independently build and defend an investment case.
  • Understanding of office, retail, semi-industrial and investment-property markets, including rents, yields, demand, vacancy, buyer and tenant types, and factors affecting asset value; ability to turn market knowledge into client recommendations.
  • Working knowledge of commercial leases, urban planning and permitted uses to identify transaction constraints and risks, and awareness of when to involve additional legal or technical expertise.
  • Ability to manage transactions end to end, from opportunity qualification, analysis and valuation, commercial strategy and preparation of materials through counterparty identification, negotiation and coordination to signing.
  • Ability to present complex financial, commercial and real estate information clearly and persuasively to executives, owners, private and institutional investors and other experienced stakeholders.
  • Ability to develop and structure a strategic business activity by selecting priority segments, defining an offering and work methods, implementing tools and processes, building a pipeline and monitoring performance indicators.
  • IPI accreditation or ability to obtain it.
  • Fluency in French and professional proficiency in Dutch and English for commercial discussions, presentations and negotiations.

Responsibilities

  • Develop the commercial real estate activity, including priority segments, commercial strategy, mandate portfolio and transactions.
  • Work directly on key transactions while structuring methods and growth channels for expansion.
  • Build a sales and leasing mandate portfolio covering offices, retail, semi-industrial properties and investment properties.
  • Develop a B2B client base of owners, private and institutional investors, companies, retailers and family offices.
  • Prepare investment cases covering rental value, yield, valuation, structuring and negotiation through signing.
  • Build a market reputation through analysis, network development and transactions.
  • Operate a profitable business activity, track its own performance indicators and review them monthly with the Managing Director.
  • Develop a pipeline, establish tools and processes, and potentially recruit and develop a team of consultants over time.

Desired Qualifications

  • An active network in Belgium is an important advantage.

About the Company

Engel & Völkers

Global real estate agency and franchisor

Engel & Völkers delivers residential and commercial real estate services globally. It grew from a Hamburg-based firm and built its model around a standardized service manual, which enabled a franchise system started in the late 1990s and rapid international expansion to Europe and the United States. The brand is known for its distinctive villa-based identity and a network of franchise offices that sell and rent properties through local experts under a consistent global approach. The company differentiates itself by combining a luxury, recognizable brand with a scalable franchise model, and by using a digitalization push backed by a private equity investor to fuel growth. The goal is to offer premium real estate services worldwide through a large, consistent franchise network while continuing to expand into new markets and digital capabilities.

Company size
51-200
Company stage
Not listed
Total funding
Not listed
Headquarters
Berlin, Germany
Founded
1977

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