As a family company, we serve people and communities. When you work at Meijer, you're provided with career and community opportunities centered around leadership, personal growth and development. Consider joining our family - take care of your career and your community!

Meijer Rewards

• Weekly pay

• Scheduling flexibility

• Paid parental leave

• Paid education assistance

• Team member discount

• Development programs for advancement and career growth

Please review the job profile below and apply today!

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What You'll be Doing:

• Driving Meijer's real estate development and market entry strategy, including market planning, broker networking, site selection, acquisition and development negotiations, due diligence and related entitlement work while coordinating with Meijer's operations, design, construction, procurement, data analytics, and legal teams for Meijer's new main store program or expansion of Meijer's convenience store program.
• Participating in coordination of internal stakeholder alignment and approval on proposed site locations, including, touring with and securing approvals by leadership.
• Leveraging internal resources to conduct industry, market and competitor analysis to identify key areas of focus and opportunities for growth.
• Traveling to required markets to evaluate and investigate one and multi-site locations (availability, property values, access, zoning, development obstacles, timing, etc.).
• Developing and maintaining qualified broker and developer relationships for new projects and with other vendors and retailers as sources for potential new sites.
• Attending key industry conferences and networking events to establish relationships and leverage key resources across the development community that can identify new site opportunities.

What You Bring with You (Qualifications):

• A Bachelor's Degree. A Degree in Real Estate or a Masters Degree is preferred.
• Minimum of 10 years' experience in real estate-related site selection and development functions with optimally, at least 5 years in an owner-occupied, self-development retailer either in the "big box" or grocery retail areas or the convenience / gas station retail area.
• Demonstrated history of continuous career progression in expansion of scope of responsibility, and/or expansion of leadership.
• Ability to lead and motivate internal and external resources to achieve results.
• Ability to analyze qualitative and quantitative information and translate into strategic deliverables.
• Excellent interpersonal and customer service skills.
• Excellent organizational, analytical, written and oral communication skills.
• Experience in negotiating and structuring a wide array of commercial real estate and development transactions with the ability to understand complex legal documents such as joint venture agreements, land contracts, title restrictions, and other documents related to real estate.
• Working knowledge of design, construction and property management industries. Working knowledge of engineering, construction and architectural plans.
• Ability to travel to geographies of responsibility.