Boots Careers – Estates Manager In Brighton, UK

Overview

Position Title:Estates Manager

Company:Boots UK

Location:Brighton, UK

Job Description:

Boots is the UKs leading pharmacy-led health and beauty retailer. With 2,900 stores in the UK and Republic of Ireland, our purpose is to help our customers look and feel better than they ever thought possible. Boots UK, Boots Retail Ireland, Boots Opticians and Boots Hearingcare are part of the Retail Pharmacy International Division of Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc, the first global pharmacy-led health and wellbeing enterprise.

Responsibilities:

•  Examining the options to create value from the freehold portfolio and dealing with non-trading portfolio
•  Managing external suppliers including property agents, legal advisors, engineers and other professional advisors to be able to deliver value for money property solutions to the Boots Business
•  The 286 acre Boots main operational site is also a property development site where both commercial and residential development is happening and has happened – managing the balance of developing property to create value and safeguarding the operations is a key balancing act
•  Having confidence in running often complex property projects and managing and consulting with stakeholders across the wider Boots business, including our partnerships and joint ventures
• Being a great team player working closely with both the business and others in the property team as part of the Commercial team – dealing with the warehouse, industrial and office portfolios.

Requirement:

•  Supplier management of external advisors and specialists
  Being point of contact in the business co-ordinating various work streams across the Boots commercial property estate
•  Dealing with Lease Advisory and Estate Management issues as they arise for the non-retail portfolio.
•  Bringing forward business cases for approval that change the occupation of property for the commercial sides of the business – managing the end to end approval process
•  Leading negotiations, with legal support where necessary, against third parties to secure the best commercial terms