Occupancy Planner

JLL•San Antonio, TX

4d•Hybrid

About The Position

JLL empowers you to shape a brighter way . Our people at JLL and JLL Technologies are shaping the future of real estate for a better world by combining world class services, advisory and technology for our clients. We are committed to hiring the best, most talented people and empowering them to thrive, grow meaningful careers and to find a place where they belong. Whether you’ve got deep experience in commercial real estate, skilled trades or technology, or you’re looking to apply your relevant experience to a new industry, join our team as we help shape a brighter way forward. What this job involves As an Occupancy Planner, you will be responsible for tracking, analyzing and updating space data and using this information in the creation of occupancy planning scenarios to offer comprehensive solutions for our client's portfolio. Fostering relationships You’ll foster critical relationships between various individuals and organizations. Ensuring coordination and collaboration among business units will be crucial, including developing planning strategies that drive construction projects and support their implementation. Managing spaces Planning and managing portfolios will be your major focus while supporting clients in their strategic scenario planning and moves. This will involve qualitive and quantitative data to identify trends and insight and to understand supply and demand, resulting in: Collecting business requirements per the client program/workplace guidelines Developing options Blocking & stacking Creating test fits (including aisle width, furniture systems and space types) Developing migration plans Regular deliverables would include monthly reporting, periodic data audits, tracking and managing utilization data, gathering space and adjacency requirements and updating space layouts. Sounds like you? To apply, you need to be: Tech-savvy You have a critical thinking skill set and can easily tell a story through data. You will be successful on the job if you have skills in Excel (pivot table, vlookup, cell calculations), understand floorplans and consolidate data into PowerPoint presentations. Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, space management systems and AutoCAD will be highly valuable. A communication champion Excellent communication skills are important. Strong interpersonal skills, the ability to understand complex ideas and communicate them to others and interacting with executive-level external and internal clients are essential. You’ll be effective in your role by learning to ask the right questions to understand the underlying needs of our clients. Dynamic Thinking strategically, simplifying the complex, seeing the big picture and driving results are few of the basic requirements of the job. Moreover, you should thrive on change with an appetite for risks and be proactive and innovative with solutions. We would love your intellectual curiosity towards digital drive, hunger for learning and urge to meet deadlines. Additional skills: Critical thinking (analyzing complex issues by identifying patterns, relationships and underlying causes) Problem solving (ability to manage tasks, projects and prioritize as needed with minimal help from others, ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams to resolves challenges) Decision-making skills (ability to make BAU decisions aligned with business objectives and SLAs, effective in discerning between "need vs. want”) Client account management (delivering superior service/deliverables, understanding client concerns and the contractual OP scope of work)

Requirements

Critical thinking skill set
Skills in Excel (pivot table, vlookup, cell calculations)
Understand floorplans
Consolidate data into PowerPoint presentations
Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, space management systems and AutoCAD
Excellent communication skills
Strong interpersonal skills
Ability to understand complex ideas and communicate them to others
Interacting with executive-level external and internal clients
Thinking strategically
Simplifying the complex
Seeing the big picture
Driving results
Thrive on change with an appetite for risks
Proactive and innovative with solutions
Intellectual curiosity towards digital drive
Hunger for learning
Urge to meet deadlines
Critical thinking (analyzing complex issues by identifying patterns, relationships and underlying causes)
Problem solving (ability to manage tasks, projects and prioritize as needed with minimal help from others, ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams to resolves challenges)
Decision-making skills (ability to make BAU decisions aligned with business objectives and SLAs, effective in discerning between "need vs. want”)
Client account management (delivering superior service/deliverables, understanding client concerns and the contractual OP scope of work)
Literacy in reading and interpreting floor plans
A working knowledge of occupancy utilization, office design principles and trends such as a mobile or collaborative workplace
Attentive to detail and accuracy - particularly numbers and spatial creativity
Work experience in occupancy or space planning for corporate clients (or interior office planning, furniture planning/management, move/project management or related Facilities function in a corporate real estate setting)
Onsite presence 4 days per week at client site in San Antonio, Texas, with one day remote flexibility
Candidates must be authorized to work in the United States without employer sponsorship.

Nice To Haves

A bachelor’s degree is preferred

Responsibilities

Tracking, analyzing and updating space data
Creating occupancy planning scenarios
Fostering relationships between various individuals and organizations
Ensuring coordination and collaboration among business units
Developing planning strategies that drive construction projects and support their implementation
Planning and managing portfolios
Supporting clients in their strategic scenario planning and moves
Collecting business requirements per the client program/workplace guidelines
Developing options
Blocking & stacking
Creating test fits (including aisle width, furniture systems and space types)
Developing migration plans
Monthly reporting
Periodic data audits
Tracking and managing utilization data
Gathering space and adjacency requirements
Updating space layouts