Leasing Manager/Operations Support

Job description / Role

Our client, a Dubai based luxury shopping mall, is looking for an experienced Leasing Manager/Operations Support this role will report directly to the General Manager.

The Home to picturesque cobbled streets, charming piazzas and authentic Tuscan and Venetian features, our client offers a unique and incomparable ambience, not to mention a thoroughly enjoyable shopping and leisure experience.

With over 140 shops and service outlets, they offer a wide variety of international brands and cater to the needs of Dubai residents and international tourists alike. From fashion and beauty to homeware, jewellery, electronics and confectionery, the shopping mall provides you with a hand-picked selection of the most popular yet accessible brands.

This is an exciting opportunity for an ambitious and career driven individual to work for one of Dubai’s best loved shopping malls.

The ideal candidate will be well-presented, hard-working, highly-organised, confident and a team player. The right candidate will also have the ability to multi-task, work to tight deadlines and be comfortable working with figures.

Roles and responsibilities:
- Develop and execute operation policies and initiatives to improve efficiency and profitability of the department
- Develop, review or streamline SOP
- Responsible for the productivity and budgetary performance of the leasing operations department.
- Coordinate the annual budget, administration and management of contract (including bulk procurement of services for the portfolio of properties)
- Assist in the implementation of Asset Enhancement Initiatives
- Assist in the feasibility study and due diligence of potential acquisitions
- Ensure compliance to authorities’ requirements
- Responsible for all leasing functions, which may include reviewing and negotiating lease transactions and agreements
- Oversees completion of all necessary paperwork and ensures proper customer service
- Be flexible to work weekdays, weeknights, and public holidays depending on what is required

Requirements

- A Qualification in Real Estate Management/ Retail Development/A Bachelors Degree in the Field of Business
- Working knowledge of budgets and financial statements
- Level 1 – Level 2 of Mall Development
- Introduction to Leasing ICSC and MECSC
- ABC of leasing ICSC and MECSC
- A minimum of 3 – 5 year working experience in the local market within the field of leasing and preferably with some exposure to the operational side of the business (preferably for a shopping mall)
- Computer proficiency in Microsoft Word, Office and Excel and Leasing Software
- Familiarity with real estate law and leasing practices
- Tenacity
- Good Administrator
- Negotiating and Influencing skills Relationship building
- Understanding market trends

About the Company

KERSHAW LEONARD "WE CHANGE PEOPLES LIVES"

Who we are:

Founded in September 1999 The Kershaw Leonard Group was based upon professional recruitment practices laid down by the UK Institute of Employment Consultants whose values are still at the core of our success today.

Inherently we believe that recruitment is a people business not a CV processing business and as such we take time and care to make sure we understand the needs of both our Clients and our Candidates.

Such attention to the care side of our business together with the sheer length of time we have been established has given us a unique position. We regularly attract top class candidates who only want to work with Kershaw Leonard as they trust our confidentiality and professionalism. Similarly, more than 75% of the clients we work with come back for more when they have a new position to fill.

What we do:

Kershaw Leonard Group places exceptional talent on a Global scale. Our winning strategy is to partner very closely with a small number of clients so we can really understand their objectives, needs and aspirations in a way that allows us to intuitively know the kind of cultural fit they are looking for when the time comes for them to recruit new talent. Then once that talent is on board and part of the client’s team, to assist wherever is needed to improve performance and leadership skills

Why Us:

The Kershaw Leonard Group is more than just a recruitment agency. In addition to KL Recruitment, KL Consulting offers a vast spectrum of skills from our experienced behavioural psychologist and consultants with almost two decades of HR Director level experience in the region.