Estates Manager – Milton Keynes
Location:Field BasedDepartment:Group Network DevelopmentVacancy Type:Permanent – Full timeVolkswagen Group Network Development is recruiting a full-time Estates Manager.
Managing the group property portfolio and support Volkswagen Groups strategic retail property requirements across five brands. The role combines transaction management, professional advice, capital project support and management of external consultants and advisors.
The right candidate will bring strong property expertise, commercial awareness and fresh thinking that strengthens our ability to support VWG’s strategic property objectives across multiple brands. In a rapidly evolving automotive industry, they will contribute new perspectives, build strong stakeholder relationships, and help ensure our property portfolio continues to support the changing needs of the business.
This role combines strategic thinking with hands-on delivery, offering exposure to complex property transactions, major infrastructure projects and a diverse range of stakeholders across Volkswagen Group UK’s nationwide estate.
Skills & experience you can bring to the role:
- Excellent Commercial awareness
- Good interpersonal, influencing and communication skills
- Ability to work cross functionally with different business units
- Strong organisational skills
- Good commercial negotiator
- Experience in general surveying practice client-based property management function
- Managing external lawyers, agents and consultants to deliver property transactions and works projects
- RICS member
No two weeks are the same, but a typical week could look like:
- Reviewing and progressing a range of property matters, from lease renewals, acquisitions and disposals to rent reviews, landlord and tenant issues, and operational estate management.
- Working closely with external consultants, surveyors, solicitors, landlords and internal stakeholders to negotiate transactions, manage risks and protect Volkswagen Group UK’s property interests.
- Supporting strategic projects across the retailer network, including land acquisitions, infrastructure upgrades, utility agreements and property development initiatives.
- Analysing financial exposure across the estate, including business rates forecasting, lease liabilities, professional fees and budget planning.
- Leading or contributing to project and programme meetings, ensuring property initiatives remain on track, risks are managed and business objectives are delivered.
- Providing expert property advice to a variety of stakeholders, balancing commercial opportunity, legal obligations and operational requirements across a national portfolio.
What can we offer you?
Along with a competitive salary,car schemes (including cars for family members), discretionary bonus, enhanced pension contributions, fuel card, private healthcare, 27 days holiday plus bank holidays, 4 x life assurance & health & wellbeing support, we also offer a wide range of flexible benefits to suit you and your lifestyle.
Group Network Development
Group Network Development (GND) shapes and supports the Volkswagen Group UK sales and aftersales network across our brands. Working closely with Brand teams and Retailer partners, GND develops the network strategy, supports investment and property decisions, and helps deliver modern, sustainable facilities that reflect our brand standards and evolving customer needs. By combining commercial insight, property expertise and collaborative delivery, the team enables a strong, efficient and future-ready retailer network.
Volkswagen Group
Were driven by difference. With six big brands under one roof each with its own history, designs and innovations weve created some of the worlds most iconic vehicles, from luxury sports cars to family camper vans. Here, youll discover opportunities, explore ideas and tackle challenges that you wont find anywhere else.
It takes a range of teams to make the Group successful. We all share the same aim: to deliver sustainable mobility for generations to come, while keeping the customer and their changing demands at the heart of everything we do.
Theres never been a more exciting time to join our industry as it undergoes the biggest transformation for over 100 years. With digitalisation, electrification and driverless mobility all coming to the market, were actively looking for people with new skills, knowledge, and outlooks. A brave new world demands brave, new, diverse people; so whatever your background, we would love to hear from you. We know that different perspectives and thought processes are vital as our industry goes through an exciting period of change.
To avoid disappointment, you are advised to submit your application as soon as possible as we reserve the right to close the vacancy early if a high volume of applications are received. This is to ensure that we can manage the application levels whilst maintaining a positive candidate experience. Unfortunately, once a vacancy has closed, we are unable to consider further applications.
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