Remote Occupancy Planning Director - Real Estate Strategy

CBRE; Dearborn (MI); On-site; USD 150,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

CBRE is seeking an Occupancy Planning Director to lead a new occupancy planning team in Dearborn, MI, with consideration for remote work. This role will drive strategic goals, develop five-year real estate plans, and partner across lines of business to optimize real estate costs.

Occasional travel is required. The position requires 8-12 years of relevant experience, Bachelor’s preferred, and strong leadership with staff development, performance management, and MS Office proficiency.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree preferred with 8-12 years of relevant experience.
• In lieu of a degree, a combination of experience and education will be considered.
• Experience in staffing, selection, training, development, coaching, mentoring, measuring, appraising and rewarding performance and retention is preferred.
• Ability to lead the exchange of sensitive, complicated, and difficult information, convey performance expectations, and handle problems.
• Leadership skills to set, manage and achieve targets with a direct impact on multiple department results within a function.
• In-depth knowledge of Microsoft Office products.

Responsibilities

• Provide formal supervision to employees. Track the training and development of staff. Conduct performance evaluations and mentoring.
• Coordinate and supervise the team's daily activities. Establish work schedules, assign tasks, and cross-train staff.
• Establish performance objectives and deliverables related to the achievement of department goals and objectives. Develop, install, and maintain key processes for team efficiencies.
• Coordinate with the line of business platform. This includes subject area, geographic resources, and experts able to support the needs of the line of business's clients.
• Manage and achieve financial, operational, and other measures as defined in deliverables and KPI's established.
• Collaborate with other departments to forecast and develop annual real estate plans and install strategies for achieving savings and cost avoidance goals.
• Conduct periodic interviews of business units and other client leaders to identify future business direction related to growth, labor, market changes, and other issues that could impact real estate requirements or provide insights relative to strategic and/or optimization-focused initiatives as required.
• Develop a five-year real estate plan and create benchmarks to identify trends, risks, and opportunities.
• Apply a robust knowledge of many subject areas, the business, and key drivers which impact departmental and cross-functional performance.
• Lead by example and model behaviors that are consistent with CBRE RISE values. Persuade managers and other colleagues to take action while being guided by the organization's functional business plans. Negotiate with external partners, vendors, and customers of divergent interests to reach a common goal.
• Identify and solve multi-dimensional, complex, operational, and organizational problems leveraging the appropriate resources within or outside the department.
• Significantly improve and change existing methods, processes, and standards within job discipline.

Skills

Leadership

Staffing

Coaching

Performance mgmt

MS Office

Organizational skills

Communication

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

CBRE is seeking an Occupancy Planning Director to lead a new occupancy planning team in Dearborn, MI, with consideration for remote work. This role will drive strategic goals, develop five-year real estate plans, and partner across lines of business to optimize real estate costs.

Occasional travel is required. The position requires 8-12 years of relevant experience, Bachelor’s preferred, and strong leadership with staff development, performance management, and MS Office proficiency.