Regional Retail Expansion & Site Acquisition Lead

Loob Holding; Petaling Jaya; On-site; MYR 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Loob Holding is seeking a seasoned Retail Network Development professional to drive expansion in Malaysia. You will identify viable outlet sites, recruit franchisees, and lead revamps, relocations and buybacks, coordinating with landlords, franchisees and the Project department to progress opportunities from assessment to handover.

You will maintain a five-year growth roadmap, perform feasibility analyses and negotiate commercial terms, presenting clear recommendations to senior leadership to

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Real Estate or a related discipline.
• Minimum six years of experience in retail expansion, site acquisition or business development.
• Strong financial feasibility and catchment analysis skills with ability to convert findings into clear commercial recommendations.
• Proven experience negotiating with landlords, leasing agents and franchisees.
• Ability to coordinate work across a lean team and present recommendations to senior leadership.

Responsibilities

• Maintain the five-year network growth roadmap and assess brand positioning and expansion opportunities.
• Identify and screen potential outlet locations using foot traffic, catchment data and financial feasibility analysis.
• Manage site acquisition from initial assessment through lease negotiation.
• Prepare complete business cases for approvals and handover to projects.
• Manage franchise recruitment from lead generation to signed agreements.
• Evaluate outlets and recommend revamp, relocation or exit based on performance data.
• Coordinate franchisee outlet buybacks for conversion to directly operated outlets.
• Negotiate terms with landlords and leasing agents and progress lease signing for openings.
• Provide site handover package to the Project department at lease signing and track milestones.

Skills

Financial analysis

Negotiation

Stakeholder management

Project coordination

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business or Real Estate

Job description

Loob Holding is seeking a seasoned Retail Network Development professional to drive expansion in Malaysia. You will identify viable outlet sites, recruit franchisees, and lead revamps, relocations and buybacks, coordinating with landlords, franchisees and the Project department to progress opportunities from assessment to handover.

You will maintain a five-year growth roadmap, perform feasibility analyses and negotiate commercial terms, presenting clear recommendations to senior leadership to