Property Portfolio Manager

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### Property Portfolio Manager – Leasehold (SANTWA)
Location: Kewdale, WA Department: Group Services – Property Step into a dynamic, high-impact role driving the performance, operational quality, and future growth of Woolworths Group’s leasehold portfolio across South Australia, Northern Territory, and Western Australia. You will act as a pivotal commercial partner, championing landlord collaboration and delivering leading amenity, sustainability, and eCommerce initiatives that directly elevate the everyday shopping experience for millions of customers.
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What you'll do:

- Drive leasehold operational management across the SANTWA network through regular site visits, protecting trading amenity, and ensuring all landlord repair and maintenance covenants are upheld.
- Lead end-to-end lease administration and tenure transactions, including the timely preparation of Option renewals and collaboration with Property Legal to execute agreements.
- Partner with internal retail operations, eCommerce, and facilities teams to champion network growth, store refurbishments, and Direct-to-Boot infrastructure improvements.
- Deliver key sustainability and amenity initiatives across our store network, overseeing EV charging rollouts, solar installations, car park upgrades, and specialised recycling programmes.
- Conduct comprehensive financial and demographic analyses—evaluating NPV, IRR, and local market trends—to build robust business cases that optimise capital allocation.
- Foster high-trust, productive relationships with landlords, centre managers, and authorities to negotiate optimal commercial outcomes and safeguard landlord recovery contributions.

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What you'll bring:

- At least three years of commercial property experience, demonstrating a solid grasp of retail landlord-tenant dynamics, lease structures, and market drivers.
- Relevant tertiary qualifications in Property, Valuation, Business, or a related discipline (preferred).
- Strong commercial acumen and financial capability, with proven expertise in budget development, business case modelling, and investment feasibility.
- Working knowledge of town planning frameworks, development application (DA) processes, and statutory approval procedures.
- Outstanding negotiation and stakeholder engagement skills, with a track record of influencing cross-functional partners and external commercial entities.
- A customer-first mindset aligned with our core values, paired with an unwavering commitment to safety and operational excellence across the retail environment.
What you’ll experience
- A global business with endless career possibilities around every corner and across every discipline – with valuable exposure to a vast and exciting business network
- Access to Sonder. Sonder provides free confidential 24/7 personalised financial, medical safety, psychological or p hysical support for team members and their families
- A progressive and competitive leave policy that gives you more space for what matters to you
- Team discounts across our range of Woolworths Group brands you know and lov e and a robust rewards program that celeb rates and incentivises purpose-driven work
- Opportunity to Salary Sacrifice, enabling team members to purchase selected eligible items or services from pre- tax salary. Can be used for novated leases, superannuation contributions, Qantas Club membership, computing devices etc.

Everyone belongs at Woolworths Group Diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging are key to realising our purpose of be tter together for a better tomorrow. We recognise the value our team’s diversity brings to our business, customers, and communities and that teams with diverse experiences and backgrounds enrich our group and are better able to innovate and solve problems. As one of the largest employers in Australia and New Zealand, we aim to create a truly inclusive workplace where everyone feels that they belong, can be their best selves, and reach their full potential.