Job Detail: Acquisition Manager - France & Spain
Reporting to: Head of Acquisition
We’re looking for a strategic and service-driven Acquisition Manager to lead how August sources and secures luxury properties across the French and Spanish markets. In this role, you will shape how we expand our exclusive property collections, ensuring each acquisition aligns with August’s commitment to excellence and quality.
As part of the Acquisition team, you will have the opportunity to:
* Lead property sourcing and acquisition across both the UK and continental Europe, with regular travel to France and Spain.
* Focus on high-end homes in key markets: Paris, the South of France, and the French Alps, as well as Mallorca and Barcelona in Spain.
* Work with precision and expertise to build thoughtfully curated collections that reflect August’s high standards.
* To imagine what is possible, negotiate, understand risk and present your findings
The ideal candidate will be bilingual in English and French or Spanish, with a passion for luxury real estate and a proven track record in property acquisition. If you are ready to play a central role in enhancing August’s property portfolio and drive its success, we’d love to hear from you.
About us
August is a full-service, real-estate development company, based in London, United Kingdom, and specialising in luxury holiday home collections across Europe. August projects are all distinct from one another and proudly rooted in a strong European heritage which pays tribute to the architectural styles, natural environment and tradition in each of our local markets. Our private collections have a high level of service and an appealing lifestyle and culture that is focused on family. The company was founded in 2018 and has since grown to be the premier lifestyle holiday home platform.
As part of the Acquisition team, the primary responsibilities as the Acquisition Manager for the French & Spanish Markets include:
* Develop & Maintain relationships with key Real Estate agents, developers and property professionals across all French & Spain markets
* Continually review the supply of potential homes, shortlisting leads and reviewing feasibility
* Develop local knowledge and identify areas that present wise investment opportunities
* Market research for new market entry as needed
* Gather and share market intelligence
* Arranging & undertaking viewing trips - authoring reports and managing the Acquisition database
* Review and evolve search criteria by market
* Recognise potential! See past the current state of a property and recognise what could become an August home
* Partner with the RE Renovation & Design teams to review feasibility and forecast costs
* Produce board approval presentations for purchase approval
* Firmly negotiate purchase prices, commissions and completion programmes to get properties live to customers without delay
* Deal administration including referencing, surveys, legal requirements etc.
* Collaborate with the RE Renovation team to undertake due diligence and surveys ahead of completing a transaction
* Support the Renovation & Legal team as required
* An ability to execute immediate deliverables, whilst in parallel seeking ways to scale, establish processes and play data and lessons learnt back into the process.
About You – we’d love to hear from you if you have:
* 2+ years experience of working in the Real Estate Industry - preferably in an agency/acquisitions / house-hunter role
* Excellent communication, presentation and relationship management skills
* Strong organizational skills and a professional manner
* Perfect command of spoken & written English along with French and/or Spanish
* Ability to work on their own as well as part of a team
* A keen interest in property & design - able to recognise potential and think creatively
* Commercial acumen and a skilled negotiator
* A flexible, can-do attitude
* The ability to travel up to 50% of the time
Hours and package
Salary: up to £40,000 per annum
Bonus: up to £10,000 depending on the number of properties successfully secured
Working Hours: Monday to Friday, with 3 days working from the office
Location: Based in Bloomsbury Central London (with regular travel to France and Spain)
Pension: Company pension scheme
We offer:
We believe talent is the key to success and our team and culture means everything to us. Therefore, we’re proud to attract leading talent and invest hard in you for further development.
* A high growth company that is quickly becoming a leader in the global market.
* Competitive salary and pension.
* Hybrid work setup with remote working flexibility
* Training to better your skillset and develop you to a leading sales person and more.
* Fantastic win culture, social events, sales trips and more.
* An entrepreneurial environment.
Our Culture:
We care deeply about our culture and have developed it across 3 key pillars:
* Autonomy: we believe in hiring great people, then giving them the space and flexibility to work in the way that’s best for them. We will align on goals, and then expect you to decide what to pursue.
* Collaboration: as a fast-growing small business we all work together across multiple workstreams. We have a flat structure and encourage frank discussion, honesty and openness.
* Trust and transparency: we operate on a trust first basis. You are the expert in the field and are accountable for your outputs and teams.
August Values:
* Be resourceful - We take personal ownership in problem-solving and believe it is our responsibility to establish our place on the team and to contribute to the company's success. With a resourceful mindset, we’re driven to find a way. We strive to always find a way, always.
* A sense of urgency - Our industry is fast-paced, we aim to act promptly and with the intention to make things happen efficiently and effectively to stay ahead of the competition.
* An ownership mindset - We are accountable for ourselves, our colleagues, our clients and our company. We take pride in what we do. Taking the initiative to bring about positive results. We empower each other to take ownership of our actions.
* Pragmatism - We prioritise and evaluate based on impact and tangible results.
* Communication - We believe in transparent and open communication and sharing with each other. Effective communication is an integral part of our company’s success. We like to keep our colleagues informed and share our progress as well as our struggles regularly. We feel this is the best way to avoid information silos, be consistent, collaborate and streamline processes
Interested?
If you're excited by this role and think you'd be a great fit, drop us an email at md@augustcollection.co.uk with a short note on why you're interested. Please use the subject line:
"Acquisition Manager - France & Spain Application"