Assistant Manager, Business Development (Leasing)

Responsibilities:

• Develop plan for new stores, renewals, relocations, expansions and closures.
• Negotiating and managing existing lease renewals with Landlords
• Analyse on impact of renovation cycles, sales transfer, initiatives rollout, and store expansions, closures and relocations.
• Conceptualise design ideas to produce winning tender proposals maintain a pool of designers for project collaboration.
• Proactively coordinate with Project and Maintenance teams to resolve issues related to facilities, renovations and landlord improvements.
• Review contracts, seek solicitor's input and highlight any deviations or anomalies.
• Process and follow up on all lease documents to ensure its completion update leasing reports and schedules.
• Prepare and/or update weekly/monthly reports periodically for submission to Senior Management.
• Establish and maintain strong relationships with landlords, property agents, etc.
• Ensure adherence to legal and operational compliance requirements.
• Conduct site visits or viewings to identify potential areas for expansion
• Work with various landlords and property agents to secure new sites through tender or negotiation.
• Maintaining good relationship with stakeholders for long term partnerships.
• Stay current with the real estate developments in Singapore and constantly lookout for potential and suitable sites for the brands.
• Attend all social, industry and business networking events if required

Requirements:

• Diploma / Degree in Business, Real Estate or related fields with minimum 2 - 3 years of relevant working experience in tenancy management and leasing
• Possess solid presentation skills, proficient in MS Office applications
• Excellent negotiation and communication skills
• Well versed with commercial contracts terms and conditions
• Able to facilitate and orchestrate resources cross functionally to support business development activities
• Highly motivated, acute business sense with an analytical mind
• Experience in F&B chains and public or private tendering processes would be added advantage