Senior Property Manager, Asset Services, Ho Chi Minh City

Avison Young is a global commercial real estate brokerage and advisory firm, offering transaction, management, financial and consulting services. We’ve designed our corporate structure to best serve our clients by enhancing collaboration across our organization.

Real estate can have an enormous positive impact on people’s lives – and we’re in the business of making spaces and places work better for people. Our purpose is to create real economic, social and environmental value as a global real estate advisor, powered by people.

We care about each other and we have each other’s backs. This makes Avison Young a great place to be a client, and a great place to work. We support the whole person and their complete wellness – economic, mental, and physical – because what’s best for our business comes from our people bringing their whole selves to work.

About You:

You are a high achiever looking to thrive in a fast-paced environment. You take pride in your own work but are comfortable collaborating with a team of highly motivated individuals. You can communicate clearly and concisely with teammates and clients, and you enjoy a strong company culture and camaraderie. You can navigate multiple corporate functions, including global lines of service and corporate centers of excellence. You possess strong interpersonal skills and are willing to take on diverse tasks to achieve the team’s common goal. You value personal and professional growth and are ready to take the next step in advancing your career.

If this sounds like you, well, then you will love the culture at Avison Young.

Responsibilities:

Building Operation:
  • Maintain owner relationship and satisfaction through appropriate communication (visual, written and oral);
  • Maintain tenant contacts and satisfaction through appropriate communication (visual, written and oral);
  • Ensure effective communications with residents and clients, in a timely and diligent manor;
  • Administer and ensure compliance of the terms of all tenant leases;
  • Develop and maintain Tenant Manual;
  • Work closely and build good relationship with tenants and the landlord;
  • Manage electronic data and emails and ensure all client files are updated;
  • Reporting – regular and extraordinary reporting including but not limited to: review of property management monthly financial, leasing and marketing reports to ensure accuracy; and review and analysis of variances in the operating, leasing and marketing budgets;
  • Liaise with Senior Purchaser to purchase necessary materials, equipment, or other resources for the Building;
  • Allocate physical resources within organizations of BMO;
  • Conduct employee training programs;
  • Develop organizational goals or objectives of BMO.
Budgeting: In conjunction with the DH Finance & Accounting department:
  • Prepare and submit annual operating and capital budgets for owner approval, including comments and assumptions for same;
  • Approve payables and establish priorities of payment when necessary. Review monthly financials and prepare comments for owners, recommend corrective action as necessary;
  • Review receivables and contact tenants to collect rents in arrears in accordance with collection guidelines;
  • Monitor real estate taxes and assessed valuations to assure proper levels of taxation;
  • Control expense commitments and develop expenditure procedures to adhere to budget guidelines;
  • Develop, implement and monitor budgets and financial planning.
Maintenance of Deutsches Building:
  • Develop and maintain building procedures and supervise building operations, utilizing building staff as appropriate;
  • Develop and implement plans and procedures for property security;
  • Conduct property inspections;
  • Develop and maintain long range Building Improvement plans (rehab/modernization), including maintaining knowledge on competing properties;
  • Supervise, train and monitor all staff, including Security, Janitors, administration, operations and other vendor staff and work with the chief engineer to ensure operational sound practices are in place;
  • Obtain all repairs and maintenance matters are progressed correctly and best quotes obtains.
Service Contractors and Suppliers: In conjunction with the Purchasing Manager:
  • Negotiate with vendors for cost effective equipment and services including, but not limited to maintenance contracts, and supplies:
  • Review and Ensure the compliance and enforcement of Contracts/Agreements while implementation or renewal stage, recommend any change/amendment to the Company in regard of elimination of potential risk or inefficiency;
  • Liaise or discuss with Chief Engineer in regard of technical matters including the technology specifications or technical requirements for contract signing/renewal, maintenance or purchasing activities/purposes;
  • Ensure that adequate inventories of operating and maintenance supplies are on hand;
  • Develop, implement and monitor standard operating procedures for all staff and contractors;
  • Instructing contractors for works of minor repair, maintenance and supervision of works.
General activities:
  • Supervise all on-site personnel;
  • Possible supervision of construction management projects as required;
  • Support other activities with your specialized skills, experience and teamwork;
  • Prepare weekly / monthly reports;
  • Government contacts and liaisons;
  • Dealing with email & telephone enquiries from contractors, sub-contractors and clients.

Requirements:

  • The candidate must be fluent in English and Vietnamese;
  • Must detain a University degree in: Engineering, Architecture, Project Management or any relevant subject;
  • 3 to 5 years experience in a similar position either with project management Consultancy, real estate developers, design consultants or contractors;
  • Technical knowledge in construction is a must;
  • Knowledge of industry sectors including Office, retail, residential, industrial, hospitality;
  • Good people management and client management skills;
  • Good report writing skills;
  • Command of Microsoft Office programs particularly MS Word, MS Excel and MS Project;
  • Good attitude, willing to provide high end standards for clients;
  • High commitment and ethical conduct in business.

Our Equal Opportunity Commitment:

Avison Young practices as an equal opportunity employer in all services locations around the world. We are committed to building and maintaining a workforce diverse in experience, skills and knowledge with uniformity in service excellence, commitment and integrity.

The firm maintains a strict policy to ensure employment opportunities are equal and do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, creed, age, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, citizenship, disability, marital and civil partnership/union status, protected veteran or military service status, or any other elements protected by law.

For those requiring assistance with disabilities, information relating to the need for accommodation and accommodation measures will be addressed confidentially.

Avison Young is committed to employing the best talent with the most fair and equitable recruitment practices.

Interested?:

We look forward to receiving an email with your cover letter and CV.  Please send your information to [email protected]