Workplace Manager Job Toronto area,Ontario Canada,Management

SUMMARY

Reporting to the Managing Director and working alongside a team of workplace solutions professionals delivering workplace services to our clients. This role is responsible for ensuring that workplace solutions services including Drawing & Occupancy management, Space Planning, MAC & Relocation Management, Furniture Service Technicians are delivered in accordance with the contract and identified success measures.

In addition, the Manager, Workplace Solutions collaborates with clients to identify needs and opportunities to solve problems in their workplace in conjunction with the Workplace Solutions Management Office subject matter experts. The mandate for this role is to ensure successful delivery of workplace services and ensure success within the business for existing and future accounts. Through close partnership with counterparts on the accounts, this position will lead teams and collaborate with internal concerned parties across all areas of workplace services by developing and executing the required strategy including but not limited to business case development, delivery model development, costing, proposal development & writing, pricing and operation management.

The Manager, Workplace Solutions will be required to work on location with a single client or multiple client locations as well as BGIS offices as required to best accomplish tasks and provide effective client and team member support.

KEY DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

People Leadership

Demonstrates strong, competent leadership for team members to guide them in reaching their full potential and meeting their objectives, which supports achievement of our corporate goals. Specifically, these responsibilities include but not limited to:

Full involvement with recruiting talent

Provides mentoring, coaching and guidance to all team members

Objectively recommends compensation adjustments

Manages all aspects of performance

Program Management

Lead and manage a team responsible for Workspace Management, including MAC management, Drawing management, Occupancy management, Furniture Technicians. Provide direct support to the team with respect to service delivery and administrative issues and challenges.

Monitor and support the preparation and execution of schedules, budgets and delivery of all projects or services; ensure implementation of administrative support systems such as finance, procurement, A/P, A/R, are providing optimum support to project/service delivery and are consistent with BGIS standards and needs; strive for 100% team member satisfaction through effective administration and provision of tools and support.

Manage the assignment of resources as required to meet schedule and budget needs of program execution; actively seek additional project work or scope expansion to benefit the client and BGIS; ensure that projects are started with adequate lead time to complete within client time parameters and to meet BGIS and team needs with respect to work-loading and overall financial considerations; provide reporting required to support BGIS and client needs with respect to program execution

Ensure processes are in place and functional to ensure consistency, repeatability and alignment with BGIS/Client needs with respect to key delivery sub processes such as, document management, change management, scope management, schedule management, cost management, quality management, team management, regulatory and environmental compliance, communications management, risk management, project management and procurement, approvals.

Work with data to ensure reporting is created and provided in accordance with agreed to client scope

Plan and deliver non-technical large moves, adds, or changes as well as facility planning projects.

Research and liaise with vendors to obtain quotes. Provide recommendations on preferred vendor.

Prepare cost estimates for assigned projects.

Determine and prepare resource requirements.

Create schedules and monitor progress against timelines.

Ensure assigned projects are delivered on-time, within scope, budget and requirements and complies with all regulatory, environmental, health and safety requirements.

Concerned parties Relationship

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