About The Role

We have a unique opportunity for a Property Specialist, Estates to join the team.

The Specialist will support the Senior Estates Manager in delivering an efficient and effective Estates Management service across the operational / non core portfolio.

Accountable at regional level for property events that impact the P&L including rent reviews, service charge, in-store/external lettings, lease renewals, mitigating lease liabilities and identifying opportunities to enhance the portfolio and drive operational efficiencies including access & egress schemes, relaxations of curfews and capex improvements.

Working cross-functionally with major stakeholders throughout the business in order to ensure all projects incorporate the right solutions for our customers and store colleagues.

This is a permanent contract, the Specialist will work 4 days during the week and 1 in 4 office based Saturdays, applicants should be happy to work both from home and in the office and as such should reside within a reasonable regular commute of Bradford. 

Role responsibilities:

• Lead project teams

• Effective monitoring of external teams’ performance using KPIs to deliver projects in line with targets and timelines.

• Produce concise reporting on a monthly basis to confirm programmes on schedule

• Manage external consultants using KPIs to deliver operational initiatives and solutions meeting financial plan objectives.

• Exercise commercial judgement to resolve day-to-day property management issues within delegated authority levels.

• Develop relationships with other Property Departments (Format/Constructions etc.) to enable high performance and support customer initiatives.

• Drive successful relationships with Regional Operational Managers to become a primary point of contact in Property.

• Deliver regional financial targets as agreed at the beginning of year – lettings, void reductions, curfew resolutions, access and egress schemes, service charge and insurance reductions.

• Analyse transactions to quantify “value-add” to make clear recommendations to the Senior Estates Manager

About You

Knowledge

• Preferably Member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors

• Knowledge of the Landlord & Tenant Act Legislation

• Knowledge of the Town & Country Planning Legislation

• >2 years commercial experience

• Contract negotiation experience

• Ability to take on new information, adapt style and develop new ways of working.

• The ability to build supportive, trusting relationships with others both  internally and externally

• The ability to influence others and build effective networks. 

• A structured and process driven approach to planning and organising work. 

• Confidence when delivering under pressure and in situations of ambiguity

• Strong interpersonal skills – ability to negotiate and influence a range of stakeholders and challenge the norm

About The Company

We design, build, develop and maintain all of our properties across the UK from our supermarkets and manufacturing sites to our distribution centres and Head Office.

Driving a variety of exciting property projects, we aim to provide the best shopping experience to our customers and great working environments for our colleagues.

From architectural design, construction and maintenance to project and asset management, we focus on quality and getting every detail just right. Constantly looking to do things even better, we listen to our customers to make their shopping trips easier and work closely with our colleagues to deliver hundreds of store refits every year.

The pace is fast. The projects are varied. And as we rebuild and strengthen our business, we’re creating all kinds of roles at every level for quantity surveyors, energy specialists, location planning analysts, property managers and more.

Our aim to offer more of what matters extends to our employees too. Join us and you can expect to enjoy great career prospects and a very competitive pay and benefits package. In addition to an attractive salary, we offer a discount card for you and two for friends or family members giving you 10% off your shopping in Morrisons. We also offer company share options, a highly competitive pension scheme, Life Assurance and more besides.

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all sections of the community.