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This is for you who wants to have a real impact on creating a healthier planet for our children every day. At Neste, you will be working for the world’s leading producer of sustainable aviation fuel and renewable diesel and a forerunner in developing renewable and circular feedstock solutions for polymers and chemicals. Let’s create transformation for a sustainable future together.
We are looking for you,
Head of Group Security and Real Estate
to lead the Security and Real Estate team in our newly established Global Organizational Services function. You will be based in our headquarters in Espoo and report to the Vice President, Global Organizational Services.
In corporate security operations your focus will be on the analysis of external threats in areas such as crisis management, facility and physical security, pre-employment screening, security incident and travel risk management.
In Neste group real estate management your role is to lead the portfolio of Neste’s office premises including the Neste headquarters in Espoo Keilaniemi. Real estate management also includes long term planning of Neste’s land use as well as property maintenance and facility management of Neste’s group real estate assets in Finland.
You will work closely with our businesses and functions, Cyber Security and Safety teams, leadership teams and external stakeholders. Together with you and your expertise, we can make an impact today and keep our promises for tomorrow.
Reasons to join
Real impact right now. We work in an inspiring and evolving business environment, where everything we do serves one purpose: to create a healthier planet for our children. To drive a growing impact as a global leader in renewable and circular solutions we live by our values every day; we care, we have courage, we cooperate.
Safety and caring. We value safety always and everywhere. We want our work to feel good and do good. At Neste, we nurture a culture where everyone is welcome and feels safe, respected and encouraged to be their unique true selves.
Exciting growth. Transformation brings new possibilities and fosters our courage and curiosity. As a global growing company we support personal development with versatile learning and career opportunities. Collaboration is the key, and we believe in flexible, smart ways of working.
In addition, our benefits for employees in Finland include, for example, a personnel fund as part of the overall remuneration, good occupational health care, and an extensive membership in a sickness or health insurance fund. We also support leisure time activities, e.g. by offering benefits for sports and culture.
More about the job
Your role in our team
- Lead globally corporate security operations and real estate management in your area, supporting local organizations
- Lead common Neste development activities, supporting and assuring implementation of agreed practices
- Provide expert services with your team, influence and support line organizations’ security and real estate management awareness and capabilities
- Ensure KPIs, reporting and analysis of corporate security and real estate management of your area
- Bring views and initiatives related to corporate security and real estate management issues to the leadership team
- Act as a spokesperson for internal and external stakeholders, e.g. Cyber Security and Safety teams, the leadership teams, Finnish Security and Intelligence Service (SUPO), The National Emergency Supply Agency (HVK), The Finnish Defence Forces, industry forums and committees & authorities
Keys to success in this role
- Several years of experience in Security and Real Estate Management preferably in the field of critical infrastructure, and a track record of success in leading it in the group level
- Team Leadership experience
- Experience with proven results of working with top management of an international organization
- Good business acumen with a service design mindset
- Convincing networking, presentation and influencing skills; ability to communicate clearly and with high credibility with all levels of the organization and to the media as well
- Result orientation with proven results to reach improvements on corporate security issues
- Bachelor's or Master's Degree in applicable field
- Fluent Finnish and English
- Responsible attitude with a safety-oriented mindset
Leadership qualities we value
- Drive results through clarity
- Support the growth of our people
- Empower finding new perspectives
Let’s get you started
We look forward to receiving your CV and application with a salary request by May 5, 2024.
If you have any questions regarding the process or the position, please get in touch with Miia Lehmuskoski, Vice President, Global Organizational Services,+358 50 458 9590 on May 3 at 13:00-15:00 (EET).
We will do our best to contact you within 2 weeks after the application time has ended. The recruitment process will include interviews and a possible aptitude assessment. The first interviews are preliminarily scheduled to take place on weeks 19-20. The person selected for the position must pass a health examination including a drug test. A security clearance is obtained with their consent.
About Neste
Neste creates solutions for combating climate change and accelerating a shift to a circular economy. With over 75 years of refining expertise, we are now the world’s leading producer of sustainable aviation fuel and renewable diesel and a forerunner in developing renewable and circular feedstock solutions for polymers and chemicals. We have set aspirational targets for climate, biodiversity, human rights, as well as our supply chain and raw materials. Our ambition is to make the Porvoo oil refinery in Finland the most sustainable refinery in Europe by 2030. Together with our partners we are aiming at a carbon neutral and nature positive value chain by 2040. Our success is created by 5,400 professionals working in 16 countries. Read more: neste.com. Get inspired by our story.