Occupancy Planner

The Occupancy Planner position at Jones Lang LaSalle Americas, Inc. involves a comprehensive role in managing and facilitating occupancy planning and space management for various projects. The primary responsibility is to oversee move requests, ensuring that all requests submitted through the Workspace and Telephone/Data cabling portals are accurate and appropriate. This includes approving, modifying, or rejecting requests based on established standards. The role requires conducting space project studies and investigations at assigned sites, identifying alternative space solutions, and presenting these solutions to requesters for approval. Additionally, the Occupancy Planner is responsible for scheduling moves into prepared spaces and educating occupants on space policies and standards, while also enforcing compliance with these policies. The position also entails translating departmental headcount information into specific occupancy plans, developing stacking diagrams, and analyzing actual and projected capacity and occupancy. The planner will oversee the execution of move sequences and ensure that all modifications to space are properly documented and managed. Maintaining the accuracy of the CAFM (FMS) database is crucial, as it involves updating space inventory and utilization data, conducting physical audits, and managing the supply, capacity, and demand within the space portfolio. Furthermore, the Occupancy Planner will engage in project management responsibilities related to relocations, coordinating with vendors and ensuring that all activities support the move process. This includes managing communication with clients and ensuring that all relocation activities meet client expectations. The role requires a collaborative approach, identifying improvement opportunities in current processes and implementing beneficial changes to enhance performance and efficiency in occupancy planning activities.