Leasing Officer

Job Purpose:

Lease projects in the company portfolio by identifying potential clients, marketing projects, negotiating with prospective tenants and maintaining good, long-term relationships with existing tenants to retain them. 

Job Responsibilities:

• Implement leasing strategy as per business plan and leasing policy.
• Identify potential clients, present company projects to them and negotiate and close lease agreements.
• Record and process all leasing enquiries adequately to ensure high customer satisfaction.
• Arrange daily meetings and site visits with potential tenants.
• Develop and implement schedules for tenant activities, communications, follow-up, meetings, etc.
• Prepare financial proposal for prospective tenants.
• Maintain database of existing and potential tenants.
• Ensure adequate tenant mix in line with business plan and budget.
• Anticipate any concerns from existing tenants and take required action to resolve them in order to retain them as tenants.
• Implement lease renewal and tenant retention programs.
• Identify problem vacancies and take required action to lease them.
• Monitor the implementation of terms and conditions of lease agreements, including payment terms, quality of service, etc.
• Ensure all leasing contracts, documentation and other paperwork is adequately prepared as per the company policy and legal requirements.
• Review aged vacancies, market-ready units and models.

Reports:

• Daily, weekly and monthly leasing report.

Experience & Qualification:

• Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Business Administration or similar
• At least 3 – 5 years’ experience in the similar role
• MS Office experience
• Excellent Arabic and English skills

Abilities & Skills:

• Excellent presentation and communication skills
• Strategical and analytical approach
• Excellent relationship management
• Good negotiation skills
• Commercial acumen
• Good understanding of the leasing market and real estate indicators and conditions

Competencies:

• Deliver results
• Customer first
• Relationships & teamwork
• Problem solving & decision making