Ability Executive Recruitment | Full time Sandton, South Africa | Posted on 21/04/2026 We are seeking a Centre Manager to manage the building byoptimizing all trading opportunities, including lease agreements, and ensuringthat the portfolio’s financial performance remains sound and optimizing thebuilding's income stream by establishing and maintaining mutually beneficialrelationships with tenants, managing and controlling personnel, servicecontractors, repairs, revamps, tenant installations, inspections, and generalbuilding administration. In this role, you will lead efforts in budgeting and expensecontrol, building management and administration, facilities maintenance, andtenant installations. Some of the most important tasks include the following: Responsibilities PeopleManagement:Training & development, Corporate culture change,living the values of the company Marketingof Space & Renewals:Ensure the correctness of the vacancy,marketing plan based on vacancy list, including determining tenant mix,lease negotiations according to approval framework & mandate, draftmotivation for approvals of deals, communication with brokers, sustainableincome stream secured whilst taking account of the viability of tenant(trade densities) and required tenant mix, as well as profile and image ofthe building, retain or replace tenant in time at an optimal rate,contract administration is accurate, complete, and on time, tenants fullyinstalled and in time as per, specifications within the agreed time frame,attract and approve targeted tenants. PropertyManagement:Prepare the management pack, in conjunction withFinance, coordinate, arrange & attend management meetings. Budgeting:Income& Expense Control Budgeting:Provideinputs into income & expense budgets based on knowledge of theproperty market in the cluster, manage income & expenses Income:Monitoractual income vs. budget, evaluate outstanding rent-roll -by timeouslyfollowing-up & implementing corrective measures, involvement &monitoring of legal cases, vacant space strategy in conjunction with theRegional Manager, confirm the validity of transactions for commissionclaims Requirements Between3 – 5 years of relevant experience in the property/centre managementindustry Musthold a valid Fidelity Fund Certificate and satisfy the requirements as setout by the PPRA and current legislation for the position. Provenretail shopping centre management experience, including overseeing dailyoperations, staff supervision, leasing management and customer service ina retail environment. Proficiencyin computer applications including MS Office (Excel, Word, Powerpoint), aswell as business systems such as SAP and MDA. Provenexperience in managing and maintaining service level agreements (SLAs)with vendors and service providers. Workingknowledge and understanding of lease conditions. #J-18808-Ljbffr