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: • Possess solid presentation skills, proficient in MS Office applications • Excellent negotiation and communication skills • Well versed with commercial contracts terms and conditions • Able to work independently • 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