Senior Manager, Lease Processes and Tools

LEGO; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent toy manufacturer in Greater London is seeking a Senior Manager for their Global Retail Real Estate team. You will lead vital processes in lease management, ensuring cross-functional collaboration across finance, legal, and digital teams. Ideal candidates will possess significant experience in a multi-site retail environment and demonstrate expertise in managing lease databases and optimization processes. Join the team and work in a hybrid environment with a focus on creative culture and children's rights.

Benefits

Family Care Leave

Life and Disability Insurance

Wellbeing Resources

Generous Colleague Discount

Bonus Scheme

Qualifications

• Significant experience in a similar role within a multi-site retailer or property company.
• Detailed knowledge of lease management, maintenance and upkeep.
• Proven track record working cross-functionally with finance and real estate departments.

Responsibilities

• Lead the implementation and procurement of a new lease management system.
• Manage the upkeep and precision of the lease management database.
• Optimize key tasks to ensure accurate recording and management of portfolio data.

Skills

Real Estate Finance

Project Management

Database Management

Cross-functional Collaboration

Process Optimization

Education

Academic or relevant experience in Real Estate Finance

Tools

SAP

Job description

Job Description

An exceptional opportunity to join the Global Retail Real Estate team at The LEGO Group!

Working as part of the Global Retail Real Estate team you will own and manage the processes, tools and cross‑functional relationships (finance, legal, digital process) that make the LEGO Retail Real Estate function successful.

You will supervise the procedures, resources and interdepartmental connections that support the success of our Retail Real Estate division. Your role will be vital in ensuring seamless implementation and ongoing improvement of our lease management systems.

Core Responsibilities

• Project Management: Lead the implementation, procurement and development of a new lease management system to meet all cross‑functional needs.
• Database Maintenance: Manage the upkeep and precision of the lease management database.
• Whole Lease Lifecycle Oversight: Manage the complete lease lifecycle and data processes within the LEGO Retail Real Estate division.
• Foster collaboration across Real Estate, Finance, Digital, BSO and Process teams in different regions to ensure adherence to lease requirements.
• Process Optimization: Refine cross‑department processes linked to lease administration, lease abstraction, data validity, lease costs and payables, and market benchmarking.
• Portfolio Data Management: Optimize key tasks to ensure accurate recording and management of portfolio data to drive decision‑making and financial performance.
• Compliance Coordination: Coordinate all leasehold compliance including legal, finance, marketing and construction.
• Tool Maintenance: Serve as the go‑to resource for maintaining and managing MRI / Prolease or any other lease management tool.
• Reporting: Manage the reporting process to offer accurate information to collaborating parties for strategic decision‑making.
• Cost Saving Initiatives: Drive cost savings through proactive process improvements and detailed analysis of key dates and data.

Do you have what it takes?

• Academic or relevant experience in Real Estate Finance, Process and Implementation or a related field would be advantageous.
• Significant experience in a similar role within a multi‑site retailer or property company.
• Detailed knowledge of lease management, maintenance and upkeep.
• Proven track record working cross‑functionally with departments involving finance, digital and real estate accountability.
• Demonstrable experience in crafting and implementing processes across multiple touchpoints within a retail or real estate environment.
• Experience with real estate management databases, finance and reporting tools with a preference for those who have implemented such systems.
• A collaborative individual ready to push boundaries and assist across various projects.
• Takes initiative, acts on opportunities and is keen to learn and grow.
• Willingness to travel internationally up to 10% of the time.

Would support your application?

• Previous experience of setting up and implementing a lease database management tool.
• Previous experience working within a finance function and day‑to‑day use of SAP.

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Applications are reviewed on an ongoing basis. However, we do amend or withdraw our jobs and reserve the right to do so at any time, including prior to any advertised closing date. So if you're interested in this role we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.

Whats in it for you

Here is what you can expect :

Family Care Leave – We offer enhanced paid leave options for those important times.

Insurances – All colleagues are covered by our life and disability insurance which provides protection and peace of mind.

Wellbeing – We want our people to feel well and thrive. We offer resources and benefits to nurture physical and mental wellbeing along with opportunities to build community and inspire creativity.

Colleague Discount – We know you’ll love to build so from day 1 you will qualify for our generous colleague discount.

Bonus – We do our best work to succeed together. When goals are reached and if eligible, you’ll be rewarded through our bonus scheme.

Workplace – When you join the team you’ll be assigned a primary workplace location i.e. one of our offices, stores or factories. Our hybrid work policy means an average of 3 days per week in the office. The hiring team will discuss the policy and role eligibility with you during the recruitment process.

Children are our role models. Their curiosity, creativity and imagination inspire everything we do. We strive to create a diverse, dynamic and inclusive culture of play at the LEGO Group where everyone feels safe, valued and belongs.

The LEGO Group is highly committed to equal employment opportunity and equal pay and seeks to encourage applicants from all backgrounds (e.g., sex, gender identity or expression, race/ethnicity, national origin, sexual orientation, disability, age and religion) to apply for roles in our team.

The LEGO Group is fully committed to Children's Rights and Child Wellbeing across the globe. Candidates offered positions with high engagement with children are required to take part in Child Safeguarding Background Screening as a condition of the offer.

Thank you for sharing our global commitment to Children’s Rights.

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Required Experience

Senior Manager

Key Skills

Joomla, Access, Finance, Bar, Front Office, HVAC Design

Employment Type

Full Time

Experience

years

Vacancy

1