Real Estate Specialist

JOB DESCRIPTION

Calling all originals: At Levi Strauss & Co., you can be yourself — and be part of something bigger. We're a company of people who like to forge our own path and leave the world better than we found it. Who believe that what makes us different makes us stronger. So add your voice. Make an impact. Find your fit — and your future.

Position Summary:

Reporting to the Senior Manager, Real Estate Administration; the Real Estate Specialist will help support our retail expansion and portfolio optimization. The position is responsible for the preparation and consolidation of deal packages, tracking the real estate pipeline (leading weekly meetings), triggering negotiations on upcoming (critical date) lease actions, supporting store development processes (e.g. site surveys, merch plan development), and maintaining accurate real estate data. You will have, the ability to collaborate with teams and external partners.

About the Job

• Manage the end-to-end administrative process for real estate deal approvals, including preparing documentation through multiple committee stage-gates
• Support the Real Estate Directors to compile comprehensive deal approval packages that meet all internal governance requirements
• Work with landlords to gather and assemble critical deal information to ensure accuracy and completeness of deal approval materials
• Be a project manager to ensure deals are moving forward, following up with important partners
• Keep partners informed of critical dates related to the existing portfolio and track pipeline for potential new deals
• Help evaluate potential retail locations based on demographics, center traffic, and co-tenancy data by using mapping analysis tools
• Collect data from partners to complete SDRF's (Store Design Request Form) and maintain database of all real estate data (e.g. co-tenant sales, traffic, center sales psf) across several real estate tools - this includes reaching out to junior-level external contacts to update data and cleaning any data received
• Prepare executive level presentations for senior leadership
• Support annual market planning / fleet review / capital planning processes

About You

• Bachelor's degree in real estate, business, finance, or related fields
• 2+ years of experience in retail real estate, lease administration, or project management roles
• Experience in the apparel or fashion retail industry
• Manage competing responsibilities and priorities
• Familiarity with lease language and legal documentation
• Microsoft PowerPoint skills
• Proficiency with Microsoft Excel and workforce / workflow / project management tools (e.g. Airtable)
• Experience with PowerBI, Tableau, and mapping analysis tools (e.g. Sitewise,Placer.AI