Job Title
Branch Portfolio Planning & Site Acquisition Lead
Job Description Summary
This role leads the planning and execution of the Clients retail branch portfolio and site acquisition agenda, with a primarily focus on the core 8 retail markets and visibility across the wider branch estate. The role supports the clients pivot to affluence by translating client priorities and market opportunity into clear branch portfolio plans, site briefs, acquisition recommendations and delivery actions reported against identified success criteria.
Job Description
About the Role:
Develop branch network strategies by analyzing business goals, customer needs, market trends, and branch performance to recommend where to invest, expand, relocate, upgrade, or close locations.
Lead site acquisition and portfolio planning from identifying potential locations through evaluation, approval, lease transactions, and handover for execution.
Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders including real estate, projects, design, brokers, landlords, and asset management teams to ensure successful delivery of branch initiatives.
Drive customer experience and brand standards by ensuring branch locations and upgrades support a premium client experience and align with company branding and business objectives.
Promote operational excellence by identifying risks, improving processes, ensuring compliance, and working across teams to deliver efficient, high-quality workplace and branch environments.
About You:
Bachelor’s degree in Real Estate, Finance, Business Administration, or a related field.
Demonstrated experience in commercial real estate, project management, network planning and acquisition
Experience identifying strategic locations for branch or retail network growth using market analysis, demographic data, socio-economic trends, and GIS (Geographic Information Systems) tools to support portfolio expansion decisions.
Proven track record in retail or commercial real estate acquisition (e.g., banking, convenience retail, or large-scale retail networks), including evaluating, sourcing, and securing premium locations aligned with business growth objectives.
Strong experience managing asset managers, real estate brokers, landlords, and external partners to acquire high-value sites, negotiate commercial terms, and support network expansion initiatives across multiple markets.
Why join Cushman & Wakefield?
As one of the leading global real estate services firms transforming the way people work, shop and live working at Cushman & Wakefield means you will benefit from;
- Being part of a growing global company;
- Career development and a promote from within culture;
- An organisation committed to Diversity and Inclusion
- We're committed to providing work-life balance for our people in an inclusive, rewarding environment.
We achieve this by providing a flexible and agile work environment by focusing on technology and autonomy to help our people achieve their career ambitions. We focus on career progression and foster a promotion from within culture, leveraging global opportunities to ensure we retain our top talent. We encourage continuous learning and development opportunities to develop personal, professional and technical capabilities, and we reward with a comprehensive employee benefits program.
We have a vision of the future, where people simply belong.
That's why we support and celebrate inclusive causes, not just on days of recognition throughout the year, but every day. We embrace diversity across race, colour, religion, gender, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or persons with disabilities or protected veteran status. We ensure DEI is part of our DNA as a global community - it means we go way beyond than just talking about it - we live it. If you want to live it too, join us.
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