Property Director The Red Cat Group (Coaching Inn Group & Red Cat Pub Company) Estate of over 65 high-quality Hotels, Pubs and Restaurants nationwide Negotiable Salary plus Bonus RESPONSIBILITIES Property Acquisition: Devise a robust Acquisitions strategy, to scale the business across its target landscape Lead and manage the end-to-end process of identifying and acquiring new sites for pubs and hotels, ensuring they align with the company’s expansion strategy and market positioning. Build and maintain strong relationships with Property agents, developers etc to gain access to potential acquisition opportunities, through your already extensive industry network. Oversee detailed market trends/ analytics to identify growth opportunities and assess the commercial viability of new site acquisitions. Lead negotiations and provide strategic guidance on property acquisitions, ensuring that the company achieves the best outcome and mitigates risk. Property Disposals: Identify underperforming or non-strategic assets in the company’s portfolio that should be considered for sale or disposal. Lead the strategic disposal of sites, managing all aspects from initial market assessment to completion. Work closely with Legal partners and the CFO (and other teams) to ensure the smooth and profitable disposal of assets, minimising any potential disruption to ongoing pub operations. Develop and execute a strategy for optimising portfolio value through acquisition/ disposal strategies. Estates Management: Manage the ongoing performance and condition of the company’s property portfolio, ensuring assets are well-maintained, cost-effective, and performing to their full potential. Deliver best practices in property management, including lease negotiations, rent reviews. Develop and implement long-term estates strategies, ensuring alignment with the company’s financial and operational objectives. Monitor and report on the performance of the portfolio, including financial and operational metrics, to the Board. Ensure compliance with relevant legislation and regulations related to property ownership and management. SKILLS, EXPERIENCE AND ATTRIBUTES You will demonstrate a significant track record of formulating and executing on an acquisition strategy, ideally within a pub, restaurant or hospitality environment You will have an entrepreneurial mind set; comfortable in a smaller business, but be able to compete in a corporate environment and keep pace with the very best A proven track record of acquisition of property within pubs/restaurants or similar hospitality businesses. You will demonstrate a high level of commercial understanding and be skilled in the assessment and use of financial data With a customer and quality focus you will negotiate, influence and manage external consultants, contractors and suppliers to deliver the highest quality developments. You will possess excellent communication skills, a cool head and have the ability to drive forward complex projects, at pace You will have a good attention to detail, great planning and organisational skills, technical construction or maintenance knowledge and an appreciation of good pub design in a branded environment You will demonstrate good knowledge of the operational challenge within the hospitality industry You will be well-motivated with a ‘can do’ attitude you will have the ability to liaise with people at all levels. You will be able to professionalise systems and processes, yet understand that “good enough, is sometimes good enough” LEADERSHIP Be able to demonstrate effective ways of working cross functionally, cross brand and in a matrix organisation. Ability to influence others throughout the business and portray a sense of direction and commitment to colleagues at every level. Lead, inspire coach and develop the team, understanding the importance and value of delegation, yet comfortable rolling up your sleeves and getting into the detail, if the situation requires it