THE COMPANY
CBRE is the world’s leading commercial real estate services firm. The company serves real estate owners, investors and occupiers through more than 300 offices worldwide. The company’s core services include property sales, leasing and management; corporate services; facilities and project management; investment management; capital markets; appraisal and valuation; research; and consulting. For more information, visit the company’s website at www.cbre.com.
CBRE HOTELS
CBRE Hotels is one of the largest hotels teams in Europe and comprises approximately 130 people based in 20 offices across EMEA. We provide a full service offer to clients and investors, in country and cross border, with business lines covering, Investment Advisory, Investment Sales, Debt & Structured Finance, Operator Selection, and Valuation Services.
THE ROLE
Job Title: Graduate Analyst/Analyst, Hotels Central European Operator Selection Team
Reports To: Deputy Head of Operator Selection Europe, Hotels
Location: Henrietta House, London
To support the Hotels Central Team in key client management and operator selection mandates.
Key Responsibilities
* Support the central operator selection team on winning new business and executing existing business.
* Gather and interpret appropriate research data, financial reports, third-party studies, and other due diligence materials in accordance with project requirements.
* Track intelligence via the maintenance of various internal databases, proactively identifying and communicating opportunities for cross-company collaboration.
* Draft well-written and persuasive sections of proposal documents and marketing materials.
* Organise and facilitate the distribution of specific due diligence materials to potential operators during an operator selection process and arrange meetings answering questions confidently and knowledgably.
* Collate and analyse responses to RFPs.
* Maintain appropriate contact with clients through the preparation of regular reporting documents during marketing efforts.
* Support Central Op selection team and country teams in preparation of key client research, presentations, and meeting preparations.
* Conduct field visits of properties and submarkets.
Key Requirements
* Bachelor’s degree from leading hospitality university with previous work/internship experience in hotel real estate consulting or Bachelor’s degree in real estate with minimum 1 year experience in hotel advisory services/operator selection.
* Strong analytical and quantitative skills. Ability to comprehend, analyse, and interpret complex financial information. Knowledge of hotel financial statements, as well as real estate valuation terms and concepts, strongly preferred.
* Keen interest and passion for the hospitality industry including understanding of key trends and branding/operator/concept landscape.
* Excellent written and verbal communication skills. Ability to effectively present information in written and verbal form to clients, both internal and external. Ability to provide efficient, timely, reliable and courteous service to clients. Appropriate language certification: English min. C2 and fluent in at least one other European Language.
* The ability to maintain and update industry knowledge for use in project-related work and professionally represent the firm as international experts in hospitality.
* Well-developed IT skills, with advanced knowledge of Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint.
* Strong organization skills. Must be detail-oriented and able to multi-task.
Person Specification
* Ability to interact with demanding professionals in a high-energy environment.
* Process-driven, proactive and high sense of responsibility.
* Open-minded, adaptable and experienced in interacting with various European cultures.
* Extremely professional, approachable with a mature demeanour.
* Ability to quickly form professional relationships with colleagues and clients at all levels of seniority.
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