Occupancy Planner

Cushman & Wakefield • Annapolis Junction, MD

291d • $84,915 - $99,900

About The Position

The Occupancy Planner will work closely with the Facilities Manager to manage site employee weekly small/large/project moves and monthly site to site moves. The role involves developing and maintaining excellent working relationships with key business partners, vendor partners, and the Site Operations Manager. The planner will develop a site occupancy plan for supply and demand, which includes analyzing forecasted headcount and seat supply projections, supporting graphs, stacking plans, move scenarios, and challenges with pros/cons for each recommendation. The implementation of the move plan will be in accordance with the approved occupancy plan, with alterations recommended as business drivers, mergers, acquisitions, or dispositions arise. The role also includes facilitating neighborhood planning, move meetings, or town halls in support of occupancy plans, supporting change management related to workspace and work style changes, and driving to improve client awareness by providing trending analysis on new hires, terminations, moves, vacancy, and actual vs forecast. The planner will strive to maintain best-in-class space and occupancy data and implement processes in accordance with the Client Playbook for Space & Occupancy Planning.

Requirements

• BA/BS degree in a related discipline or 10+ years of related experience.
• Proficient in MS Office Suite and fundamental in AutoCAD.
• Knowledge of Excel Pivots or Index Match, Power BI, iOffice or Tableau is a plus.
• Experience managing and executing move coordination/day to day service requests.
• Experience in communicating with all levels of management.
• Strong analytical, organizational and problem solving skills.
• Ability to process work quickly, accurately and with changing priorities.
• Ability to develop user documentation as it relates to functions.
• Ability to effectively interpret and apply policy and procedure.
• Basic understanding of Corporate Real Estate and Financial concepts.
• Advanced skills in Excel, Business Intelligence tools, Adobe and Microsoft applications.
• Advanced skills in CAFM/IWMS (iOffice preferred).
• Fundamental awareness in updating AutoCAD and managing space and occupancy data.

Responsibilities

• Manage site employee weekly small/large/project moves and monthly site to site moves.
• Develop and maintain relationships with key business partners, vendor partners, and Site Operations Manager.
• Develop site occupancy plan for supply and demand analysis.
• Implement move plan in accordance with the approved occupancy plan.
• Alter/recommend changes to the plan as business drivers arise.
• Facilitate neighborhood planning, move meetings, or town halls.
• Support change management related to workspace and work style.
• Support communication plan related to occupancy plan.
• Provide trending analysis to improve client awareness.
• Maintain best in class space and occupancy data.
• Implement processes according to the Client Playbook for Space & Occupancy Planning.

Benefits

• Health, vision, and dental insurance.
• Flexible spending accounts.
• Health savings accounts.
• Retirement savings plans.
• Life and disability insurance programs.
• Paid and unpaid time away from work.
• Competitive pay based on various eligibility factors.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Industry: Real Estate
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree