You truly love working in the retail property leasing industry, where you get to develop something that excites people. By always being on top of the latest trends, you understand what tomorrows customers desire. In everything you do, you always have the local customers in mind, and you want to develop something beyond their expectations!
It comes naturally for you to apply critical thinking to continuously challenge existing strategies, goals and ways of working. You champion new methods, digital systems and processes to improve performance and achieve better results. You are an engaging and influential leader, and an effective communicator. You like to seek for new business opportunities and have an eye for new potentials.
We believe that you have minimum 5 years of experience in Retail commercial property leasing, track record of leading negotiations with high level stakeholders and strong analytical skills. You are a true team player with great communications skills in English, who loves to work in close collaboration with colleagues and partners.
To be successful in this role, you should have knowledge of:
• Strategic planning • How to create synergies among various tenants, that ensures a complementary offer for the customers • How to set up contractual arrangements for the use of INGKA assets in accordance with INGKA and country standards • Prices, standards and structures of the local retail property market • Identifying, selecting and using the right tools, methods and challenges to ensure external partner competence, potential and development • How to assess investment towards property improvements in current locations by analyzing, selecting and prioritizing investment opportunities and assessing this to the expected outcome) • In-depth knowledge of rental processes and documentation • Experience in dealing with cross-functional teams and projects
A day in your life with us
Ingka Centers is in the middle of an exciting journey, where we create and develop Meeting Places, into something way beyond an ordinary shopping Centre. As Leasing Business Partner, you have an important function in this journey by securing the right and most relevant retail partners in our Meeting Places and projects. You will be responsible for creating and developing the lease strategy for the existing Meeting Places and future projects.
Some examples of your responsibilities are: • Supporting Meeting Places in creation and development of the yearly lease strategy for the existing Meeting Places and future projects, their further rollout and securing proper tenant mix • Developing leasing expertise in the Meeting Places to ensure MPs are capable to transform leasing strategy into business planning and short-term actions • Analyses tenant performance in terms of financial stability, appropriate sales levels, and relevance to the new Offer Development strategy • Negotiating the most favorable conditions for the Meeting Place by preparing a clear feasibility study, negotiations strategy to achieve short-term and long-term MP objectives • Leading and developing strong and long-lasting partnerships with key players in the category • Developing expertise related to the new players, new business models and new trends in the market
In this position, you will be based in Malmö, Sweden. Your manager will be Annett Norén Beckert, our Lease Category Manager.
Together as a team
We’ve embarked on an exciting journey to transform our shopping centres into destinations always anchored by IKEA, and that go way beyond shopping, offering a carefully selected series of activities, events and initiatives tailored to the needs of the communities that surround them. That’s what we call “Meeting Places”.
As a long-term partner of IKEA, we share our vision, our culture and our values, while what makes our businesses different is the way we fulfil our vision. If the idea of IKEA is to create a better life at home, we work hard to create a better everyday life outside of the home by developing virtual and physical Meeting Places where people can meet shop and connect with their communities.
We have big plans for the future that involve expanding to new locations, opening smaller-scale concepts closer to the city centers, digitalization, and most of all, living up to shared sustainability goals. We’re constantly looking for energetic, purpose-led and creative people who’d like to join us on our journey to create Meeting Places around the world.
As a Lease Business Partner at Ingka Centres, you will be a part of the Operations domain. The purpose of the Operations domain is to optimize the Meeting Place experience for the many people and deliver sustainable business growth for our Partners and Meeting Places. Moreover, to achieve operational results, drive efficiency improvements and enhance commercial performance and brand value of the Meeting Places.
Sounds exciting? There’s a lot more to know about us! Check out our website, read our stories and try to imagine how you can be part of our team helping us reach our goals!
www.ingkacentres.com
Questions and support? Let's connect!
If you have any questions about this position, please contact the hiring manager Annett Norén Beckert at annett.noren.beckert@ingka.com. If you have any questions regarding the recruitment process, you are welcome to reach out to recruiter Emelie Johansson emelie.johansson@ingka.com.
We encourage you to apply as soon as possible, though no later than 11th of August. Please note that the recruitment process may take longer than usual due to the vacation period.
You submit your application online, by clicking on the “apply” button. We are not able to handle any applications made by e-mail. Warmly welcome with your application!
