Retail Real Estate Leasing Specialist - North America

Lush is known worldwide for our unique bath and beauty products. We pride ourselves on amazing skin and hair care, personalized customer service, environmental activism and a vibrant store atmosphere. Charitable giving is at the heart of our business, and we believe it's our responsibility to advocate for the environment, animals and people in need. We're passionate about giving back to organizations locally and around the world through programs such as Charity Pot.    

The Leasing Specialist - US/Canada plays an essential role in the management of the Lush's real estate portfolio. The ideal candidate will play an integral role on Lush's Real Estate team  analyzing the portfolio, researching markets and managing market reviews, negotiating store renewals and new locations. This person is passionate about providing unique customer experience that elevates the brand and excels at interpersonal relationships.

As a growing business, Lush needs people that can adapt and evolve to the needs of our business, analyze and interpret metrics and translate strategy into behaviors which drive sales and improve profit. Our Lush employees live with purpose, finding their personal value connection with the values of our business.

Your core RESPONSIBILITIES will include:

• Manage the broader real estate process from market and site selection through lease negotiations and post-opening lease maintenance (renewals, critical dates, estoppels, etc.) 
• Support the Head of North American Property and the Real Estate Leasing Manager on the roll out and management of the overall Real Estate portfolio strategy 
• Obtain information on potential sites, analyze location and provide recommendations to the Property Team
• Assists the real estate team during the site acquisition process.
• Develop an annual pipeline of projects including: new locations, relocations, expansions, renewals, refits, refreshes for the team
• Work with landlords and brokers to negotiate the best economic terms possible
• Coordinate schedules with other departments, create schedule database
• Solve problems/communicate lease language to other departments, such as Payroll, Construction, Design, Retail Support
• Creates proposals, presentations and financial reports for all real estate opportunities 
• Analyze data such as sales of other tenants, mall size, demographics, etc.
• Analyze data for existing shops, size, sales, etc.
• Support partners to establish sales estimates for new shops.
• Manage a high volume of sites/landlord relationships.
• Work closely with construction/design/finance/Director of Real Estate to ensure on time opening of new shops
• Work closely with legal council on leases
• Provide guidance and support to finance and retail operations with respect to lease renewals, store relocations, etc.

You bring the following QUALIFICATIONS:

Required:

• 3+ years previous experience in real estate either within the retail real estate industry
• Outstanding proven experience creating and finalizing landlord agreements
• Ability to be solution oriented, while supporting Lush values
• Excellent organizational skills
• Strong presentation and negotiation skills
• Ability to see the larger global picture and take initiative on projects
• Empathetic and supportive of the team effort
• Proven experience working in a multi-departmental, collaborative environment

Preferred:

• Bachelor's degree preferred in area of finance, marketing or legal
• Experience partnering with Finance, Construction and Project Management teams
• Experience working with both US and Canadian Landlords/brokers

 

Location: We are open to the successful candidate being remote, located in North America.

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Thriving with a diverse company culture, celebrating the uniqueness of our staff, and committed to inclusion. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer.

We thank all interested applicants; however, only qualified candidates will be contacted.

We’re 10% Employee Owned - all colleagues play a role in protecting our ethics, our independence , contributing ideas for the future and share in the rewards of success when the company is doing well.

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Base salary range is determined based on Vancouver market assessment. May vary depending on location of the successful candidate

Base Salary Range$80,000—$95,000 CAD