Property Administration Manager

The purpose is to monitor cost and activities related to AZ's owned, leased and excess properties, and work with other groups ( RE, Maintenance, Permits, Fianance, AP, Ops, and Legal) This position would be the " gatekeeper" to interact with the mentioned groups, and focus on the accountabilities below. This  role is crutial in enhancing the value of AZ MEX  properties and ensuring a positive experience for tenants and customers alike.

• A Bachelor's degree (BA, BS) or equivalent.

• Business Administration, Legal, Finance

• More than seven years.

• Property management, Lease administration, Real Estate

• Negotiation, good comunication skills, leadership, administration, sense of urgency, crisis management, customer service orientation, financial acumen, analytical skills, project management, knowledge of real state laws

• Attention to detail and good communication / negotiation skills and familiar with financial modeling

• Manages lease payment end to end process, including prepayments, lease increases authorization and audit according to lease agreements. Also manages and coordinates lease options notifications with legal department to secure and ensure the continuity of the store's operation.

• Oversee the overall operations of the property, ensuring smooth and efficient functioning. Liason between AZ and landlords and commercial partners, follow up and give solution to situations or health, safety and enviromental requests that araise on daily basis. Oversee the day-to-day operations of all AZ MX properties, ensuring they are well-maintained, safe, and compliant with local regulations. Maintain and verify all properties of AZ's are compliant with lease contract and regulatory needs. Coordinates Property management region specialists to ensure operational incidents are timely resolved, Region projects related to property management are completed on time.

• Manages process improvement initiatives, such as measurement, analysis and reduction of cycle times in Store Development, and the development of KPIs for monitoring times spend on opening approved sites. Maintain performance database and statistics on post approval processes. Monitors sites at risk and drop site performances on a timely and consistent basis. Responsible to provide visibility for all contracts and properties from Autozone. Validate all abstracted contract data, compile in Store Dev, or other database.  Prepare and manage property budgets, monitor operating expenses, and analyze financial performance to maximize profitability.

• Direct the improvement of existing properties through lease negotiations for additional tenure and reduced rent, purchase of current leased sites, specific negotiations as new terms, additional surface, commercial ventures, etc

• Responsible of the property tax payment for owned facilities, securing and mitigating potential risks. Responsible of obtaining feasible discounts. Also is responsible of monitoring and complying with Lanlords responsability.  Works with permitting renewal group to provide proof of proerty tax payments, avoid fines, and renew permits. Also work with insurance renewal, and any other group relevant to the process.

• Manage, train and develop teammembers to consistenly meet AutoZone vision and objectives.  Develop and execute crisis management plans to address emergencies or unexpected events affecting property operations.