Senior Occupancy Planner - Chicago

Senior Occupancy Planner
Location: Illinois-Chicago Suburbs

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A career at Jones Lang LaSalle puts you in the center of one of the largest, most sophisticated and industry-leading commercial real estate and investment management firms in the world. We are recognized globally for creating real value for clients and employees. Recent awards include:

• World’s Most Admired Companies, Fortune magazine (2008, 2009)
• Best Big Companies, Forbes magazine’s Platinum 400 (2006, 2007, 2008)
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• Sustainable Cities Award, Financial Time and Urban Land Institute (2008)
• 100 Best Corporate Citizens, CRO magazine (2007, 2009)

We attract, develop and reward the best, and most diverse, people in our industry, challenging them to develop enduring client relationships built on core values like trust, integrity, respect and excellence.

When you join our team, you become part of a vibrant environment that’s committed to equipping you with the resources to develop a long-lasting and rewarding career.
Responsibilities
Position description
Currently, we are seeking a Senior Occupancy Planner to join our corporate accounts team in Libertyville, Illinois.

Position Summary:
• The Senior Occupancy Planner will provide leadership and subject matter expertise in space data management using the client CAFM system and strategic planning for a corporate account. This position will have direct people management responsibilities, including review/direction of their deliverables and resolution of their team’s customer escalation issues. The Senior Occupancy Planner must also understand the client portfolio, drive high-level strategies, and lead overarching planning efforts for key campus or metro areas under their management. The position is a key leadership role with significant client interaction and line of sight into a global portfolio.

Essential Functions:
• Provide constructive feedback, regular coaching, performance management for direct reports
• Ensure consistency in service delivery by providing on-going training and review of work
• Continually develop programs, techniques, policies and procedures for efficient and profitable operations
• Develop high-level campus/metro strategies and drive to completion while overseeing other occupancy planners for more detailed tactical planning, phasing, and implementation
• Lead key regional client meetings by developing content and presenting materials for decision-making
• Implement and sell the client’s alternative workplace program, including analysis of dark space studies, workstyle surveys, and making mobility recommendations
• Collaborate with key work partners in project management, facility management, and transactions team on all site rationalization efforts and projects
• Understand client CAFM system, its daily use by the team, requirements to maintain, and manage staff’s space data and drawing accuracy
• Respond to client requests for ad hoc reporting on space occupancy using the client CAFM system
• Supervise management and coordinate delivery of portfolio reports, including block plans
• Manage annual financial profit & loss (P&L) for occupancy planning budget
Qualifications
Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (KSA)
• Previous experience in space/occupancy planning at a strategic level, interior office renovations, and using AutoCAD in a planning capacity are required
• Familiarity with CAFM systems highly desired
• Working knowledge of leasing, facilities, operations, design, construction and technology are necessary
• Excellent leadership, strategic thinking, and client-facing communication/presentation skills are essential
• Ability to self-motivate, multi-task, and manage numerous priorities simultaneously

Supervisory Responsibilities:
• The Senior Occupancy Planner will be given planning responsibility for a significant portion of the client portfolio and supervision of 5 direct reports.

Working Environment:
• The job will be performed on the client site working closely with the occupancy planning team, other JLL service lines, the client, and other outsourced providers. The role has interaction with both the client Corporate Real Estate organization, as well as the space end-users. Professional, responsive interpersonal interactions are required to perform the job.

Minimum Required Education:
• Bachelor’s degree in architecture, interior design, project management or construction management, with a minimum of five to seven years of experience in a corporate environment.
• MBA preferred
• THIS POSITION IS LOCATED IN LIBERTYVILLE, IL
Equal Employment Opportunity
Jones Lang LaSalle is an Equal Opportunity Employer

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