Sr. Manager, Real Estate

Company:Driven Brands

We invite you to join us at Driven Brands!

Headquartered in Charlotte, NC, Driven Brands (NASDAQ: DRVN) is the largest automotive services company in North America, providing a range of consumer and commercial automotive needs, including paint, collision, glass, vehicle repair, oil change, maintenance and car wash.

With over 4,500 centers in 15 countries, Driven Brands is the parent company of some of North America’s leading automotive service brands including Take 5 Oil Change, Take 5 Car Wash, Driven Glass, Meineke, Maaco, CARSTAR, and more.  Our network services over 50 million vehicles annually and generates more than $5 billion in system-wide sales each year.

Our culture inspires high performance and innovation, enabling our employees to go further, faster in their careers. With amazing people and great brands, we confidently look forward to exciting growth ahead, and believe in following the values that support this vision.

JOB DESCRIPTION:

Position Summary:

Serving as the primary contact to the franchisee in the first phase of a project, the Sr. Manager, Real Estate will identify optimal locations for new centers, utilizing relationships with real estate brokers, and secure the locations through lease negotiations and purchase transactions.

Responsible for assisting new and/or existing franchisees with site selection, research and necessary investigative processes to identifying optimal real estate sites.  Heavily involved in analyzing, negotiating, and facilitating real estate lease and purchase transactions.

Responsibilities

• Identification of automotive care sites available for lease or purchase through market based expertise, relationships and research
• Serve as primary point of contact during site selection phase and advise franchisees on optimal real estate opportunities in their local markets of identified sites, assist Franchisee in selecting optimal locations.
• Manage and maintain relationships with commercial real estate brokers
• Confirm proper zoning and approval requirements, assist Franchisee as necessary, in rezoning processes and activities
• Assess cost to renovate and feasibility of a site based on our unit economics model
• Negotiate lease, leasehold improvement and purchase transactions with landlords on behalf of franchisees
• Prepare site approval packages for review by the franchisor, and submit recommendations on acceptable site locations and facilitate meetings with internal review committee
• Communicate regularly with franchisor on project(s) status

Qualifications:

• Knowledge of real estate leasing practices
• Ability to travel extensively within regional territory and maintain flexible schedule
• Ability to work independently, assess priorities and manage a variety of activities while collaborating with a broad coalition of partners.
• Proven track record as a franchise specialist and franchise coordinator
• Strong interpersonal, communication and organizational skills
• History of supervision and ability to manage multiple projects and processes in a fast-paced, deadline driven environment
• Excellent writing skills and command of English
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
• Team player
• Bachelor’s degree in business, management or an applicable field preferred
• Past franchise experience in real estate, operations or project management preferred
• A minimum of 3 years of related experience
• Willingness to travel in assigned territory up to 80% of the time
• Demonstrated success working in a fast-paced and deadline driven environment

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Base pay offered may vary depending on actual location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Supplemental pay types may include commissions or bonus incentives, depending on the role. Driven Brands offers a variety of health and wellness benefits including paid time off and holiday pay. Details regarding our benefits can be found here: https://www.drivenbrandsbenefits.com