Real Estate Manager, QC & ATL

Requisition ID: 191443
Career Group: Corporate Office Careers
Job Category: Immobilier aménagement et transactions
Travel Requirements: 20 - 30%
Job Type: Full-Time

Country: Canada (CA)
Province: Québec
City: Montréal-Nord
Location: Bureau de Montréal-Nord

Embark on a rewarding career with Sobeys Inc., celebrated among Canada’s Top 100 employers, where your talents contribute to our commitment to excellence and community impact.

Our family of 128,000 employees and franchise affiliates share a collective passion for delivering exceptional shopping experiences and amazing food to all our customers. Our mission is to nurture the things that make life better – great experiences, families, communities, and our employees. We are a family nurturing families.

A proudly Canadian company, we started in a small town in Nova Scotia but we are now in communities of all sizes across this great country. With over 1,600 stores in all 10 provinces, you may know us as Sobeys, Safeway, IGA, Foodland, FreshCo, Thrifty Foods, Lawtons Drug Stores or another of our great banners but we are all one extended family.

Here’s where you’ll be focusing:

• Support the coordination, development and update of the strategic plan as required (network planning)
• Evaluate, select, recommend and negotiate real estate transactions (leases, acquisitions, dispositions, renewals) to achieve the capital plan
• Support the redevelopment planning of existing site including adding CRU’s
• Negotiate documentation (lease, Sublease, PSA, affiliation agreement, Fuel supply agreement etc…) and assist in production of documents
• Assist in the completion of the business case development for projects including market studies, budgeting and proforma modeling to obtain approval of senior management
• Coordinate with our construction and engineering team on real estate matters before and during the construction period
• Direct corporate and external legal counsel in the preparation of the necessary documents
• Lead real estate dispositions of redundant nonstrategic properties in accordance with the company’s Disposition Plan (including Sales, lease and Sublease)
• Manage the authority requirements including municipal, MTQ, and ministry of environment.
• Provide ongoing support to operations for any new or replacement projects from beginning to end.
• Meet the developers, municipal official and regulatory representatives prior to and during the development process and represent the company interest as project move throw.
• Recruitment of merchant from competitor NTS (new to shell)
• Participate on decision regarding ROFR

What you have to offer:

• 3-5 years of fuel/convenience/Retail property sector experience
• Strong background with real estate contracts (Purchase and sale agreements, commercial leases and other legal documents)
• Knowledge of the retail market in Quebec and Atlantic Provinces (Ideally knowledge fuel/convenience and supermarket network)
• Team and Project management skills
• Post-secondary degree completion
• Exceptional communication skills
• Effective negotiation abilities
• Proactive and solution-oriented mindset
• Strong multitasking and adaptability
• Proficiency in MS Word, Excel, and Outlook
• Detail oriented with experience in analyzing legal documents, working with complex calculations and preparing presentations
• Excellent command of oral and written French and English : The candidate will be expected to work with peers in other provinces in the development, development and implementation of tools and processes across Canada, as well as provide support to Sobeys employees across Canada
• Flexibility to travel anywhere in Quebec/Atlantic and occasionally in other provinces of Canada

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At Sobeys we require our teammates to have the ability to adhere to a hybrid work model that requires your presence at one of our office locations at least three days per week. This requirement is integral to our commitment to team collaboration and the overall success of our office culture.

We offer a comprehensive Total Rewards package, which varies by role and designed to help our teammates to live better – physically, financially and emotionally.

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We will consider factors such as your working location, work experience and skills as well as internal equity, and market conditions to ensure the selected candidate is paid fairly and competitively. We look forward to discussing the specific compensation details relevant to this role with candidates who are selected to move forward in the recruitment process.

Our Total Rewards programs, for full-time teammates, goes well beyond your paycheque:

• Competitive Benefits Package, tailored to meet your needs, including health and dental coverage, life, short- and long-term disability insurance.
• Access to Virtual Health Care Platform and Employee and Family Assistance Program.
• A Retirement and Savings Plan that provides you with the opportunity to build and add value to your savings.
• A 10% in-store discount at our participating banners and access to a wide range of other discount programs, making your purchases more affordable.
• Learning and Development Resources to fuel your professional growth.
• Parental leave top-up
• Paid Vacation and Days-off

We are committed to accommodating applicants with disabilities throughout the hiring process and will work with applicants requesting accommodation at any stage of this process.