LEASE MANAGER
Responsible for ensuring H&M Group secures the best quality stores in the strongest possible locations for a specific geographic region of GB and IE. This can include new locations, relocations, renegotiations, rebuilds, extensions and closures.
Your responsibilities: -
Enable long term growth
• Creates growth strategy by developing and maintaining the road map for the geographic region
• Makes sure full potential in geographic region is mapped and added to the roadmap
• Makes sure competition is continuously mapped
Optimizing the existing portfolio
• Ensures that the portfolio is commercially competitive in the geographic area
• Negotiates lease actions for existing stores (kick-outs, terminations, lease term, extensions, rent reductions)
• Coordinates portfolio reviews
Ensure the best possible deal
• Enables optimization of each deals selling, location and profitability
• Recommends the full business case in terms of fit with market strategy, location requirements, commercial idea, configuration of space, economic and legal terms
• Fact based targets for sales, rent and net investments levels
• Recommends ready negotiated business cases (HOT, lease line) for approval by the country Leasing Committee (Country Manager, Country Controller and Head of Expansion)
• Coordinates with other department before finalizing the negotiations
• Helps facilitate the deal through the legal and construction process
• Tracks the performance of new stores and rebuilds
Minimum requirements
Degree BSc or MA – not required to be in property
Retail property experience and MRICS qualified ideal but not essential
Results driven and needs to work well under pressure
Highly organized, proactive and self-motivated
Have strong numerical and analysis skills
A team player, able to communicate at all levels
Values driven, always acting with trust and integrity
