Job - Real Estate Manager

Real Estate Manager (Site Selector)

POSITION
Reporting to the Vice President of Real Estate, this position will be responsible for retail real estate site selection and lease negotiation. This position will be based in our Las Colinas corporate office and will be assigned a geographic territory to find new locations based on specific criteria and key indicators. Generally, these are 1,200 to 2,400 square feet spaces in or near high-traffic retail shopping centers (i.e. grocery stores, Wal-Mart Supercenters, Super Target, etc…). We are targeting 30+ new sites, lease renewals and/or relocations per year, per Real Estate Manager.

IDEAL CANDIDATE
•Minimum 2 years of work experience, post undergrad.
•Experience performing retail real estate site selection and letter of intent negotiation
•Experience in off-mall, small box (1,200 – 2,400 sq ft) retail space
•Ability to do 30+ new sites, lease renewals and/or relocations per year
•Willing to travel up to 80%
•Working relationships within and knowledge of the retail brokerage and development community
•Mature/professional demeanor
•Strong work ethic (disciplined and self-starter)
•Organized and analytical thought process

REQUIREMENTS
•Bachelor’s degree
•Based in DFW area (no relocation)
•Working knowledge of Microsoft Office software applications

COMPENSATION
Salary will be based upon past experience and accomplishments and is targeted to be up to $65,000.

BENEFITS
Include medical (PPO or HSA), dental, vision, basic & voluntary life/ AD&D, short-term & long-term disability, 401(k) with company match, and a business casual work environment.

CONTACT
Mike McMillin
Vice President Recruiting
Cottonwood Financial
972-753-0822 x1116
mmcmillin@cottonwoodfinancial.com

COMPANY
Cottonwood Financial, headquartered in Irving (Las Colinas), Texas, is one of the largest privately-held financial service providers to the growing, under-banked segment of the retail consumer finance industry. Founded in 1996, we have over 270 company-owned locations across the country. We are actively engaged in a high-volume, rapid retail rollout of new locations to significantly increase the footprint of our company throughout the United States in both existing and new markets. We also continue to expand our product and service offerings.

KEY COMPANY FACTS
•Named to the Inc. 500/5000 list of the “Fastest-Growing, Private Companies” in America for 2010
•Named to Dallas Business Journal’s “Top 100 Fastest Growing Businesses” for five consecutive years
•Profitable every year since inception
•Company has no debt - growth funded through internal capital
•Plan to expand to 500 locations by the end of 2014
•Locations are company owned – no franchises
•Approximately 770 employees – 140+ at Corporate and 630+ in the field

INDUSTRY
The US consumer finance industry has exploded in recent years to annual revenue of greater than $40 billion. Retail consumer finance companies, a subset of the consumer finance industry, operate primarily in the subprime portion of the market serving under-banked consumers who are seeking secured/unsecured cash loans as a low cost alternative to costly bounced-check fees, late payment penalties, and other less desirable short-term credit options.

CURRENT PRODUCT MIX
Installment Loans are typically small, unsecured or secured, short term cash loans of up to $2,000. These loans are repaid with a fixed number of periodic equal-sized payments.

Title Loans are typically small, secured, short-term auto equity cash loans of up to $20,000. These loans are usually payable in a single payment.

Cash Advances are typically small, unsecured, short-term (until payday) cash loans of up to $2,000. These loans are usually payable in a single payment.

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Posted By Tamara Adamson