Retail Leasing Manager - Coles QLD

We’ve been proudly serving Australian communities since 1914 and have grown to become a top 30-listed company on the ASX with a portfolio of iconic homegrown brands. At the heart of our continued success is over 115,000 team members working across the country, all contributing to bringing our customers smiles. You’ll not only get to see your work make a difference, you’ll be part of a team working together to help Australians eat and live better every day.

About the team

Property looks after one of Australia’s most dynamic portfolios. With an extensive footprint of over 1,800 retail outlets nationally, we’re growing every day. Our team manages every one of these locations, and we work together with our business units on all thing’s property, from site acquisition through to asset management.

About the role

As our new Retail Leasing Manager, you will partner with senior stakeholders to deliver property objectives for Coles Supermarkets, with a focus on growing our store network in Queensland.

You’ll join a close-knit, high-performing team and deliver a small yet significant number of complex deals and projects each year. This is a hands-on role where you’ll influence outcomes to secure alignment and bring deals to life.

Applications close Tuesday May 19. 

What you’ll do

• Identify and negotiate new and replacement store opportunities
• Prepare board reports, presentations and approval materials
• Develop property strategies across existing and new markets throughout QLD
• Help deliver new  stores, acquisitions, lease renewals and store extensions
• Partner with internal teams including location planning, finance and operations, aligning differing priorities
• Manage external relationships with landlords and developers to facilitate favourable outcomes.

About You and Your Skills

You bring 3–5 years of commercial property experience, ideally within the QLD retail or large-scale property/landlord environments.

You’re a confident negotiator with a solid understanding of lease structures, known for building strong relationships, influencing stakeholders and navigating competing priorities to deliver outcomes.

You’ll also have

• Experience in negotiating Letter of Offers, Agreement for Leases, and Leases in a complex environment
• Strong commercial acumen and deal structuring capability
• Proven ability to influence and manage stakeholders
• Strong organisation skills and ability to manage multiple deals
• A pragmatic, resilient approach to challenges
• A collaborative and down-to-earth perspective.

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What’s in it for you?

• Flexible working options: We know that work is only one part of your life, so we actively encourage a positive work-life balance and provide hybrid working options to help you achieve it.
• Office perks: Take advantage of our gym facility and fitness classes, free parking, BBQ area, mini-Coles supermarket, fooderie hub where you can sample new products before they hit the shelves, school holiday program and so much more when you come in.
• Discounts: Eligible team members receive 5% discount all year round on your Supermarket and Liquor online and in-store purchases. We also offer additional periods of double discount (10%) at various times throughout the year. As well as hotdeals exclusive to team members that translate into additional savings.
• Reward through recognition: Give and receive recognition, linked to our Coles values, through our digital recognition platform ‘mythanks’. You can accumulate points to redeem in the online shop for exciting gifts and electronic gift cards from an extensive range of retailers.
• Opportunities for learning and development: No matter where you start within our diverse business, you’ll have experiences, exposure, and education to satisfy you. Discover and explore a variety of career development programs and job-specific training.
• Paid parental leave: We understand how important your life outside work is and offer permanent team members paid parental leave to support you in balancing work and family.
• Investment in your future: Our annual team member share plan offer allows eligible team members to make regular pre-tax salary sacrifice deductions to purchase Coles Group shares.

About the recruitment process

We’re continuing to build a gender equitable team, and a culture that is just as diverse, inclusive and welcoming as the communities we serve. We are committed to creating a workplace that is safe and respectful for our team. We encourage applications from people of all ages, cultures (including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples), abilities, sexual orientation and gender identities.

We’re happy to adjust our recruitment process to support candidates with disability. For further information and additional contact details visit the ‘Our Recruitment Process’ section of our careers site or email inclusionrecruitment@coles.com.au

Job ID: 184869

Employment Type: Full time