HEAD OF ACQUISITIONS FOR PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT FIRM BASED IN CAPE TOWN
Redline Recruitment
- Cape Town, Western Cape
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Lead the property development conceptualisation process through a
- keen understanding of market requirements, site parameters and development
- trends
- Manage the relationships and take charge of streamlined collaboration
- between various members of the professional team (these include
- architects, quantity surveyors, town planners and engineers)
- Take full ownership of all due diligence, project briefs and design
- development timelines from site selection to launch - including amendments
- to these and reporting to leadership and other departments throughout the
- project lifecycle.
- Manage the pipeline of potential sites and their viability with regular reporting
- Work with the brokerage team to provide high quality collateral within given
- timeframes- including sales plans, specification documents, building information, legal documents, and marketing collateral.
- Manage NHBRC registration, town planner and heritage consultant workflow, development application management and all general and ad-hoc municipal interactions and key relationship management.
- Lead the research function to ensure a detailed, data-driven process that includes, thoughtful and critically analysis that informs decision making throughout the business.
- Manage the function so that insights are reported on in a timely and meaningful manner.
- This includes a narrow and wide view of the market and various aspects within
- this (development projects, pricing, sales, design, industry developments etc).
- The research and analysis function also includes general market reviews including new regions and countries.
- Identify opportunities that align with the business development criteria and
- strategic objectives.
- Constantly conduct and track market research to understand the landscape
- and emerging opportunities.
- Cultivate and maintain key relationships to support the business acquisition
- Work with the executive team on the financial analysis, negotiating and deal
- structuring of opportunities.
- Manage the internal Project Planning team working across various projects at
- different stages.
- Lead all project planning functions from start to finish (on active and planned
- Represent Acquisition and Project planning within the leadership team and
- across all departments so that processes are streamlined and communication is
- Focus on the residential and non-residential spaces ensuring constant optimisation and thoughtful design on all projects.
- Continuously optimise the project planning function by incorporating lessons
- learnt and introducing suitable technologies and systems.
- A degree in architecture, property studies or related from a reputable
- university, with at least 6 years of post-qualification experience.
- Strong financial modelling skills in a real estate development environment.
- Experience in a real estate development environment. Exposure to high-end
- residential project is a bonus.
- A strong competency in project planning, project management and reporting.
- Experience with a wide range of municipal applications, preferably in the city
- of Cape Town.
- Strong leadership and team management skills and with proven experience.
- Ability to work on multiple active projects with different stakeholders and
- professional teams.
- Strong relationship building and management with both internal and external
- Excellent communication skills.
- Strong technical problem-solving abilities.
- Dynamic and high-energy collaborative to complex problem-solving.
- Must be able to work with and lead external teams of professionals and
- Strong architectural and interior design capabilities