Portland Business Alliance: We're Hiring: Downtown Portland Clean & Safe Downtown Retail Advocate

Portland OR

17 June, 2022

12:52 PM

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Press release from the Portland Business Alliance: June 14, 2022 Seek out and recruit retail businesses and stores, as well as food & beverage (including food carts), and personal services operators that fit with a Portland Downtown Retail Strategy. Build relationships with prospective operators, track future interest, and with building owners and landlords (and/or their representatives), match new operators with spaces.Build and maintain a database of tenant prospects and of properties.Work with prospective retailers from initial contact through to store opening.Business retention: work closely with the national retail brands as well as local retail partners to identify and address areas of concern for retailers (shops/restaurants/hotel/food carts).Help to promote business vibrancy and sustainability in the Downtown and Old Town area and supports activities around marketing/events.Lead a targeted retail recruitment effort and facilitate the negotiation process for downtown retail projects with brokers and property owners with a focus on recruiting local, woman owned, and minority owned businesses. Excellent customer satisfaction; focused and responsive to clients and team members.Ability to follow through on assigned tasks with limited supervision.Excellent time management and organizational skills. The Portland Business Alliance ("Alliance") serves as greater Portland's Chamber of Commerce. Our mission is to create opportunity and advance well-being for all who live and work in the greater Portland and SW Washington region. Our vision is a healthy and resilient business ecosystem. We support access, opportunity, and advancement for all people. We recognize unfair bias and historic discrimination, and work to eliminate barriers. We embrace connectivity and work together respectfully to drive solutions. We meet setbacks with openness to listening, learning and adaptation. We give the honest answer. We do what we say we will. We are accessible, active, and visible to the community. Downtown Portland Clean & Safe an affiliate of Portland Business Alliance is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant on the basis of age, color, disability, gender, gender identity, national origin, race, religion, sexual orientation, veteran status, or any classification protected by federal, state, or local law. This press release was produced by the Portland Business Alliance. The views expressed here are the author's own.