Head of Property Growth
Metcash
full-time
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Location Type: Office
Location: Macquarie Park • Australia
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About the role
- Lead the development and execution of a national property and network strategy aligned to the Food Pillar’s commercial objectives.
- Own and evolve the 3–5 year network plan including store openings, closures, relocations, and refurbishments.
- Use demographic, geospatial, and competitor data to identify growth opportunities and inform property decisions.
- Oversee the performance of the existing portfolio, identifying optimisation opportunities and market risks.
- Set and uphold clear investment criteria, site selection governance, and capital evaluation standards.
- Lead the competitor defence strategy through land banking, site intelligence, and lease management.
- Collaborate with internal partners (Store Development, Group Property, State Operations) to ensure pipeline readiness and project execution.
- Represent the Food division in enterprise-wide network and strategy forums.
- Deliver insights, forecasts, and scenario models that influence executive-level decisions.
- Maintain a national view of property activity and risk across the entire development lifecycle.
Requirements
- 10+ years’ experience in property development, network planning, or retail expansion.
- Deep understanding of customer-driven retail property strategy.
- Ability to translate business strategy into network plans grounded in analytics and commercial acumen.
- Skilled in geospatial analysis, forecasting, and scenario planning tools.
- Experience leading high-performing teams across regions and functions.
- Strong grasp of property economics, ROI metrics, and capital efficiency.
- Highly collaborative, influencing senior stakeholders with clarity and data-led storytelling.
- Tertiary qualifications in Property, Commerce, Strategy, or a related discipline.
- Experience in partner-led or franchise environments is a plus.
Benefits
- Enjoy a 5th week of annual leave every year after your first year.
- Benefit from 2 well-being days and 1 volunteer day annually.
- An abundance of learning, development, and career growth opportunities.
- 12 weeks of gender-neutral paid parental leave for primary carers.
- Experience a supportive and flexible work environment.
- Thrive where work and family truly co-exist.
- Great team member discounts and perks.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
property developmentnetwork planningretail expansiongeospatial analysisforecastingscenario planningproperty economicsROI metricscapital efficiency
Soft skills
collaborationinfluencingdata-led storytellingcommercial acumenleadership
Certifications
tertiary qualifications in Propertytertiary qualifications in Commercetertiary qualifications in Strategy