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Financieel, Juridisch & Pandbeheer

Real Estate Management Leader

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  • Zaventem, Vlaams Brabant, Belgium
  • Vastgoed & Leasing
  • Fulltime

Vacature omschrijving

  • Job ID: 328671

  • Publicatiedatum: 03/02/2026

    • Who you are

    At IKEA, we believe in creating spaces that inspire and support the everyday lives of the many. As part of our Real Estate team, you will help secure, maintain, and evolve our physical locations—ensuring they are safe, sustainable, and ready to meet the needs of our customers and co workers across both Belgium and the Netherlands.

    We’re looking for a Real Estate Management Leader who is curious, hands on, and passionate about making a difference. Someone who sees the big picture, leads with purpose, and brings people together to deliver smart, cost conscious, and innovative property solutions.

    To succeed in this role, we believe you have:
    • Experience in leading processes and/or projects
    • A background in project management, engineering, or real estate
    • An academic degree in engineering, business, economics, or similar
    • Minimum 5 years of relevant work experience
    • Fluency in Dutch or French and English to communicate with units and stakeholders across NL & BE
    • B driving licence to visit IKEA units and partners

    You are structured, collaborative, and forward thinking, with a passion for improving how we manage our buildings and supporting the long term success of our Real Estate portfolio.

    Your responsibilities

    As Real Estate Management Leader, you will develop, implement, and optimise standards for facility and property management to ensure safe, compliant, sustainable, and cost efficient solutions across BE & NL. You drive operational excellence and support initiatives that contribute to Ingka’s sustainability goals.

    You will:
    • Support the full lifecycle management of assets by ensuring safety, compliance, maintenance, and innovation
    • Advise and mentor local Real Estate teams, promoting collaboration, best practices, and continuous improvement
    • Ensure compliance with local and global regulations, including permits, certifications, and reporting
    • Drive innovation through digital tools, new ways of working, and process improvements
    • Contribute expert insights to real estate planning, budgeting, and cost efficient decision making
    • Support an inclusive IKEA culture that encourages entrepreneurial thinking and identifies opportunities for sustainable business improvement

    Our team within IKEA

    You’ll play a key role in shaping the future of real estate operations across BE & NL. From setting standards to driving innovation, you’ll help ensure our buildings are safe, compliant, and futureready—while advancing our sustainability agenda and enabling efficient, highquality property management.

    Apply now!

    At IKEA, we like to give you the space to take control of your own development and growth. We believe in entrepreneurship and initiative and want to make it easy for you. In the first few weeks/months, you will be offered a 5-step development plan to get you started, with enough personal space to create the learning moments you need.
    We offer this structure and a supportive network of colleagues who will make sure you feel comfortable in this situation and give you time to learn, make mistakes and develop.
    In addition to a competitive remuneration, we offer:

    - Eco-vouchers
    - End-of-year bonus, holiday pay and sector premiums
    - An additional allowance if you come by bike
    - Private leasing of an electric bike, we are happy to give you a boost
    - Comprehensive hospitalization insurance
    - A private accidents insurance
    - Pension savings
    - We also offer extra-legal holidays, seniority holidays and for full-time colleagues 6 extra days off
    - A canteen where you can eat delicious food at very democratic prices
    - IKEA Tack! Loyalty reward, an additional deposit into your retirement savings based on our global results and your loyalty to IKEA
    - ONE IKEA Bonus: an additional bonus based on your shop's results
    - IKEA Benefits at work: a portal offer you great discount for well-known stores and brands
    - IKEA staff discount 15% on all your purchases
    - Team outings & staff parties, because togetherness is very important to us
    - A nice extra in case of legal cohabitation/marriage/birth/retirements to celebrate these beautiful moments




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