Senior Facility Planner

Senior Facility Planner

Abbvie's mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines and solutions that solve serious health issues today and address the medical challenges of tomorrow. We strive to have a remarkable impact on people's lives across several key therapeutic areas immunology, oncology, neuroscience, and eye care and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at www.abbvie.com.

The Senior Facility Planner plays a pivotal role in strategically optimizing the organization's physical environments, ensuring their effective and efficient utilization. This position is integral to high-level decision-making processes in facility management, requiring the establishment and maintenance of strong relationships with various business units and a diverse array of stakeholders to align strategic objectives. Collaborating closely with leadership, the role involves devising and executing strategies to reorganize campus spaces to optimally address the evolving needs of business units.

Key responsibilities encompass leading and mentoring a team of facility planners, upholding design standards, overseeing service requests for renovations ranging from small to large scale, spearheading front-end planning initiatives, and providing critical support to senior leadership in strategic decision-making.

Responsibilities

• Lead strategic alignment of facility planning with organizational goals by fostering strong relationships with stakeholders and ensuring transparent communication that acknowledges contributions and aligns with company values.
• Spearhead data-driven decision-making by gathering and analyzing comprehensive data on space utilization, occupancy, and facility conditions to enhance planning activities.
• Drive the optimization of space, resources, and infrastructure to ensure maximum efficiency, functionality, and cost-effectiveness across the organization.
• Anticipate and assess current and future facility requirements by analyzing organizational growth trends and operational demands, ensuring space needs are met proactively.
• Oversee the development of feasibility studies to evaluate current space usage and implement strategic improvements for increased efficiency.
• Partner with organizational stakeholders to ensure facility planning is integrated with broader business objectives, leveraging space planning to optimize diverse business uses.
• Direct the design and execution of floor plan development and collaborate with project management to produce accurate cost estimates for projects.
• Formulate comprehensive plans for office and facility relocations, ensuring alignment with organizational goals, timelines, and strategic objectives.
• Articulate and present facility planning strategies to VP and senior leadership, leading high-level decision-making processes and championing sustainability initiatives for energy efficiency and resource conservation.
• This role may be responsible for mentoring and developing associate planners and facility planning coordinators, providing guidance and fostering a culture of professional development while ensuring compliance with safety, building codes, and environmental standards.

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree required, with a preferred field in Facility Management, Architecture, Engineering, Business Administration, or a related field. Masters degree preferred. A minimum of 10 years of experience in space planning, facility management, or project management. Knowledge of building codes, ADA, safety regulations, and sustainability practices. Strong analytical, problem-solving, and organizational skills. CAFM (Computer-Aided Facility Management), or similar space management program is a plus. Proficiency in the MS Office Suite, including advanced skills in MS Excel. Excellent communication and stakeholder management abilities. LEED Certification is a plus. Willingness to travel with a travel requirement of 20%.

Additional Information

The compensation range described below is the range of possible base pay compensation that the Company believes in good faith it will pay for this role at the time of this posting based on the job grade for this position. Individual compensation paid within this range will depend on many factors including geographic location, and we may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range. This range may be modified in the future.

We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick), medical / dental / vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.

This job is eligible to participate in our short-term incentive programs. This job is eligible to participate in our long-term incentive programs.

Note : No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, incentive, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole and absolute discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company's sole and absolute discretion, consistent with applicable law. AbbVie is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to operating with integrity, driving innovation, transforming lives and serving our community. Equal Opportunity Employer / Veterans / Disabled. US & Puerto Rico only.