Job duties include contact with other employees and access confidential and proprietary information and/or other items of value, and such access may be supervised or unsupervised. The Company therefore has determined that a review of criminal history is necessary to protect the business and its operations and reputation and is necessary to protect the safety of the Company’s staff, employees, and business relationships.

EDUCATION:

Required:

• High school diploma or GED

Preferred:

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Real Estate, Construction Management, Business or Finance

KNOWLEDGE & EXPERIENCE:

Preferred:

• Experience in commercial real estate with emphasis in retail or industrial applications
• Experience in reviewing and negotiating lease agreements, renewals or identifying locations for new retail and commercial stores
• Expertise in real estate document preparation, negotiating skills, construction, signage and economics

TRAVEL REQUIREMENTS:

10%

• Understanding legal lease language, lease articles and changes in the real estate legal landscape
• Providing analytical reporting for the Real Estate department and Division
• Assisting the team with packages for Real Estate Committee
• Handle calls from landlords regarding real estate accounting questions
• Direct questions to leasing, construction and installations departments
• Interpreting lease language for the field employees
• Negotiate lease extensions, renewals, rent reductions and terminations when needed
• Renew a lease at the lowest possible rent while achieving long-term lease control of the property
• Lease renewals and extensions of outside tenants (leasing space in company-owned facilities)
• Property Management of company-owned facilities
• Travel up to 10% for projects and site visits
• Negotiate Sherwin-Williams’ lease document with the help of an in-house attorney
• Represent Sherwin-Williams at various trade association functions and educational seminars at the request and direction of the Regional Vice President of Real Estate
• Frequent standing and walking, occasional lifting and carrying, and occasional reaching or climbing in buildings.
• Understand considerations for leased locations, including how operating expenses, market demographics and site selection criteria impact success
• Or other job responsibilities as required from time to time

Job duties include contact with other employees and access confidential and proprietary information and/or other items of value, and such access may be supervised or unsupervised. The Company therefore has determined that a review of criminal history is necessary to protect the business and its operations and reputation and is necessary to protect the safety of the Company’s staff, employees, and business relationships.

This role is not hybrid/remote and will report to our Strongsville, OH location.