Estates and Facilities Manager

About The Role

As we gear up to an exciting year of growth at TFG Brands, we are keen to appoint an Estates and Facilities Manager to support this growth. Sitting across our Whistles, Hobbs and Phase Eight brands and reporting to the Group Property & Business Development Director you will be responsible for managing and maintaining our property database, manage lease events, H&S and planned and reactive maintenance. Your main duties and responsibilities as Estates and Property Manager will include:

• Drive and maintain a robust departmental business plan / strategy in line with the wider Group plan and vision.
• Maintain and update the Property database ensuring all lease events are effectively managed
• Engage with stakeholders throughout the lease renewal/regear process and ensure any decisions match back to the strategy
• Negotiate flexible deals / rent reviews on existing sites with shared risk to minimise costs
• Manage and optimise both (i) property costs (rates, service charge, utilities, repair and maintenance) and (ii) facilities management costs across the brands
• Draft and develop business cases for new site proposals in conjunction with senior leadership
• Ensure strict compliance with regards to building quality, maintenance, operations, fire, security, safety, health and environmental requirements set by government authorities and agencies (including stores, distribution centre and head offices)

About You

To be successful in the role of Estates and Facilities Manager, you will have the following skills and experience:

• Significant experience in estates and facilities management on a multi-site portfolio ideally in a premium retail business
• Experience in negotiating and managing full lease lifecycle, rent review, renewals, regears, assignment, break options, expiry, and disposal
• Experience of project planning and delivery across a variety of remits simultaneously
• Proven ability and experience of delivering cost and procurement savings
• Experienced in sustainability planning
• Experience of managing senior stakeholder relationships and Board reporting
• Professionally qualified or validated as a Member of a relevant institute or is demonstrably working towards such a qualification is desirable

About Us

TFG London Inclusion and Diversity statement of commitment: At TFG London and across all our brands we are committed to creating an inclusive culture that welcomes, develops and celebrates a diversity of backgrounds, experiences, cultural references and ideas and opinions within our business.
We are working together to ensure our environment is one where difference is not only respected but encouraged and celebrated and people can bring their authentic, unique selves to work, where their contribution is valued, ability enhanced, and perspective appreciated.