• Job Description

  Req#: 1034363

  Acquisitions and Development Manager

  £62,000 to £76,000 plus great benefits (Work Level 5)

  Remote working with travel around your area (driving license required) and regular meetings in Manchester Head Office. In this role you’ll work in a hybrid way – splitting your time between home and the office (find out more about our hybrid working policy at colleagues.coop.co.uk/hybrid-working-policy )

  We’re looking for an Acquisitions and Development Manager to join our Property team at Co-op. You will be responsible for your geographical area of the country and support with all property acquisitions. Primarily you will work on sourcing new stores, franchise, and Funeralcare sites. You will proactively look for opportunities to add value from the development of our property estate.

  What you will do

  • Be responsible for sourcing new stores, relocations, and franchises for your area
  • Discuss opportunities for acquisitions with external agents and developers
  • Negotiate contracts and leases
  • Oversee projects from commencement to launch
  • Be responsible for growth of franchise in your area
  • Oversee all Funeralcare strategic development work
  • Work collaboratively across multiple teams to continuously improve processes
  • Make recommendations to senior partners on significant financial decisions

  This role would suit people who have

  • Experience as an acquisition manager for a retail business
  • A valid UK drivers license
  • The ability to work on your own and prioritise workload in a fast-paced environment

  Why Co-op?

  If you have the skills that we need, we can offer you a competitive salary and great benefits package which includes 30% off Co-op branded products in our food stores (as well as other discounts on Co-op products and services).

  • An annual bonus (based on personal and business performance)
  • 28 days holiday (rising to 32 with service) plus bank holidays
  • A pension with up to 10% employer contributions
  • Private healthcare
  • Access to a subsidised onsite gym (at our Manchester HQ)
  • Coaching and training to support your career development
  • Wagestream app – giving you access to a percentage of your pay as you earn
  • YuLife app – rewarding you for exercising with discounts and vouchers for your favourite brands

  At Co-op, we’re proud to do things a different way. As one of the world’s largest co-operatives, owned by millions of members, community is at the heart of what we do. Since our Co-op was founded in 1844, we’ve had a clear social purpose, and everything we do as a business helps to build a fairer world for our members, customers, colleagues, and communities.

  Building a diverse environment

  We’re actively building diverse teams and we welcome applications from everyone. If you have a disability, we can make reasonable adjustments to our recruitment process according to your needs. We're also part of the Disability Confident scheme, meaning we'll always offer an interview to disabled candidates who apply through the scheme if they meet the minimum criteria for a job.

  We'll ask whether you’d like to be considered under the Disability Confident scheme when you apply.

  If we invite you to take part in the recruitment process for any of our jobs, we’ll ask you if you need any reasonable adjustments to enable you to participate.

  You can find out more about our recruitment process at jobs.coop.co.uk/apply-process

  You can find out more about the Disability Confident scheme and all our commitments to diversity and inclusion at colleagues.coop.co.uk/diversity-inclusion-and-wellbeing

  Please note that we may close applications for this role early.

• About the company

  Co-op food, grocery delivery, insurance, funeralcare, legal advice and membership.

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