Requisition Details & Talent Acquisition Contact
REQ ID: # - Michelle Thabethe
Cluster: Group Finance - Cirporate Real Estate
Location: Sandton (on-site)
Closing date: 17 September 2025
Job Family
Administration, Operations and Facilities
Career Stream
Property, Property Development and Construction
Leadership Pipeline
Manage Self: Professional
Job Purpose
To source and optimise Nedbank points of presence; ensuring financial efficiencies and profitability.
Job Responsibilities
-Select profitable points of presence for Nedbank in line with Business strategy by applying the site analysis methodology.
-Negotiate floor space required and match the Nedbank Blue-print by engaging with Landlords; Property Brokers and Property Developers.
-Improve branch profitability and / or sales opportunities and create financial efficiencies by reviewing the existing footprint and submitting recommendations.
-Negotiate tenant installation allowance and reduce capital expenditure by engaging the Landlord / Developer.
-Manage the rental budget and adhere to the approved budget by aligning the rental expectation from Landlord to financials.
-Foster and build sound professional relationships / networks with external stakeholders by attending events; conferences; workshops; networking sessions.
-Develop trusting and professional relationships through maximising business opportunities and by attending and contributing to monthly area collaboration forums, leveraging off joint synergies and relationships.
-Ensure a Nedbank first mind-set with the external stakeholders by engaging a portfolio of external stakeholders on a regular basis through formal / informal communications.
-Conduct site analysis and ensure the selection of optimal sites by using geo mapping and by performing area inspections.
-Ensure proposed site meets agreed requirements and standards by comparing the layout of the proposed site to the Nedbank Blue-print.
-Validate business decision around proposed site formats or propose alternative formats from Strategy plan by conducting interviews and investigating the identified areas.
-Ensure strategy alignment and escalate micro-market deviations by sharing new information within business forums.
-Ensure compliance, audit and risk standards are adhered to by completing site inspection documentation.
-Optimising lease effectiveness, vet, compare rental rates and escalations by consulting with Group Properties.
-Monitor, track and follow-up on lease progress by capturing data on a central database.
-Reduce risks in delaying the site establishment and Blue-print misalignment by assisting design team in obtaining autocad drawings, engaging the landlord and leasing department and by supplying electronic copies where needed.
-Obtain buy-in for developing new and/or enhanced processes that will improve the functioning of stakeholders' businesses by highlighting benefits in support of the implementation of recommendations.
-Engage internal and external stakeholders and maintain understanding of expertise relating to the Channel Distribution developments / trends by consulting on pockets of excellence.
-Ensure cross-skilling and succession by transferring Channel Distribution knowledge through coaching, mentoring, teaching stakeholders and colleagues.
-Share site selection expertise by providing insights, cross-skilling and Channel Distribution knowledge and disciplines and standards to key internal stakeholders.
-Identify opportunities to improve or enhance processes by identifying and recommending improvements to tools, policies and procedures to add value to Nedbank.
-Support the Nedbank Group Property's Transformation policy and ensure that Nedbank Lease benchmarks are achieved by agreed target measures.
-Support the Nedbank sustainability programme by being aware of and sharing sustainability issues with regards to new developments.
-Share the Blue-print site options with external stakeholders and ensure future successes in terms of site proposals by hosting information sessions.
-Research and source information on future Retail trends, share insights with the analytics team by attending Retail shopping centre events.
Essential Qualifications - NQF Level
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-Advanced Diplomas/National 1st Degrees
Preferred Qualification
-Relevant post graduate qualification in Property Management.
Essential Certifications
-NQF7 and above required
Minimum Experience Level
-3 to 5 years (5 to 10 years in property related field or Self Service Banking Industry)
Technical / Professional Knowledge
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-Banking knowledge
-Banking procedures
-Business Acumen
-Industry trends
-Relevant regulatory knowledge
-Relevant software and systems knowledge
-Risk management process and frameworks
-Business writing skills
-Cluster Specific Operational Knowledge
Behavioural Competencies
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-Applied Learning
-Building Customer Loyalty
-Communication
-Initiating Action
-Work Standards
-Managing Work
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the Nedbank Recruiting Team at +27 860 555 566
