Furniture Project Manager

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Drive furniture project excellence as a Furniture Project Manager with JLL, where you'll provide expertise in operational planning, workplace design, and comprehensive furniture management within corporate real estate portfolios. You'll serve as the subject matter expert for furniture activity within your dedicated region, leading small to medium-sized projects while supporting complex initiatives and managing critical partnerships between third-party vendors, JLL's Interior Design Team, and Relocation Project Managers. This role positions you at the center of workplace transformation initiatives, where you'll oversee project schedules, budgets, and vendor activities while ensuring client confidentiality and delivering exceptional outcomes. Your expertise will directly contribute to JLL's reputation for operational excellence while you develop advanced skills in project management, stakeholder coordination, and continuous improvement within a fast-paced, collaborative environment.

What your day-to-day will look like:

• Project Leadership & Management: Plan and successfully manage small to medium-sized furniture projects and reconfigurations, developing comprehensive project plans, schedules, and budgets through collaboration with facility, project, and vendor managers

• Client Relationship Management: Serve as primary JLL contact for furniture relocation requests, providing clients with scheduled dates, updates, progress pictures, and maintaining active communication throughout project lifecycles

• Vendor Coordination & Oversight: Manage partnerships with third-party furniture dealers and vendors, coordinate with FPM Coordinators and Senior FPMs, and ensure seamless collaboration across Space Management, Project Management, and Facility Management teams

• Project Administration: Set up project files, folders, and templates at project initiation, manage tracking systems throughout projects, prepare status reports, review work orders, and maintain comprehensive documentation for due diligence

• Design Collaboration: Interface with designers and clients to develop furniture options, finalize project concepts, prepare final documents for approval, and ensure alignment with workplace design principles and client expectations

• Financial & Schedule Management: Track project hours, spend, and vendor activities, maintain accountability for regional furniture activity schedules and budgets, and complete JLL internal and client project close-out processes

• Stakeholder Engagement: Participate in presentation interviews, communicate effectively in meetings, engage with SPW, Facilities, Strategic Planning, and Project Management teams for scope and cost coordination

Required Qualifications:

• 3-5 years of facility, project, furniture activity, or construction-related experience in Corporate Real Estate environments with background in project management, construction management, or architecture preferred

• Proven experience managing project schedules, budgets, and multiple activities with minimal guidance in fast-paced environments with demonstrated ability to coordinate colleagues, vendors, and partners effectively

• Proficiency in AutoCAD, experience with CMMS technology including move management modules, and enhanced ability to utilize Google Suite technologies for project coordination and documentation

• Knowledge of construction or commercial real estate industry with familiarity in architectural drawings, furniture and space planning concepts, and experience managing electrical and data activity related to furniture installations

•  Strong written and verbal communication skills with ability to interact effectively with executive-level external and internal clients, provide constructive criticism with actionable directives, and manage meetings effectively

• Highly organized professional with strong analytical capabilities, ability to multi-task successfully, and demonstrated experience working both independently and within collaborative team environments

• Experience in people or vendor management with advanced knowledge of planning and delivery services and ability to maintain professional relationships across diverse stakeholder groups

Preferred Qualifications:

• Background in furniture industry with experience working with multiple manufacturers' furniture systems and understanding of commercial furniture installation processes

• Experience with project oversight for complex furniture initiatives and large-scale workplace transformation projects within corporate environments •

• Advanced familiarity with client facilities management systems, project tracking platforms, and emerging workplace technology solutions

• Enhanced experience collaborating with interior designers and space planners on comprehensive workplace design projects and furniture specification processes

• Background in project strategy planning with understanding of long-term workplace trends and furniture lifecycle management principles  

• Experience leading lessons learned sessions and implementing continuous improvement initiatives within regional or zone-based operational frameworks

This position does not provide visa sponsorship. Candidates must be authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship.

Expected compensation for this position:

Final compensation packages are determined by various considerations including but not limited to candidate qualifications, location, market conditions, and internal considerations.

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If this job description resonates with you, we encourage you to apply, even if you don’t meet all the requirements.  We’re interested in getting to know you and what you bring to the table!

Personalized benefits that support personal well-being and growth:

JLL recognizes the impact that the workplace can have on your wellness, so we offer a supportive culture and comprehensive benefits package that prioritizes mental, physical and emotional health. Some of these benefits include:

• 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
• Early access to earned wages through Daily Pay

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