Regional Estates Surveyor - Convenience Stores

About The Role

We have a unique opportunity for a Regional Estates Surveyor to join the team.

The individual will support the Senior Estates Manager in delivering an efficient and effective Estates Management service across the operational portfolio.

The individual will be responsible for all property matters within a set geographic area including rent reviews, service charge, lettings, lease renewals and identifying opportunities to add value and enhance the portfolio.

We are looking for individuals with good communication skills, who will be confident operating in a collaborative cross-functional environment with opportunities to engage with multiple stakeholders in the Retail, Finance and Maintenance teams along with external consultants, professional advisers and landlords

At Morrisons, we believe that flexible working can really make a difference. As such this permanent role offers a flexible working pattern of 4.5 days. The applicants should be happy to work both from home and in the Bradford office.

Role responsibilities:

• Responsibility for a portfolio of around 250 stores
• Landlord and tenant relationship negotiating and documenting lease events
• Sub tenant portfolio management
• Exercise commercial judgement to resolve day-to-day property management issues within delegated authority levels.
• Develop relationships with other Property Departments (Implementation & Maintenance)
• Drive successful relationships with Regional Operational Managers to become a primary point of contact in Property

About You

• Preferably Member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors - not essential
• 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 influence others and build effective networks.
• A structured and process driven approach to planning and organising work.
• Confidence and maturity to take commercial decisions
• Strong interpersonal skills – ability to negotiate and influence a range of stakeholders and challenge the norm

About The Team

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.

About The Company

Our modern Head Office on the edge of Bradford is home to our different support teams from tech, marketing and finance to HR, trading and supply chain.

Alive with activity, this is where decisions are made and our corporate teams make sure everything runs smoothly. Here, you’ll find comfy breakout areas, a coffee shop, newsagents and subsidised restaurant all within commuting distance of Leeds, Manchester and the Yorkshire Dales - always with free parking.

We host regular seasonal events and you’ll often find our suppliers on site sharing details of their latest product. We’re also committed to fundraising for our current charity partner.

Our business is fast paced and ever changing, as such we’ve lots of opportunities for you to play your part in our success. We’d love to meet you…

Some of the benefits you can expect as follows;

• 15% colleague discount in our stores and online, plus an additional 10% card for a friend or family members (subject to fair usage)
• Generous holiday entitlement
• 4 and a half day working week with flexible working hours
• Company pension contributions
• Perks with over 850 retailers
• Free parking onsite
• A range of family friendly policies including 26 weeks maternity and adoption leave along with neonatal and fertility leave