Group Property Manager

Overview

We’re Kingfisher, A team made up of over 70,000 passionate people who bring Kingfisher - and all our other brands: B&Q, Screwfix, Brico Depot, Castorama and Koctas to life. Guided by our purpose Better Homes. Better Lives. For Everyone. We believe a better world starts with better homes, and we work every day to make that a reality. Join us and help shape the future of home improvement.

Join Kingfisher in a key Group Property role, helping to shape how we invest in and manage our global property portfolio for the long term. You’ll drive best practice across property investment and asset management, strengthen the data and insight behind our decision-making, and support critical Group reporting. With responsibility for developing our common property data platform and maintaining high standards of data integrity, this is an opportunity to influence how property decisions are made across an international retail Group.

What's the job?

• Play a key Group Property role in developing policies and best practice for property investment and asset management across Kingfisher, applying long-term thinking and vision to the development and management of property assets, with the necessary financial controls and reporting in place.
• Co-ordinate the timely generation of property inputs to consolidated corporate reporting, including annual valuations and half-year/year-end results reporting.
• Lead the delivery and development of a common property data platform (currently the Horizon database), ensuring that it remains relevant to stakeholders, provides effective solutions and maintains high levels of data integrity.
• Work with Country Property teams to execute global property plans, with a particular focus on lease regears, store closures, sale and leasebacks and non-operational disposals, and support GIC through expert review of associated business cases.
• Develop the Group Property contribution to growth ambition and property strategy, taking a more hands-on role with Banner teams where appropriate.
• Lead the facilities management function for Paddington, including budget ownership and responsibility for lease compliance, service charge review and ongoing maintenance oversight.
• Act as the subject matter expert for property market knowledge and legislative and regulatory changes across Banner geographies.
• Support Banners in delivering the property aspects of carbon reduction targets, working with the Responsible Business team.
• Lead the execution of Kingfisher occupational property matters, including rent reviews, lease regears and capital projects.

What you'll bring

• Strong property asset and investment management experience.
• Facilities management experience.
• Ability to use commercial judgement and experience to balance risk, resolve conflicts of interest and make tough decisions in support of long-term business benefit.
• Strong stakeholder engagement skills.
• Ability to work effectively with senior management.
• Strong leadership skills.
• Financially literate, with the ability to understand budgets, business cases and financial reporting.

How We Work We believe in flexibility and balance. Our hybrid model blends home working for focus with time spent connecting and collaborating - whether in our offices or at offsite locations. On average, around 60% of your time will involve in-person collaboration.

We value the perspectives new team members bring and encourage you to apply - even if you don’t meet 100% of the requirements.

What We Offer An inclusive environment where your potential is limited only by your imagination. We encourage new ideas, support experimentation, and strive to create a workplace where everyone can be their best self. Find out more about Diversity & Inclusion at Kingfisher here.

We also offer a competitive benefits package and plenty of opportunities to stretch and grow your career. Scroll down below to find out more about our benefits.

Diversity & Inclusion Our customers come from all walks of life - and so do we. We’re committed to ensuring all colleagues, future colleagues, and applicants are treated equally, regardless of age, gender, marital or civil partnership status, ethnicity, culture, religion, belief, political opinion, disability, gender identity, gender expression, or sexual orientation.

Interested? Great, apply now and help us to Power the Possible.