Group Property Asset Manager (Part Time)

Overview: We’re Kingfisher. You might know us as B&Q, Screwfix, Castorama, Brico Depot or Koçtaş. We’re made up of over 78,000 passionate people, call over 1,300 stores home and operate in 8 countries. That’s right, we’re big, but we have ambitions to become even bigger and even better. We want to become the leading home improvement company and grow the largest community of home improvers in the world. And that’s where you come in.
At Kingfisher our customers come from all walks of life, and so do we. We want to ensure that all colleagues, future colleagues, and applicants to Kingfisher are treated equally regardless of age, gender, marital or civil partnership status, colour, ethnic or national origin, culture, religious belief, philosophical belief, political opinion, disability, gender identity, gender expression or sexual orientation.
If you require any additional support or adjustments to help you make an application, please contact us at kingfisher.recruitment@kingfisher.com
We advocate the benefits of a flexible and hybrid working environment, recognising that this means different things, to different people, in different roles.
Your role as a Group Property Asset Manager, working in our Group Transformation & Development team will be to facilitate and support the global property Investment & Asset Management best practices across the Kingfisher Group. You’ll be working alongside our banner teams and offices, across the globe to help advise on property projects, providing a level of governance and building cases.
This role can is part time – Please let us know if this is of interest to you.
What's the job?: What you’ll be doing:

  • Supporting the development guidance and best practice for Property & Asset Management at Kingfisher
  • Working on applying long-term thinking and vision in our approach to developing and leading our property assets with the vital financial controls and reporting in place
  • To support the business with property expertise on non-retail property in Group functions
  • Own the delivery and development of a common data platform to ensure it is relevant for all partners, provides effective solutions and has high levels of data integrity
  • Co-ordinate the timely generation of the Property elements any consolidated corporate reporting such as Annual Valuations or HY/YE results reporting
  • To work with the local Country Property implement global property plans with a specific focus on Lease regears, store closures, sale & Leasebacks and non-operational disposals
  • Supporting banners with cases and the GIC (Group Investment Committee) with relevant expert review of associated business case
  • Support Country Asset Management teams to meet and exceed budgets and savings targets
What we need:: What experience you’ll bring:
  • You’ll be a great communicator, being able to build rapport, value differences in opinions
  • Project management techniques or experience in handling property projects
  • Strong property asset and investment management experience
  • Ability to use commercial judgment and experience to balance risk, resolve conflicts of interest and make tough decisions to support long term business benefit.
  • Either Qualified RICS (Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors) or proven experience is desired
What we offer In return, we offer an inclusive environment, where what you can achieve is limited only by your imagination! We encourage new ideas, actively support experimentation, and strive to build an environment where everyone can be their best self.
We’re adopting a hybrid approach with some office and some home working, on average 40-60% in the office. Your office location? This person will be UK based with our Head Office in Paddington, or we could explore the option of being based in one of our other retail banners head offices in Southampton or Yeovil.
We also offer a competitive benefits package and plenty of opportunities to stretch and grow your career.
Interested? Great, apply now and help us to Power the Possible. #li-je1 #LI-HYBRID
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