Parts Town

Director, Real Estate Portfolio Strategy

Parts Town$136K — $185K *
Real Estate & Construction
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 7+ years of leadership experience in maintenance operations and automation engineering in multi-site logistics environments.
  • Proven success in leading large-scale automation projects and capital improvements.
  • Analytical mindset for leveraging data in performance optimization.
  • Strong financial acumen and vendor negotiation skills.
  • Ability to lead cross-functional teams and drive initiatives effectively.
  • Collaborative, team-oriented personality with excellent communication skills.

Responsibilities

  • Direct engineering initiatives from data to design to implementation.
  • Lead the deployment of automation technologies and ensure integration with operations.
  • Manage large-scale capital projects including budgeting and vendor management.
  • Establish and monitor KPIs for throughput and facility performance.
  • Use data analytics to identify bottlenecks and optimize operations.
  • Implement global best practices and benchmarking frameworks.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to achieve cost-efficiency goals.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance.
  • 401(k) with company match.
  • Employee assistance programs.
  • Paid time off and sick leave.
  • Paid holidays and parental leave.
  • Professional development opportunities.
Full Job Description
Position at Parts Town

The Job at a Glance

We are seeking an experienced Senior Manager, Real Estate Portfolio Strategy to design and run automation projects, support and partner with divisional engineering teams, and identify and provide solutions for maintenance programs across a network of facilities. This role will drive utilization of our facilities, increased throughput, facility uptime, automation advancement, and be the liaison for strategic vendor partnerships and integrators within our complex and quickly growing organization. In this role, you9ll leverage transactional and operational data to create design solutions, partner with teams on options, work with vendors on execution, and monitor KPI for long-term success. You9ll play a key role in aligning and advancing our automation processes and tools, while also serving as a mentor and connector. By building strong relationships across our facilities, you9ll help foster cohesion and collaboration within our automation efforts. If you9re passionate about supply chain automation and excel in structured, cross-functional teamwork, we want to chat with you!

A Typical Day
    • Lead development and ongoing delivery of Parts Town9s global real estate portfolio strategy, aligning the footprint with business priorities and long term growth plans.
    • Translate strategic direction into a multi year portfolio roadmap, sequencing actions based on value, timing, risk, and real estate constraints.
    • Evaluate portfolio scenarios and trade offs to inform decisions related to consolidation, exits, reinvestment, and adoption of portfolio and workplace standards.
    • Develop and present business cases and executive recommendations that clearly articulate financial implications, risks, and strategic benefits.
    • Partner with HR, IT, Legal, Facilities, business leaders, and the GRE transaction team to execute portfolio strategy, ensuring workforce, technology, change, and site readiness considerations are integrated and actions align with the approved roadmap and strategic intent.
    • Provide ongoing portfolio insights and performance visibility, including utilization, cost efficiency metrics, footprint mix, and progress against the roadmap.
    • Ensure portfolio actions align with Parts Town9s real estate governance, policies, and approval frameworks.
    • Manage external advisors supporting portfolio strategy, analysis, and implementation.

    Basic Qualifications:
    • Bachelor9s degree from an accredited institution.
    • Minimum 10 years of experience in corporate real estate, portfolio strategy, management consulting, corporate finance, or enterprise strategy roles, with global exposure.
    • Parts Town will not consider applicants for employment immigration sponsorship or support for this position. This means that Parts Town will not support any CPT, OPT, or STEM OPT plans, F-1 to H-1B, H-1B cap registration, O-1, E-3, TN status, I-485 job portability, etc.

    Preferred Qualifications
    • MBA/advanced degree from an accredited institution preferred.
    • Real estate strategy or analytics experience strongly preferred.
    • Experience in various real estate asset types (office, industrial, etc.).

    Skills
    • Expertise in real estate portfolio strategy, including transaction strategy, portfolio economics, and workplace or space planning.
    • Demonstrated ability to interpret and communicate financial concepts (e.g., NPV, payback, trade offs) and confidently present business cases to senior business leaders.
    • Proven success operating in complex, matrixed, global organizations with multiple stakeholders and competing priorities.
    • Strong leadership, influencing, and stakeholder management skills across executive, functional, and regional teams.
    • Experience developing multi year strategies and roadmaps that balance near term execution with long term direction.
    • Ability to translate data and analysis into clear narratives and recommendations that support enterprise decision making.
    • Strategic thinker with strong business judgment.
    • Comfortable working with financials and translating them into leadership level insights.
    • Excellent storytelling, communication, and influencing skills.
    • Strong programmatic mindset without being overly process or PMO oriented.
    • Data driven, curious, and continuous improvement oriented.
    • Transparent, collaborative leader who operates well in ambiguity

At Parts Town, we value transparency and are committed to ensuring our team members feel appreciated and supported. We prioritize our positive workplace culture where collaboration, growth, and work-life balance are celebrated. The salary range for this role is $136,952 - $185,288 annually which is based on including but not limited to qualifications, experience, and geographical location. Parts Town is a pay for performance-company. In addition to base pay, some roles offer a profit-sharing program, and an annual bonus depending on the role. Our comprehensive benefits package includes health, dental, and vision insurance, 401(k) with match, employee assistance programs, paid time off, paid sick time off, paid holidays, paid parental leave, and professional development opportunities.

About Parts Town

Parts Town is a leading distributor of genuine OEM (original equipment manufacturer) foodservice equipment parts. The company was founded in 1987 and is headquartered in Addison, Illinois. Parts Town offers a wide selection of parts for commercial kitchen equipment, including refrigerators, ovens, and dishwashers. The company serves customers in the United States, Canada, and Europe. Parts Town has been recognized as one of the fastest-growing companies in the United States by Inc. magazine and has received numerous awards for its customer service and workplace culture.
Learn more about Parts Town
Size
1,000 employees
Industry
Founded
1987
5 Year Trend
+50%
Revenue
$500 million

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