Global Occupancy Planning Lead

What this job involves

Managing space portfolios
How do you manage space through data?
As a subject matter expert, you’ll manage our clients’ needs from capacity, demand and supply for their workplace.
Driving efficiency through all the products in occupancy planning and resolving a multitude of issues will be your responsibility.
You will identify and recommend policies and procedures, maximizing space and driving solutions to increase productivity.

Client and Stakeholder Relationship Management

Foster critical relationships with various clients and stakeholders.
Establish crisp and fast communication channels ensuring our clients receive the highest quality service and delivery.
Manage many varying projects whilst ensuring a robust relationship is key.

Monitoring and Reporting

Prepare and update accurate project status reports, to the client and to your direct line manager.
Financial tracking and reporting of projects is imperative to ensure you are on time, on budget and identified any risk.
This will demand your familiarity with typical occupancy metrics and industry occupancy trends.

Business Development

Contribute to the growth of Occupancy Planning for an industry leading real estate services firm.
Generate high quality, effective client-facing content and deliverables (primarily presentations and proposals) to assist in winning new business and renewing national and global accounts in the firm’s portfolio.
Work closely with Occupancy Planning team members on strategic business opportunities, creating persuasive and innovative sales documents.

Key Skills and Responsibilities

• Project management to review planning strategies that drive construction projects and support implementation of these projects.
• Strategic Planning and Tactical Planning across campus/portfolio strategy plans are developed and implemented.
• Understanding Workplace Mobility and strategy to ensure the clients Real Estate is maximized.
• Planning, implementing and analyzing Utilization studies.
• Managing, analyzing and reporting on multiple data sources.
• Utilizing technology, including CAFM Systems (Nuvolo) to inform occupancy planning and benchmarking.
• Migration management and coordination with facility management teams to review and approve moves, develop migration plans and conduct facility audits.
• Ability to space plan with Auto CAD.
• Problem solving – Every day is different. Implementing and supporting Dynamic Occupancy Planning technologies.

Behavioral Competencies

• Think Big - Thinks strategically, simplifies the complex, solves complex problems, sees the big picture
• Drive Change - Thrives on change, learning agility, intellectually curious, appetite for risks, digital drive
• Helps others - Builds relationships, actively collaborates, helps others succeed
• Get it done - Acts decisively, drives results, passion to win, takes ownership, accountable, resilient
• Business first - Focuses on customers and clients, business/financial acumen, JLL first
• Inspire - Inspire others, creates vision and strategy, energizes others

Qualifications

• Solid background
  A Bachelor's degree in a related field is what you must have along with 10-15 years of experience in a corporate real estate environment.
• Previous experience in space/occupancy planning at a strategic level, plus experience with interior office renovations is highly desirable.
• Tech-savvy
  How tech-savvy are you?
  Do you utilize software to support solutions and communicate ideas?
  You will be successful if you have advanced skills in Microsoft Office suite, proficiency in AutoCAD, Excel, ability to consolidate data and floor plans into PowerPoint presentations together with CAFM/IWMS system experience (Nuvolo).
• Your ability to ask the right questions, think strategically as well as tactically and make appropriate decisions to find solutions for our clients is paramount.