About This Role
Managing the company's real estate development goals is the core responsibility of this role, focusing on evaluating locations to best serve franchise partners and grow market share. This position suits a professional with a background in corporate real estate and strategic planning.
Responsibilities
- Evaluate site locations proposed by qualified franchise partners and assure the locations meet company criteria for demographics, visibility, access, parking, and construction
- Verify the site is cleared relative to company development and neighboring partners
- Meet annual development goals determined for the region, including scheduling site visits, initiating development by communicating with franchise partners, being proactive with surrounding property development activities, and maintaining contacts with developers and compatible retailers
- Assure the pace of openings will be sufficient to meet the goal and react quickly and early to find solutions if not
- Establish overall development goals for each market in the assigned region
- Utilize the existing company DMA Development Plan and refine the goal with own knowledge of the markets
- Review the goal with senior leaders to assure franchisees are qualified to grow and cleared for development
- Provide recommendations for annual development goals for the region
- Act as the development "eyes and ears" of the region
- Maintain consistent communication with others in the region that have a stake in assuring development goals are achieved
- Suggest solutions to development challenges so the market share grows at a reasonable pace with quality franchise partners and sites
- Provide training to franchisees about the fundamentals of site selection, lease negotiation, and construction
- Review all Site Evaluation Forms (SEF)
- Assure the site and lease terms proposed meet the company criteria
- Make recommendations in the budget process
- Administer actions and/or has the responsibility for authorizations that have a direct impact on budgeted costs
- Responsible for management reporting, analytics, scheduling, and proactive communication
- Assist with special projects such as non-traditional, office, and warehouse sites and leases as required
- Attend trade conferences
Requirements
’s degree in Real Estate, Business or related discipline; equivalent experience may be considered in lieu of formal education
- Minimum of five years of experience in a corporate real estate environment, spanning multiple states and regions and including experience in strategic planning, market reviews, site acquisition, and disposition
