National Focus, Develop Network Strategy and Leasing Growth
- Executive Leadership Position, Excellent Salary Package and Bonus
- Our partner is a household iconic brand with aspirational growth plans to sustainably add to its significant number of locations over the coming years. With an emerging new brand identity and revamped consumer offerings, they seek to appoint a Head of Retail Development to drive opportunity and place this business at the forefront for leasehold expansion.
- The primary purpose is to expedite new store growth programs at a national level. You'll be managing a small team based in Sydney and be accountable for securing sites. Your existing skills and expertise will see you execute strategies aimed at maximising the performance of existing locations, which potentially could involve the relocation of existing stores and dealing with franchisees.**About You**
You'll have a proven background in retail property network expansion and development to ensure your success. You will have excellent negotiation skills, paired with strong financial acumen, work well within a team and be agile in your ability to secure outcomes. Those with an entrepreneurial mindset and able to explore and execute potential joint-venture collaborations would be advantageous.
- You'll have a natural and credible communication style, forging relationships with both internal and external stakeholders and understanding the value of taking people on a journey towards defined goals. This is a fast-paced setting, with minimised barriers to growth so you'll enjoy being empowered to "own" your role.
- With multiple projects underway at any one time, you'll be disciplined and able to prioritise competing tasks for optimum outcomes. You will develop and maintain excellent professional relationships with a variety of audiences including various other departments within the brand, as well as business partners, advocacy organizations, issue experts, and franchise partners. Your sincerity will assist in building trust with key stakeholders and your tenacity in execution will ensure your success. Those with tertiary education in valuations or property economics would be preferred, though not essential.**Key Deliverables**
- Formulating, updating, and executing a network market plan for a national rollout of new food locations as well as reviewing existing sites for potential relocation.
- Provide accurate, high-level specialist advice to senior management to inform strategic, planning, and promote sound project development opportunities, ensuring a high-performing and engaged team.
- Working closely with franchisees to agree on a network strategy, and secure / develop new locations.
- Effective management of store pipelines for each financial year.
- Prepare & present business cases, and feasibility assessments and present them to internal stakeholders and the executive team.
- Complete due diligence on proposed sites that clearly demonstrates the financial viability, including sales and capital forecasting.
- Leading and enabling the growth of the real estate team to be future leaders as well supporting the identification and negotiation of property purchases and/or agreements for new locations.
- Delivery of the relevant development approvals to the internal construction team, combined with a fully executed lease for collaborative delivery on time and within budget.
- Management of all the necessary local government approval processes for all-new locations.
- Ensure quality and compliance are delivered including WHS deliverables.
**What's on offer**
You'll be joining a business at an exciting time of growth and development opportunities. On offer is a gross salary package up to $250k per annum with the potential for longer-term share incentives post-12 months tenure.
- Talent Butler is uniquely positioned as Australia's first subscription-based talent provider; you can have confidence in this process knowing that we are running this recruitment process as an exclusive partner and all conversations are strictly confidential.