Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL) is hiring an Occupancy Planner

Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL) is looking for an Occupancy Planner to join our team. In this role, you will help manage the supply, capacity, and demand of a building, campus, or regional portfolio for a specific client at the business unit level. You will play a key part in ensuring alignment with corporate guidelines and maximizing the use of space.

What You'll Do

• Assist with the development of migration plans and sequencing of group-level and individual moves.
• Facilitate and/or resolve planning issues identified in customer planning meetings.
• Ensure planning aligns with corporate guidelines and that all scenarios maximize use of space.
• Recommend, educate, and enforce space policies, standards, procedures, and protocols.
• Notify the client of customer requested exceptions.
• Get familiar with space utilization methods and present utilization data to drive productive spaces.
• Prepare and update project status reports on actual seat demand versus projected seat demand at the building level.
• Report on current supply and capacity, and forecast inventory changes as required.
• Assemble, update, and report the top-down and bottoms-up seat count projections collected at the group-level for an annual planning horizon.
• Work with the client to reconcile discrepancies from top-down projections.
• Track and report actual seat demand at the group level.
• Foster critical relationships between various individuals and organizations.
• Communicate with Corporate Real Estate to review and resolve planning forecast requirements, concerns, and issues.
• Communicate with Business Unit leadership to collect headcount forecasts and resolve headcount forecast discrepancies.
• Communicate with the Corporate Finance group to gather top-down headcount and growth projections.
• Work with Project Management to create and review planning strategies that drive construction projects and support implementation.
• Work with Move Coordination and Facility Management teams to review moves, develop migration plans, and conduct facility audits.
• Work with other members of the occupancy planning team to ensure cross campus/portfolio strategy plans are developed.
• Create project summaries outlining current conditions and meaningful recommendations.

What We're Looking For

• A Bachelor's Degree in Real Estate, Finance, Architecture, Design, Construction Management, or a related field.
• 3 – 5 years of experience in a corporate environment.
• Strong MS Excel skills including vlookup, merge, and pivot tables.
• Understanding of site utilization and tracking.
• Strong fundamentals in AutoCAD and corporate office design.
• Dynamic and technologically savvy with the ability to utilize software to support planning solutions.
• Advanced skills in Microsoft Excel (pivot table, vlook-up, cell calculations).
• Advanced skills in AutoCAD (basic test-fits and square foot calculations).
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office suite.
• Ability to consolidate data and floor plans into PowerPoint for presentations.
• Excellent written and spoken communication skills.
• Ability to work independently, multi-task, and manage your time to meet deadlines.
• Strong interpersonal skills with an ability to interact with executive level external and internal clients.

Nice to Have

• Previous experience in space/occupancy planning at a strategic level.
• Experience with interior office renovations.
• CAFM system experience.

Technical Stack

• MS Excel
• AutoCAD
• Microsoft Office suite
• PowerPoint
• CAFM systems

Team & Environment

You will work with various teams including Corporate Real Estate, Business Unit leadership, Corporate Finance, Project Management, Move Coordination, Facility Management, and other occupancy planning team members.

Benefits & Compensation

• Compensation: $90,000.00 – $110,000.00 USD per year.
• 401(k) plan with matching company contributions.
• Comprehensive Medical, Dental & Vision Care.
• Paid parental leave at 100% of salary.
• Paid Time Off and Company Holidays.

Work Mode

This is an on-site position located in Nashville, TN.

Jones Lang LaSalle (“JLL”) is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities.