Senior Occupancy Planner

ABM•Mountain View, CA

About The Position

As Senior Occupancy Planner, you will be responsible for providing strategic occupancy planning expertise, leveraging a deep understanding of our client’s space supply and demand to develop scenario and occupancy plans for our client's portfolio in a designated region.

Requirements

Expert level data analytical skills and ability to articulate stories through data
Attentive to detail and accuracy - particularly numbers and spatial creativity
Highly organized and demonstrates a high level of performance in project budgeting and scheduling
Advanced skills in Microsoft Excel (pivot table, vlook-up, cell calculations)
Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite
Ability to consolidate data and floor plans into PowerPoint Presentations
Excellent communication skills – both written and spoken
Strong interpersonal skills, able to understand complex ideas and communicate them to others
Ability to interact with executive-level external and internal clients
Ability to lead through influence
Thinking strategically, simplifying the complex, seeing the big picture, and driving results
Thrive on change and have an appetite for risks
Intellectual curiosity towards digital drive, hunger for learning, and urge to meet deadlines

Nice To Haves

Experience with CAFM / IWMS software
Proficient in space planning and AutoCAD
A working knowledge of occupancy utilization, office design principles and trends such as the mobile or collaborative workplace is preferred
Tech savvy with Google Suite, Power BI, IWMS/CAFM and AutoCAD
A Bachelor's Degree in Architecture, Design, Construction Management, or related field is preferred

Responsibilities

Fostering relationships with Corporate Real Estate, Business Unit leadership, Corporate Finance, Project management, Move coordination and facility management teams, and other members of the occupancy planning team.
Managing the development of occupancy plans, sequencing group-level and individual moves, and resolving planning issues identified during client planning sessions.
Ensuring the alignment of planning with corporate guidelines and that all scenarios maximize the use of space.
Recommending, educating, and enforcing space policies/standards, procedures, and protocols.
Notifying the client of customer-requested exceptions, and assisting in developing site-specific Planning Strategies with Senior Leadership.
Acting as a Subject Matter Expert in the client's workplace program and in using data to drive solutions that increase productivity.
Being a leader in the Occupancy Planning and account team, modeling superior client relationship management and strategic thinking.
Getting familiar with space utilization methods and the presentation of utilization data.
Identifying space requirements and preparing and updating project status reports on actual versus projected seat demand at the building level.
Reporting on current supply and capacity, forecasting inventory changes as required, and working with the client to reconcile any discrepancies from top-down projections.
Asking the right questions to understand our clients' underlying needs.
Working independently, multi-tasking, and managing time to meet deadlines.
Reorganizing daily schedules to deal with changing necessities and requests.
Being proactive and innovative in developing solutions with stakeholders and driving their implementation.
Using software to support planning solutions and communicate ideas clearly with the planning team and client.