Development Manager: Commercial/retail Property

**Development Manager: Commercial/Retail Property**
**Market Related **+ benefits + performance bonuses (Negotiable)
Bryanston

Our client, an eminent South African based organisation, provides a fully integrated property development and management service in the commercial, retail and industrial sector. These top producers are seeking a **Development Manager** to join their growing organization.

**MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS**:

- Relevant B Degree
- **Minimum of 5 years’** Experience within the Property Development Industry
- **A-type **personality, works with a sense of urgency
- Extensive Development Experience in the COMMERCIAL/RETAIL sector
- Legal knowledge within the Properties industry/ Land Rights
- Must have excellent communication skills (written & verbal)
- Strong Presentation Skills
- Strong organisational, follow-through and communication skills
- Proactive, Dependable, Prompt
- Hard-nosed Negotiation Skills
- Proven experience of Finalising Large Commercial Deals, determining between real threats and perceived threats, real deals and talk
- High degree of professionalism and strong work ethic
- Ability to multi-task & stay focused on the “big picture” while addressing daily issues.

**Primary responsibilities include**:

- Networking with customers, brokers, designers, architects, engineers, QS, contractors, suppliers and industry specialists
- Engage in Business Development by identifying & securing new opportunities in existing market trends, also opening up opportunities in niche markets and predicted futures trends.
- Assist in qualification of consultants used during pre-design & pre-construction phases
- Manage, review & coordinate all town planning related activities up to proclamation of the required development rights
- Manage, review & coordinate the project designs, costings, feasibilities and fundings
- Sourcing of clients & tenants for proposed developments & preparing and presenting appropriate development proposals to clients and tenants towards concluding development and lease agreements
- Negotiating and concluding the required development or lease agreement as may be required by the development shareholders and funders in order for the project ot commence until conclusion
- Feasibility studies
- Negotiating and securing, along with the company financial manager, the required equity or institutional funding required to complete the development
- Ensuring a seamless and detailed integration of the dedicated project manager function
- Monitoring the project implementation throughout to ensure that the desired and contracted end product gets delivered to the shareholders & tenants as per approved development plan
- Ultimately the Development Manager remains responsible for the entire development process from inception to trading

**CV must include the following or will not be processed**:

- **Full CV **with all dates - e.g. Jan 2015 - Jul 2018 (not just year**) as well as reasons for leaving each position**:

- High School & Tertiary Education must have the year completed and the institution name
- Your current notice period (1 Calendar month OR 30 days)
- Your current salary package including benefits (CTC)
- A head and shoulders picture of yourself (Can use LinkedIn one if it is suitable)
- **A list of the Projects/Developments** you have worked on including project value and amount of units per development.
- Please link up with me on LinkedIn if we are not already and join our page: MGI Consulting.

Application Question(s):
**Education**:

- Bachelors (preferred)
**Experience**:

- Property Development: 5 years (required)
- Negotiation: 3 years (required)