Account Director - Data Centre Solutions - London

Company Profile

CBRE is the global leader in real estate services and investment. We leverage the industry's most powerful knowledge base to meet the commercial real estate needs of our clients worldwide. Our commitment is to be the preeminent, vertically integrated, and globally capable real estate service firm. With over 70,000 employees globally, we operate in 48 countries.

The Role

CBRE's Data Centre Solutions is the world's only fully integrated data centre real estate firm, offering global strategy, acquisition and disposition representation, project management, and facilities management from a single provider. We serve 40% of the Fortune 100's data centres, spanning primary, secondary, and tertiary markets across the globe.

As an employer of choice, we heavily invest in our people to best serve these state-of-the-art facilities by offering mission critical and leadership training. Due to continued growth, we are recruiting an Account Director to join the team located in East London. In this role, you will be responsible for the leadership, management and development of an established Data Centre portfolio.

Successful candidates will be technically qualified in either mechanical or electrical engineering and experience of operating Data Centres would be highly advantageous. You will be organised and detail focused with the ability to multi-task and demonstrate strong commercial acumen.

Key Responsibilities

• A UK role dealing with customers, regional CBRE DCS businesses and direct reports in across a number of Data Centres.
• Full responsibility for Profit & Loss including development of contract financial plans for revenue and profit delivery, reduction of WIP, debt, cost reduction and contract growth, and ensure that these are met and exceeded.
• Provide leadership, ensuring that contractual commitments are met and exceeded.
• Ensure that opportunities for the strategic development of the portfolio are exploited, to deliver increased turnover and profitability, ensure additional services and projects are added, and contracts are re-won on re-tender.
• Ensuring business policies and processes are effectively communicated, and implemented within the contract.
• Ensure the provision of healthy and safe working conditions and that both clients and Company health and safety policy and process is effectively implemented across both our services and subcontractors activities, and are regularly reviewed.
• Ensuring a customer focus within all areas of operational activities, and that effective relationships are maintained with key client contacts.
• Promoting and maintaining the RISE values (Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence).
• Provide a learning environment, and appropriate training and development planning.
• Ensure basic training needs are delivered, employees are fully competent to undertake their roles, and are able to reach their full future potential.

Equal Opportunities

CBRE is an equal opportunities employer and is committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive work environment. We do not discriminate on the grounds of gender, sexual orientation, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity, gender reassignment, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, disability, or age. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment.

Why CBRE?

When you join CBRE, you become part of a leading global organization in commercial real estate services and investment, dedicated to helping businesses and people thrive. We are a team of dynamic problem solvers and forward-thinking professionals who create a significant impact in the industry. Our collaborative culture is built on our shared core values: respect, integrity, service, and excellence. We highly value the diverse perspectives, backgrounds, and skillsets of our people. At CBRE, you will have the opportunity to chart your own course, develop your skills, and realize your full potential. We welcome applications from all qualified candidates.

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We are committed to understanding each candidate's unique experience, skills, and aspirations. To ensure a genuine evaluation, we do not utilize artificial intelligence (AI) tools to make hiring decisions. We kindly request that candidates disclose any use of AI in the application and interview process to promote transparency and ensure a fair and equitable evaluation.