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Jones Lang LaSalle

Advises on and manages commercial real estate

Account Manager

Real EstateConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeTokyo, Japan

About the Job

Requirements

  • At least 10 years of experience in facilities management or hospitality.
  • At least 5 years of experience in people operations and client relationship management.
  • Experience handling client matters, including escalation and providing first-line advice.
  • Demonstrated experience balancing the interests of the client and the firm.
  • Experience translating strategic needs into deliverable programs.
  • Experience handling a profit and loss statement or understanding financial systems.
  • Ability to communicate effectively in both English and Japanese with people at all levels of a client organization.
  • Ability to provide coaching and leadership to staff.
  • Ability to resolve first-line conflicts concerning customer expectations and service delivery.
  • Ability to handle political situations and defuse conflict.
  • Ability to connect strategic matters to operational deliverables.
  • Ability to articulate solutions and explain them clearly.
  • Demonstrated ability to solve problems analytically using an objective approach.
  • Demonstrated ability to take a holistic approach with the team and consider long-term solutions.
  • Ability to prioritize effectively.
  • Interpersonal and communication skills, including confidentiality and diplomacy.
  • Multitasking, project management, and organizational skills.
  • Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and meet deadlines.

Responsibilities

  • Develop and implement an account business plan that supports client satisfaction and healthy long-term relationships, anticipates client needs, exceeds contractual key performance indicators, and supports revenue and profitability goals.
  • Create and manage high-performing teams that deliver operational excellence and keep employees engaged, working with the Work Dynamics leadership team to translate company strategy and goals into business opportunities.
  • Oversee all site operations with team managers.
  • Develop a thorough understanding of contractual key performance indicators and reporting requirements.
  • Work with technology teams to design tools for tracking and reporting key performance indicators, service-level agreements, and monthly, quarterly, and annual reports.
  • Analyze data and metric variances, and recommend and implement change programs and mitigation strategies to improve performance.
  • Participate in special projects and facilitate ad hoc reporting requests as needed.
  • Manage internal and external account marketing and communications, including online content.
  • Develop and deploy a process-management approach based on Six Sigma and JLL best practices for the account.
  • Help manage relationships with the client's performance-management subject-matter expert and translate their objectives into the account business plan when required.
  • Ensure data integrity across portfolio technology and information systems, and conduct periodic audits.
  • Establish and deliver key account initiatives agreed with the leadership team and client.
  • Drive client initiatives such as savings targets, benchmarking, and best practices.
  • Consolidate information and prepare reports, communications, and documents required by the client.
  • Set team targets and improvement challenges to improve services.
  • Build relationships with key client stakeholders to better understand their needs and requirements.
  • Comply with all client contract requirements and meet or exceed key performance indicators.
  • Deliver service quality that is reflected in client feedback.
  • Understand client business growth and work with stakeholders to implement growth strategies.
  • Prepare accurate budgets and ensure financial results meet key performance indicator requirements.
  • Mitigate organizational risk by keeping accounts receivable below 60 days payable.
  • Identify opportunities to cross-sell services and reduce clients' operating costs.
  • Promote an environment that supports teamwork, cooperation, performance excellence, and individual success.
  • Ensure the most qualified candidates are hired for all account roles.
  • Assess direct reports and their reports.
  • Develop actionable, measurable career plans for each direct report and maintain ongoing progress discussions.
  • Advance diversity and inclusion priorities through hiring, staff rotation, and promotion.
  • Provide timely coaching to improve performance.
  • Help manage on-site contractors and inspect vendor work to ensure required standards are met.
  • Support procurement of vendors and services as required.

About the Company

Jones Lang LaSalle

Advises on and manages commercial real estate

Jones Lang LaSalle, known as JLL, advises property owners, occupiers and investors on commercial real estate worldwide. Its teams broker leases and property sales, arrange financing, value assets, manage buildings and workplaces, and oversee construction projects for businesses, institutions and governments. LaSalle Investment Management invests client capital in private property and real estate securities, while JLL Technologies develops workplace software and data tools. The company earns commissions, service fees, investment management fees and software revenue, with some client operating costs reimbursed through contracts. JLL took its current form through a 1999 merger and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Chicago, IL
Founded
1999

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