Having established a large footprint locally, with clear ambitions to expand in countries across Africa, our client is constantly re-inventing and growing their brand and customer base. Their busy real estate team is responsible for sourcing new sites, negotiating renewals & ensuring the best locations are secured to deliver future growth and keep up with operational and consumer demands.

A Real Estate “heavy weight” with long-standing and impactful relationships in property is sought to find and close a wide range of deals within a relatively short space of time. Based in either Johannesburg or Cape Town, your role will stretch into four major African territories, with additional countries to be investigated, where your existing network of senior contacts at landlords and developers will be leveraged immediately.

Providing beneficial financial insights forms the backbone of this role and, given that the deals have a high level of complexity and value, it would only suit those who have a deep understanding of viability modelling and proven business acumen.

To add value to this established team you will be an individual who is able to build and present business cases which take various operational considerations into account. You must also be comfortable presenting at the highest levels, by adopting a “hands on” working approach in each location, to best understand local nuisances, demands and challenges.

It would suit an influencer who is able to travel regularly and who has a formal Business/Finance/Legal qualification coupled with a minimum of 15 years working experience, at least of 5 of which would have been within an occupier environment.