Estates Manager

Estates Manager

Posted 5 days ago by Domino’s Pizza UK & Ireland Ltd

Negotiable
Undetermined
Undetermined
Milton Keynes, England, United Kingdom

Summary: The Estates Manager at Domino's will oversee a diverse portfolio of commercial properties, focusing on lease renewals, rent reviews, and lease exits to ensure stores remain operational and profitable. This role requires strong relationship-building skills with franchisees and landlords, alongside a practical approach to property management. The position is a 12-month fixed-term contract and is field-based, demanding both technical expertise and problem-solving abilities. The successful candidate will thrive in a fast-paced environment and contribute to the company's commitment to excellence and innovation.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Manage lease renewals, lease variations, rent reviews, and lease exits across a large portfolio of stores.
  • Build trusted working relationships with franchisees, landlords, and external advisers to resolve estate issues efficiently.
  • Review costs, notices, repairs, rents, and other property matters to ensure accuracy and follow-through on actions.
  • Minimise property costs and protect trading locations for franchisees and the wider business.

Key Skills:

  • Solid estate management experience across commercial property portfolios.
  • Strong knowledge of UK commercial property practice and law.
  • Confidence in managing lease renewals, rent reviews, and lease exits.
  • Practical, commercially minded approach to negotiations with landlords.
  • MRICS qualification desirable.

Salary (Rate): undetermined

City: Milton Keynes

Country: United Kingdom

Working Arrangements: undetermined

IR35 Status: undetermined

Seniority Level: undetermined

Industry: Other

Detailed Description From Employer:

Estates Manager – Shape how we deliver delicious, every day At Domino’s, your skills, judgement and commercial understanding really matter. As our Estates Manager , you’ll play a key role in helping stores stay open, trading and ready for what’s next. This is a 12-month Fixed Term Contract, field-based. You’ll manage a varied portfolio of sites, working across lease renewals, rent reviews, lease exits and wider estate matters. It’s a role with real pace, real ownership and plenty of variety, working closely with franchisees, landlords, external advisers and colleagues across the business. If you enjoy balancing technical property expertise with practical problem-solving, and you’re at your best when you’ve got plenty to get stuck into, this could be a great fit.

What You'll Bring This role will suit you if you’re confident managing a broad commercial property workload and know how to keep moving when the detail matters. You’ll be comfortable working independently, but you’ll also know how to build strong working relationships with franchisees, landlords and internal teams. You’ll bring sound judgement, resilience and a clear, professional approach, especially when conversations get tough. You’ll also need:

  • Solid estate management experience across commercial property portfolios
  • Strong knowledge of UK commercial property practice and law
  • The confidence to manage lease renewals, rent reviews and lease exits, while handling a high volume of cases
  • A practical, commercially minded approach to negotiations with landlords
  • MRICS desirable

What You'll Be Doing This is a hands-on estates role with a broad and busy portfolio. You’ll take ownership of lease events and wider estate matters across a large number of stores, helping to minimise property costs, protect trading locations and keep things moving for franchisees and the wider business.

  • Managing lease renewals, lease variations, rent reviews and lease exits in a timely and commercially sensible way
  • Building trusted working relationships with franchisees, landlords and external advisers so estate issues are resolved clearly and efficiently
  • Reviewing costs, notices, repairs, rents and other property matters carefully, making sure information is accurate and actions are followed through

How We Will Support You Bring your flavour, and we’ll back your future. Here’s what you can expect:

  • A clear induction to help you understand the portfolio, the key priorities and how we work with franchise partners across the business
  • Ongoing support from the Director of Estates , your Estates colleagues and the wider team around you
  • A connected team environment with regular touchpoints, where people share knowledge and help each other keep pace
  • The chance to build experience across a large and varied portfolio, with potential for the role to grow into something longer term if business needs evolve
  • Recognition for great work, whether that’s in the day-to-day or through bigger moments like our Domi Awards

Who are we? A forward-thinking, inclusive world's leading pizza company: Domino's is the world's leading pizza company, with over 1,400 stores across the UK and Ireland. We're committed to using the freshest, highest-quality ingredients to create over 110 million delectable pizzas each year. Plus, we're a tech-savvy and data driven bunch – 90% of our system sales come through digital channels and 75% of our digital orders coming via the app we have 9.5 million active app customers! Our mission? To be the go-to choice for food delivery and collection by crafting hot, freshly made pizzas that earn us accolades and the loyalty of millions of pizza enthusiasts worldwide. We're all about innovation, growth, and a commitment to excellence. At Domino's, we embrace the power of diversity and foster an inclusive environment where everyone feels valued, respected, and empowered. We celebrate the uniqueness of each individual, regardless of their identity, background, or any other characteristic. When you join our team, you join a family that welcomes and celebrates authenticity! Our recipe for success? Our DomiDNA: We Mean Business We Always Deliver We’re Open to New Flavours We’re Tastier Together If you share our values and are ready to be part of a world-class team that's as passionate about people as we are about pizza, apply now and join the Domino's UK & Ireland family!