Principle accountabilities
Sourcing and acquiring new brands which meet the Channel, Guest and Brand Partner strategies with a focus on rates mitigation.
Some of this will be done via Social Media.
Building relationships with Brand Agencies.
Administer all rates mitigation activity, working with Legal, Finance and Channel teams to ensure activity is delivered in a timely manner and ensuring rates savings are delivered / maximised
Manage relationships with brands to bring them into centres, build performance, generate repeat custom and potentially take long term Home leases
Test pricing approaches such as turnover, footfall-driven rental models to inform the wider Brand Manager leasing activity
Attend leasing meetings as required to update on pipeline and performance
Work with Guest teams, particularly the Partnerships team, to deliver more experiential concepts into unit spaces including the animation of unit frontages for marketing-led purposes
Work with Operations teams to ensure brands adhere to centre standards
Key competencies
Building relationships able to start conversations which lead to commercial relationships
Commercial acumen - able to conduct commercial negotiations with brands
Accountability - proactively taking ownership to deliver within deadlines
Problem solving - pragmatic approach and able to recommend solutions
Attention to detail - ability to deliver consistently accurate work
Tenacity - always driving for results
Customer focus - excellent customer service skills
Team ethic - collaborative and supportive approach to work
Respect - being fair with everyone, understanding different perspectives and backgrounds
Integrity - being honest, reliable and consistent, seeking to do the right thing
Knowledge, experience and qualifications
Essential
Business development
Negotiation
Excellent people skills
Ability to work under pressure
Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint
Team player and motivator
Proactive and able to use initiative
Desirable
Property company experience
Leasing administration including property management systems
Legal experience
Understanding of the business rates system 
