Manager - Real Estate and Expansion

We are Licious and we are a Bengaluru-based seafood company founded in 2015 by Abhay Hanjura and Vivek Gupta, our founders, foodies and friends. We pride ourselves on being India’s most successful D2C food-tech brand operating in 20 cities across the country, delighting over 32 lac customers with our de-licious fresh meat and seafood!

Think you have what it takes to be the magic ingredient in the recipe that is Licious? Read on…

About the role:

This role will be responsible for driving the growth ambitions of the company by leading and overseeing the expansion of retail business up until the pre-opening of new business units. The role will scout and finalise specific locations within identified geographies for expansion for the development of Licious offline stores.

What makes the role meaty?

• Contribute to cross-functional work teams and work closely with Strategy, Marketing and Operations in finalising expansion plans.
• Bring a real estate perspective into the planning discussions and industry knowledge to strengthen plans.
• Identify and evaluate retail locations in identified cities based on brand fit, target demographics, market demand, footfall, etc.
• Develop and maintain long term relationships with real estate developers and property management firms to identify current and potential locations for expansion
• Negotiate and finalise LLAs with property owners – for both new openings based on expansion plans and current boxes for renewals, etc.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to successfully execute the pre-opening phase of new business units
• Plan and hold together the flow of expansion workstreams by working closely with Heads of Projects, Legal &; Licensing, Marketing, Operations, Finance, etc.
• Demonstrate knowledge on all areas of pre-openings, including but not limited to concept, functionality of design, licenses and compliances, etc. to ensure watertight planning and execution
• Be accountable for timely opening of the store as per the committed cost and quality plan and hand over to the Operations team

We hope that you have..

• A high school diploma or equivalent.
• 10 - 15 years of experience in the property scouting and business development
• Experience in identifying and acquiring retail spaces, driving market expansion
• Experience in end to end real estate strategy
• Familiar with retail industry