Retail Manager Shopping Centres North Melbourne

• Drive the day to day operations of quality shopping centres across Melbourne's north on behalf of IFM Investors, a major institutional owner
• Hands on variety across operations, retailer relations, lease administration and reporting
• A role with real autonomy and visibility, where your input genuinely shapes how the portfolio runs
• Flexibility to structure your week around what the portfolio needs
• Step up your commercial skills, from lease terms and arrears through to owner reporting
• Be part of CBRE, the world's leading commercial real estate services firm
• Melbourne's North Land of the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung People

CBRE is seeking a Retail Manager to help drive the day to day operations of a portfolio of quality shopping centres across Melbourne's north, on behalf of our valued client, IFM Investors. This is a role with genuine autonomy, where you'll be trusted to manage the centre floor and structure your week around what the business needs, while also building your commercial skills across leasing, reporting and retailer relationships.

This is perfect for a retail property professional who's comfortable reading a lease, understands arrears and reporting, and wants a role where their judgement and input genuinely matter.

In This Role, You Will

• Manage the daily operations of the centre, keeping presentation, safety and compliance standards high and resolving issues as they arise
• Administer retailer leases, monitor arrears and ensure compliance with lease terms
• Drive casual mall leasing and identify new income opportunities across the centre
• Manage budgets, expense monitoring and monthly owner reporting, with a focus on operational efficiency and centre performance
• Build strong relationships with retailers, contractors and the IFM Investors team

About You

• Experience in retail property, shopping centre operations or centre administration, with confidence around leases, arrears and reporting
• Strong commercial instincts and the judgement to manage day to day decisions with autonomy
• Strong organisational skills with the ability to juggle competing priorities under pressure
• Confident communicator who builds rapport easily with retailers, contractors and internal teams
• Current Victorian Agent's Representative certificate, or willingness to obtain

Why CBRE?

• Real autonomy and visibility in how you run the centre, with flexibility to structure your week
• Exposure to institutional clients and quality assets that strengthen your CV
• A people first culture with wellbeing programs, paid parental leave and employee benefits
• Access to global learning platforms and a national network of retail property specialists

Can we inspire you to join us?

At CBRE, our unwavering commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion begins with you. We are strengthening our inclusive culture, so everyone feels safe, valued, and heard. Because when you belong, we all succeed.

We welcome and encourage First Nations People to apply. Be inspired to elevate your career to new heights. We look forward to hearing from you! #WeAreCBRE

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