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**About the opportunity**:
We are recruiting for an Acquisition Surveyor to join our Property team at our Customer Support Centre based in Walsall. The Acquisition Surveyor will assist with the acquisition of new stores across the UK to grow the existing estates and reciting under sized stores.

This role will be working closely with our acquisition managers to acquire and Resite 100 stores per year across the UK by taking the stores from initial conception through to legal completion.

The acquisition surveyor will build relationships with internal stakeholders such as project managers and our retail teams to obtain business support as well as external groups including landlords, agents, building surveys and solicitors.

This is a full-time Hybrid position with frequent travel across the UK.

**What you'll be doing...**:

- Controlling costs in line with agreed budgets
- Overseeing the disposal of vacant units which no longer meet the group expectations
- Dealing with acquisitions from HOTs to legal compliance
- Building relationships with third party retailer, landlords, developers, surveryors and solicitors

**What you'll need...**:

- Retail acquisition experience
- Culture fit is non-negotiable - flexibility, fantastic communication skills and huge amounts of drive are a must, together with a natural style that role models our Values
- Bias for action, strong work ethic, and desire to achieve excellence.
- Flexible - willingness to travel and provide support to both Northern Ireland and the ROI.
- At least 1 Years PQE Experience

**What we can offer...**:

- Competitive salary
- Potential to earn bonus
- Free on-site car park
- Onsite coffee lounge
- Discount Card - 10% discount on most purchases in store including PEP&CO
- Family Friendly Benefits
- Loyal Service Awards
- My Staff Shop - exclusive discount portal
- Apprenticeships & Career Development
- Life Assurance Cover
- Health & Wellbeing - employee assistance programme to support you
- Holiday Allowance - increasing by one day per year (up to 33 days), along with the option to purchase additional holiday (annually)
- Pension
- Birthdays are important, so each year, you can take the day off as an extra day’s holiday

**About us...**:
From one store in Burton-upon-Trent in 1990 to more than 850 across the UK and the Republic of Ireland today, Poundland & Dealz has developed a reputation for offering top brands and quality own-brand products at an amazing value. We sell everything from food and drink to DIY, pet products to stationery, not forgetting our very own fashion brand, PEP&CO. We have recently invested £45 million in the business, opened new stores and revamped existing ones. We’re on an exciting journey, and you can be a part of it.

We’re part of a much larger group in Europe called Pepco which has 3,000 stores in 17 territories serving 50 million shoppers, and the size of our business means there are so many opportunities for you to come and join us. From our retail stores to our support and distribution centres, everywhere you see Poundland and Dealz, you’ll find passionate and knowledgeable colleagues delivering amazing service to our customers. Once you’re part of our family, we’ll give you everything you need to be the best you can be, from training to coaching and mentoring. Our seven core values and seven leadership principles steer how we do business. They give us the building blocks to create a culture where everybody thrives, and sustainability is at the top of our agenda.