Assistant Real Estate Manager

We at Americana restaurants are looking for an Assistant Real Estate Manager for our office in Riyadh, KSA.PURPOSE OF THE ROLE:Manage the equity property portfolio to minimize property cost inflation, exploit asset management opportunities and provide professional property advice to the business.KEY RESPONSIBILITY AREAS:Undertake Sites Acquisitions of the Company new units throughout all the Markets we operate in principally by overseeing the Identification and securing of sites to hand-over to Construction and pipe-line communication.Maintaining awareness of new strategic developments and liaising with Market Planning.Ensure new pipelines are well developed in advance to meet growth expectationsReview Market insights gathering and analysis to take effective steps to serve the company’s best interest.Monitor Lease negotiation & signingEnsure Accuracy in forecasting the number of new restaurants opening by period/yearMonitor and track the reported pipeline and forecasts on a monthly basis, Drive the setting of AOP and ensure accuracy of monthly Fits tracking reports.Maintaining a regular schedule of meetings with appropriate Acquisitions. FBM Team Members and their agents & management of the equity Development pipelines.Responsibility for prioritization and Identification of sites and their negotiations, ensuring financial viability and reviewing feasibility studies, assessing planning probabilities then managing the planning and legal process for acquisitions.Formulate pipeline reports together with information dissemination throughout various brands.Ensure accurate production /issuance of IFA documentation by closely working with Franchise Operations Team.Develop cost effective real estate solutions in alignment with business needs including parameters for location, lease vs. own, length of lease term, financial commitment, exit strategies and operating expense budgets.Acts as a single contact point for outside agents, retailers and potential vendors/landlords.Lead the Acquisitions Team in building a constructive and strategic relationship with Franchise partners while maintaining an up to date working knowledge of Franchisor areas.Lead strategy to minimize property cost inflation for the restaurants portfolio and deliver reduced cost to the businessEstablish strategies & encourage best practice for effective negotiation to ensure cost savings and effective investments.Translates and cascades Americana purpose, vision and strategy execution to the team to instill ownership mindset and motivation to act.Ensures Americana expectations as regards of tools, resources, systems are rightfully communicated, cascaded for the buy in and adhered to by the team.Role models compliance with Americana processes, internal policies, code of conduct and core value behaviors.Is accountable for team performance – coaches, mentors the team for KPIs realization in line with Americana culture.Follows and teaches the team to live Americana people practices (throughout Americana people cycle, starting with hiring, on boarding through training, development and when necessary, exit); Coaches the team for personal development, has identified successor/s and is a mentor for cross functional teams to support Americana growthWORKING RELATIONSHIPS:INTERNAL COMMUNICATIONLegal TeamBrands LeadsAll departmentsEXTERNAL COMMUNICATIONLandlordsFranchisorQUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE:Education:BSc/BA in business Management or any related fieldExperience:5 + years Proven Experience in retail / F&B companiesProven track record of driving the RE agenda across his scope of Management and in managing teams and different stakeholders.