Eurofins is an international network of independent life sciences companies, providing a unique range of analytical testing services to clients across multiple industries, to make life and our environment safer, healthier and more sustainable. From the food you eat, to the water you drink, to the medicines you rely on, Eurofins laboratories work with the biggest companies in the world to ensure the products they supply are safe, their ingredients are authentic, and labelling is accurate.

The Eurofins network is dedicated to delivering testing services that contribute to the health and safety of society and the planet, and to its corporate responsibility to protect the environment and ensure diversity, equity, and inclusion across its companies around the world.

The Real Estate Portfolio Manager is responsible for managing and optimising the Eurofins network’s global real estate portfolio. The role focuses on driving footprint optimisation initiatives, supporting strategic real estate projects, reducing occupancy and facility-related costs, and ensuring accurate portfolio reporting and data governance across the network.

The position supports business growth through effective real estate planning, financial analysis, performance monitoring, and stakeholder coordination. The Real Estate Portfolio Manager will work closely with Business Leaders, Finance, Treasury, Legal, and Operations teams to deliver sustainable, cost-efficient, and data-driven real estate solutions

POSITION & OBJECTIVES:

Portfolio Optimisation and Cost Reduction

• Drive footprint optimisation initiatives across the real estate portfolio.
• Identify and implement cost reduction opportunities through benchmarking and portfolio reviews.
• Monitor occupancy costs, space utilisation and real estate performance metrics.

Real Estate Project Management

• Coordinate strategic real estate projects (expansions, relocations, consolidations and lease exits).
• Monitor project timelines, budgets and compliance with Group approval processes.
• Ensure adherence to Real Estate Guidelines and governance standards.

Data Governance and Reporting

• Maintain accurate and reliable real estate portfolio data.
• Develop and enhance reporting tools, dashboards and KPIs.
• Deliver timely portfolio, project and cost performance reporting to management.

Portfolio Governance

• Monitor critical lease events, renewals and contractual commitments.
• Support lease negotiations, acquisitions development and portfolio optimisation initiatives.
• Ensure compliance with Group policies and real estate procedures.

Stakeholder Management and Continuous Improvement

• Collaborate with Business Leaders, Finance, Legal, Treasury and Procurement teams.
• Provide guidance on real estate projects, portfolio management and reporting.
• Drive process improvements, standardisation and efficiency across real estate activities.

Background and Education

• Master’s degree in Real Estate, Engineering, Architecture, Finance, Business Administration, or a related field.
• Additional qualifications in Project Management, Corporate Real Estate, or Finance would be considered an advantage.
• 5+ years of experience in Corporate Real Estate, Asset Management, Project Management, Consulting, or a related environment.

Interpersonal Skills

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent project management and organisational abilities.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to work autonomously and manage multiple priorities simultaneously.
• Results-oriented mindset with a focus on continuous improvement and cost optimisation.
• Strong negotiation and influencing capabilities.

Languages

• Fluent English, both written and spoken.
• Additional European languages would be considered an asset.

Technical Knowledge (IT)

• Advanced Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint skills.
• Experience with Power BI or other reporting and business intelligence tools.
• Knowledge of real estate databases and portfolio management systems.
• Strong data analysis and reporting capabilities.
• Understanding of lease management processes and IFRS 16 principles would be a plus.

We support your development! Do you feel like you don’t match 100% of the requirements? Don’t hesitate to apply anyway! Eurofins companies are committed to supporting your career development.

We embrace diversity!  As an Equal Opportunity Employer, the Eurofins network of companies believes in strength and innovation through diversity. We prohibit discrimination against employees or applications based on gender identity and/or expression, race, nationality, age, religion, sexual orientation, disability, and everything else that makes employees of Eurofins companies unique.

Find out more on our Careers page: https://careers.eurofins.com/

Company description: Eurofins Scientific is an international network of independent life sciences companies, providing a unique range of analytical testing services to clients across multiple industries, to make life and our environment safer, healthier and more sustainable. From the food you eat, to the water you drink, to the medicines you rely on, Eurofins laboratories work with the biggest companies in the world to ensure the products they supply are safe, their ingredients are authentic and labelling is accurate.
The Eurofins network of companies believes that it is a global leader in food, environment, pharmaceutical and cosmetic product testing and in discovery pharmacology, forensics, advanced material sciences and agroscience contract research services. It is also one of the market leaders in certain testing and laboratory services for genomics, and in the support of clinical studies, as well as in biopharma contract development and manufacturing. It also has a rapidly developing presence in highly specialised and molecular clinical diagnostic testing and in-vitro diagnostic products.

In under 40 years, Eurofins has grown from one laboratory in Nantes, France to over 65,000 employees across a decentralised and entrepreneurial network of over 950 laboratories in over 1,000 independent companies across 59 countries. Eurofins companies offer a portfolio of over 200,000 analytical methods to evaluate the safety, identity, composition, authenticity, origin, traceability and purity of biological substances and products.

The Eurofins network generated EUR 7.296 billion revenues in FY 2025, and has been one of the fastest growing listed European companies for almost three decades.