Infra Manager

1. Property Sourcing & Site Identification

Identify suitable properties across target cities for new automotive workshops, using brokers, property owners, developers, industrial areas, and direct sourcing.

• Build a pipeline of potential properties in each target city.
• Identify locations suitable for workshop operations, vehicle movement, and customer access.
• Maintain a database of properties, ownership details, rental expectations, and availability.
• Ensure a sufficient pipeline of qualified sites against expansion requirements.

2. Site Evaluation & Feasibility

Conduct physical site visits and assess whether each property is commercially and operationally viable.

• Assess carpet/built-up area, frontage, ceiling height, column spacing, access roads, and parking.
• Validate electricity load, water supply, drainage, ventilation, fire safety, and other infrastructure.
• Evaluate suitability for workshop bays, customer lounge, staff facilities, storage, and vehicle circulation.
• Check zoning, permitted use, landlord approvals, and applicable statutory requirements.
• Coordinate technical assessments with internal operations, projects, and legal teams.

3. Commercial Negotiations & Lease Closure

Negotiate favourable property terms and close leases within approved commercial parameters.

• Negotiate rent, security deposit, lock-in, escalation, rent-free fit-out period, and lease tenure.
• Evaluate rent-free periods and fit-out contributions from landlords.
• Benchmark rentals against comparable properties in each micro-market.
• Coordinate term sheets, LOIs, documentation, and lease execution with legal and finance.
• Minimise hidden costs and unfavourable exit clauses.

4. Site Handover & Workshop Readiness

Ensure the property is handed over and made ready for workshop setup within agreed timelines.

• Coordinate landlord handover, measurements, drawings, and infrastructure requirements.
• Work with design, projects, procurement, and operations teams on fit-outs and installations.
• Track civil work, electrical upgrades, drainage, equipment readiness, and snag resolution.
• Resolve property-related dependencies that delay workshop commissioning.
• Ensure the site meets the approved workshop layout and operational requirements.

5. Infrastructure Cost & Budget Control

Optimise total property acquisition and setup costs across cities.

• Prepare property-level cost estimates and compare alternatives.
• Track rent, deposits, brokerage, fit-out, utility upgrades, and other setup costs.
• Identify cost-effective locations without compromising operational suitability.
• Maintain cost estimates versus actual expenditure and flag overruns early.

6. Central Reporting & Stakeholder Management

Operate as the central infrastructure point of contact across all expansion cities.

• Maintain a live city-wise property pipeline and expansion tracker.
• Submit weekly updates on site sourcing, feasibility, negotiations, and closures.
• Coordinate with business expansion, workshop operations, finance, legal, procurement, and projects.
• Escalate risks, delays, and commercial deviations promptly.
• Develop broker networks and standard operating procedures for repeatable expansion.