Property Manager – Retail Shopping Centre

Ability Executive Recruitment; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 360,000 - 600,000; Full time

Job summary

Ability Executive Recruitment in Cape Town seeks an experienced Property Manager to own day‑to‑day management of a retail shopping centre. You will balance leasing, financial performance, tenant relations, facilities oversight and team leadership.

The role requires moving confidently between commercial, operational and people responsibilities, maintaining service levels, managing budgets, arrears and renewals, and building strong relationships with tenants, brokers and stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Minimum Grade 12.
• A relevant property, business or commercial tertiary qualification is preferred.
• Valid Fidelity Fund Certificate and compliance with PPRA requirements.
• At least 5–7 years' relevant experience in property or centre management.
• Valid driver's licence.
• Strong commercial understanding of retail property management.
• Proven experience managing budgets, income, expenses and arrears.
• Strong understanding of lease agreements, renewals, vacancies and tenant installations.
• Experience engaging with tenants, brokers and landlords on commercial matters.
• Sound understanding of tenant mix, trading performance and vacancy management.
• Working knowledge of property maintenance, repairs and facilities management.
• Experience managing service providers, contractors and SLAs.
• Strong working knowledge of relevant statutory requirements, including OHS legislation.
• Advanced computer literacy, including Excel and property management systems such as SAP or MDA.

Responsibilities

• Managing vacancies, leasing activity and lease renewals.
• Supporting and implementing the centre's leasing and tenant-mix strategy.
• Negotiating lease terms within approved mandates.
• Monitoring tenant trading performance and identifying risks or opportunities.
• Managing income, expenses, budgets and monthly financial performance.
• Monitoring arrears and ensuring appropriate follow-up and escalation.
• Reviewing and controlling operating expenditure.
• Overseeing facilities, maintenance, repairs and tenant installations.
• Managing service providers, contractors and SLAs.
• Ensuring compliance with OHS and other applicable statutory requirements.
• Preparing management reports and contributing to client and management meetings.
• Building strong relationships with tenants, brokers, clients and key stakeholders.
• Managing tenant queries and resolving operational or commercial issues.
• Leading and developing the centre management team.
• Ensuring that the centre is professionally managed, well maintained and commercially sustainable.

Skills

Negotiation

Stakeholder management

Team leadership

Communication skills

Commercial acumen

Driver's licence

Education

Grade 12

Property/Business/Commercial tertiary qualification

Tools

Excel

SAP

MDA

Job description

Ability Executive Recruitment | Full time

Property Manager – Retail Shopping Centre

Cape Town Southern Suburbs, South Africa | Posted on 21/10/2026

We are looking for an experienced and commercially mindedProperty Manager to take ownership of the day-to-day management and performanceof a retail shoppingcentre.

This is a hands-on role requiring a strong all-roundproperty professional who can balance leasing, financial performance, tenantrelationships, facilities oversight, contractor management and team leadership.

You will be responsible for protecting and growing theincome stream of the centre, managing vacancies and renewals, controllingoperating expenditure, monitoring arrears, ensuring that service providersperform to standard, and maintaining strong relationships with tenants,brokers, clients and other stakeholders.

The successful candidate will be comfortable operating in afast-paced retail environment and must be able to move confidently betweenfinancial, commercial, operational and people-related responsibilities.

• Managingvacancies, leasing activity and lease renewals.
  
• Supportingand implementing the centre's leasing and tenant-mix strategy.
  
• Negotiatinglease terms within approved mandates.
  
• Monitoringtenant trading performance and identifying risks or opportunities.
  
• Managingincome, expenses, budgets and monthly financial performance.
  
• Monitoringarrears and ensuring appropriate follow-up and escalation.
  
• Reviewingand controlling operating expenditure.
  
• Overseeingfacilities, maintenance, repairs and tenant installations.
  
• Managingservice providers, contractors and service-level agreements.
  
• Ensuringcompliance with OHS and other applicable statutory requirements.
  
• Preparingmanagement reports and contributing to client and management meetings.
  
• Buildingstrong relationships with tenants, brokers, clients and key stakeholders.
  
• Managingtenant queries and resolving operational or commercial issues.
  
• Leadingand developing the centre management team.
  
• Ensuringthat the centre is professionally managed, well maintained andcommercially sustainable.
  

Requirements

• MinimumGrade 12.
  
• Arelevant property, business or commercial tertiary qualification ispreferred.
  
• ValidFidelity Fund Certificate and compliance with applicable PPRArequirements.
  
• Atleast 5–7 years' relevant experience in property or centre management.
  
• Validdriver's licence.
  
• Strongcommercial understanding of retail property management.
  
• Provenexperience managing budgets, income, expenses and arrears.
  
• Strongunderstanding of lease agreements, renewals, vacancies and tenantinstallations.
  
• Experienceengaging with tenants, brokers and landlords on commercial matters.
  
• Soundunderstanding of tenant mix, trading performance and vacancy management.
  
• Workingknowledge of property maintenance, repairs and facilities management.
  
• Experiencemanaging service providers, contractors and SLAs.
  
• Strongworking knowledge of relevant statutory requirements, including OHSlegislation.
  
• Advancedcomputer literacy, including Excel and property management systems such asSAP or MDA.
  
• Strongwritten and verbal communication skills.
  
• Provennegotiation and stakeholder-management ability.
  
• Provenability to lead and manage a team.