Property Portfolio Junior Consultant

Our Head Office Property Department is strengthening their team and is looking for an enthusiastic, highly motivated and analytical person determined to build a career in a challenging international environment to join the Property Expansion Team. Help turn our expansion plans into reality!

At an exciting time of growth for Lidl GB, we are now aiming to more than double our existing store portfolio. For the successful candidate, this is an ideal opportunity to join a fast paced and efficient team at the forefront of our company’s ambitious development plans in a position which offers both responsibility and variety.

What you’ll do

• Working in the Head Office at a national strategic level to drive forward store expansion and develop the existing portfolio
• Providing support to the Head office property team
• Reviewing regional proposals at all stages of the store life cycle (Location Planning/ Site Acquisition/ Planning Permission/ Opening/ Modernisation/ Relocation/ Disposal)
• Key role within the team in assisting with the preparation of store expansion proposals submitted to Head Office for Board presentation, including legal contracts
• Liaising with and providing support to our 17 Regional Property Offices on store proposals
• Providing support for in-house property systems and procedures, while ensuring confidentiality, compliance with legal requirements and operational specifications (internal policies, etc.)
• Completing related project work including national presentation, reports, procedures and deadline management
• Responsibility for maintaining departmental trackers and coordinating with stakeholders to ensure data accuracy
• Understanding the company’s ‘bigger picture’ and the property role within the organisation as a whole

What you’ll need

• Degree educated (2:1 or above)
• A strong proactive team player with the ability to build solid, effective working relationships
• Excellent communication skills at all levels of the business
• Confident in supporting executive management
• Assertive with the ability to identify opportunities for process improvement
• Ability to digest, analyse and appraise proposals pragmatically and thoroughly
• Excellent attention to detail
• A self-motivated and proactive individual with a can-do attitude and the ability to work on projects and solve problems using their own initiative
• Development and investment appraisal skills beneficial
• Ability to work independently and manage conflicting priorities with ease and efficiency
• An excellent multi-tasker with exceptional organisational abilities
• Strong Excel skills
• Strong presentation skills
• German language beneficial but not essential
• Driver’s licence advantageous but not essential

What you’ll receive

This isn’t getting by. This is getting what you deserve. Working at Lidl is rewarding, in every sense, because we give you the training to succeed in your role and plenty of opportunities to progress your career here. We’re proud to offer a competitive salary starting from £30,000 with the potential to earn up to £37,000 (depending on experience) with an additional non-contractual 10% London weighting and a generous holiday allowance. Save for your future with our pension scheme, or save today with an in-store discount, plus extra discounts on days out, cinema tickets and much more.

We’re making the final preparations and getting ready to move into our brand new head office, Lidl House, in Tolworth. It’s light, spacious and has state of the art breakout spaces, an on-site barista and gym and much more, making it the perfect place to meet colleagues and achieve your potential. We’re expecting to move in before the end of the year and we can’t wait for you join Lidl!

Please note your employment is conditional upon the Company’s receipt of satisfactory references and if requested by the Company, a satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service check.

Disclaimer: due to the high volume of applications we receive, we reserve the right to close a vacancy earlier than the advertised date. This is to ensure our teams can manage application levels while maintaining a positive candidate experience. Once a vacancy has closed, we are unable to consider further applications, so please submit your application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.

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