Estates Manager: Argos

As an Estates Manager at Argos, you will own the property strategy for your region, taking a proactive, commercial approach to managing and growing a designated part of the Argos property portfolio.

You will be responsible for:

• Driving asset strategy: developing and delivering asset and portfolio strategies for your region, covering lease restructures, cost reduction, and value creation across the existing estate.
• Owning lease events and risk: anticipating key lease dates and property risks, and putting the right strategies in place well ahead of time.
• Leading negotiations: taking charge of complex landlord and tenant discussions, including rent reviews, lease renewals, break options, regears, and variations.
• Growing the estate: identifying, assessing, and progressing new store acquisitions, from heads of terms through to securing the right property solution.
• Influencing at senior level: building commercially robust recommendations and presenting papers to the Property Board and other governance forums.
• Working with key partners: collaborating with Operations, Finance, Legal, Construction, and Facilities Management to deliver new stores from opportunity through to handover, and to resolve estate issues with minimal disruption to trading.
• Managing advisers: instructing, managing, and challenging external agents, consultants, and professional advisers to deliver strong outcomes and value for money.
• Forecasting and reporting: leading regional budget and forecast preparation, keeping portfolio data accurate, and tracking performance, risks, and opportunities.

To be successful in this role, you will need:

• Property and asset management expertise: strong experience, ideally from a large and complex operational property portfolio, such as retail.
• Professional credentials: RICS membership is desirable, or equivalent relevant professional experience.
• Landlord and tenant knowledge: strong knowledge of rent reviews, lease renewals, regears, break options, dilapidations, and lease restructuring.
• Acquisition and negotiation skills: experience of property acquisitions and negotiating new leases, plus the confidence to lead complex discussions with landlords, tenants, agents, and advisers.
• Commercial judgement: an understanding of how property decisions affect asset value, occupancy cost, operational needs, and risk, and the ability to turn opportunities into deliverable outcomes.
• Market insight: strong property market knowledge, ideally including property investment and valuation principles.
• Influence and communication: the ability to build clear, evidence-based recommendations, influence senior stakeholders, and build strong relationships across the business and externally.
• Autonomy and problem-solving: the ability to prioritise across multiple lease events and transactions, protect continuity of occupation, and find creative commercial solutions to complex property challenges.

As an employer, Argos offers a range of benefits, including:

• Colleague discount: 10% off shopping online and in-store at Sainsbury's, Argos, TU, and Habitat.
• Pensions scheme and life cover.
• Performance-related bonus of up to 20% of salary.
• Annual holiday allowance, with the option to buy up to an additional week's holiday.
• Private healthcare.
• Season ticket loans, interest-free car loan of up to £10k, cycle to work scheme, health cash plans, and salary advance.
• Access to a great range of discounts from hundreds of other retailers.
• Employee Assistance Programme.
• Up to 26 weeks' pay for maternity or adoption leave and up to 4 weeks' pay for paternity leave.