Assistant General Manager Business Development

Khazana Jewellery Private Limited, Mangalore; Chennai; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Khazana Jewellery Private Limited, Mangalore, seeks a seasoned Business Development professional to lead market surveys and identify prime showroom sites in South India.

You will assess properties, negotiate terms with landlords, oversee legal registrations, and coordinate with cross‑functional teams to drive rapid site development and onboarding. Travel across South India is required.

Qualifications

• 15–20 years of relevant experience in business development, real estate, sales or retail.
• Ability to converse fluently in English, Tamil and Hindi; Kannada & Telugu are optional.
• Willingness to travel across South India to showrooms.

Responsibilities

• Conduct market surveys in shortlisted cities and identify showroom sites.
• Carry out due diligence on potential properties and share findings with Senior Management.
• Negotiate rents and terms with landlords; coordinate site registrations and legal matters.
• Collaborate with legal, finance and engineering teams to ensure smooth site development.
• Track progress of new site identification and support Project Management Office.

Skills

Market survey

Real estate

Negotiation

Stakeholder management

Cross-functional coordination

Education

Graduate degree

Job description

The role will be responsible for conducting market survey in shortlisted cities, identifying sites in shortlisted markets, negotiating with landlords and identify the property for showroom at the best location.

Key responsibilities will include, but are not limited to,

Business Development:

Role will work closely with team to conduct the market survey, carry out thorough due diligence of the potential properties and share the findings of the same with Senior Management.

Ability to weigh potential business opportunity, sales, profitability

Understand the competition and competitive rentals in the market,

Assess the return on investment (RoI) etc.

Understand the issues (if any) about the building / property

To identify potential sites for company stores.

Negotiate with landlords on the rent and other terms and conditions

Coordinate all legal matters for the site registration post the site finalisation.

Work closely with cross-functional teams, including legal, finance, and Engineering to ensure smooth transition from acquisition to development.

Should assist Project Management Office to track and update the progress of the new site identification.

Desired competencies:

To perform this job successfully, following competencies are critical.

• Ability to build good working relationships with multiple internal and external stakeholders
• Excellent and diverse verbal communication skills - ability to interact with multiple stakeholders from different backgrounds and sophistication levels.

Preferred profiles:

• Graduate with at least 15 - 20 years of relevant experience in Business development role with thorough knowledge about Markets, Real estate, Sales, Retail.
• Ability to converse fluently in multiple languages - English, Tamil, and Hindi and Kannada & Telugu are optional.
• Job requires travel to showrooms across South India.