Founded in 2003 Wasabi’s vision is to lovingly create and serve delicious Asian food for a busy nation.
Wasabi now has 40 thriving restaurants across London and major UK cities and 4 in New York and in 2019, we introduced Wasabi Home Bento, launched exclusively in Sainsbury’s. Building on that success, the grocery business broadened its reach to Tesco in September 2022, followed by exciting launches in Co-op and Morrisons in 2024. Today, Wasabi proudly stands as the No. 2 chilled ready-meal brand, setting new standards for quality and innovation.
Wasabi’s menu is celebrated for its unique character, exceptional freshness, and bold flavours. Our diverse range is designed to delight a wide audience, delivering both comfort and excitement with every bite.
We have an ambitious 5-year growth strategy, focusing on new restaurants, franchise partnerships, and international expansion.
As we embark on our next phase of growth and innovation, we’re thrilled to offer an exciting opportunity for a Acquisitions Manager to join our Property Team based in Park Royal.
The Role:
The Acquisition Manager is responsible for identifying, evaluating, and securing new sites for Wasabi’s UK expansion. This includes market analysis, managing property agents, leading negotiations, and ensuring successful site development in alignment with the company’s growth objectives.

OUR REQUIREMENTS:

• MRICS qualified – with extensive experience within a retail, hospitality, F&B or QSR multi-site environment
• Working knowledge of property law and legislation
• Commercially astute and aware of business imperatives, with a growth mind set and clear focus on delivering results and exceeding customer expectations.
• Professional, open and friendly with the ability to represent the business to external parties at all levels.
• Proactive, flexible and able to manage a broad range of responsibilities and priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Approachable and able to thrive in a team environment.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong organisational, administrative and numerical skills with exemplary attention to detail.
• Excellent IT skills including Microsoft Office suite.

• Learn and understand Wasabi trading models, formats, brand positioning, new restaurant performance criteria, competitors and the existing estate to inform the targeting of optimum new sites.
• Support the Head of Property in developing and refining the network strategy and pipeline programme in line with Wasabi growth objectives. Maintain pipeline trackers, reports and presenters.
• Use industry and market knowledge, industry resources and data, working closely with external location mapping suppliers and software to identify, interrogate and verify potential new sites.
• Manage property agents to identify and deliver targets. Use a network of national property contacts (landlords, occupiers, developers) in order optimise opportunities.
• Carry out all appropriate due diligence regarding new site assessments, taking advice from legal and other professionals prior to preparing for internal review and approvals.
• Work with the Restaurant Operations & Finance teams to analyse opportunities. Prepare detailed reports, financial appraisals and presentations for internal review and board approval.
• Support the Head of Property in negotiations to secure new premises and achieve optimum terms. Process through Heads of Terms to legal completion, utilising legal and professional advisors as necessary.
• Lead appropriate processes to obtain all necessary permissions, planning consents and licenses, to enable fitting out and operations in line with lease terms and statutory conditions.
• Collaborate with internal functions; Design, Project Management, Operations, Marketing, Facilities, Finance through feasibility, development, planning and through to completion of fit-out and openings. Supplying advice and information to ensure on time, on budget on brand success of new sites.