Occupancy Planning Manager (Toronto)

About the Role: As an Occupancy Planner at CBRE, you will play a key role in delivering strategic occupancy planning solutions that support our client's evolving workplace needs. Acting as a trusted advisor, you will collaborate closely with key stakeholders and client leadership to develop data-driven strategies that optimize space utilization, enhance employee experience, and align real estate decisions with business objectives. This role sits within our Client Consulting function, where we provide advisory services across real estate operations and investments. You will lead occupancy planning initiatives end-to-end—translating insights into actionable recommendations, driving strategic conversations, and ensuring seamless execution in partnership with cross-functional teams. Success in this role requires a strong balance of analytical expertise, client relationship management, and strategic thinking. You will influence decision-making at multiple levels, bringing forward innovative solutions that deliver measurable value to our clients. Guided by CBRE’s RISE values—Respect, Integrity, Service, and Excellence—you will foster cooperative partnerships, demonstrate accountability, and consistently deliver high-quality outcomes that elevate the client experience. What You’ll Do: - Coordinate and manage the team's daily activities. Establish work schedules, assign tasks, and cross-train staff. Set and track staff and department deadlines. Mentor and coach as needed. - Drive partnerships and cross-marketing efforts with internal lines of business. This includes Brokerage, Capital Markets, Project Management, Facilities Management, and other company divisions. - Contribute to strategic plans for optimizing client's small to medium property portfolios. Evaluate real estate location data and guide client on planning. - Work with client on adopting flexible ways of working. Optimize work styles and workplace relationships. - Train occupiers through change management. Educate on new ways of working and aligning business management to adopt change. Coach how to evaluate the effect of the workplace on performance. - Collaborate across practice areas. This includes shared business development resources, assignment staffing, and marketing approaches. - Ensure compliance with policies. This includes fee sharing, licensing requirements, subcontractor liability, and more. - Lead by example and model behaviors that are consistent with CBRE RISE values. Influence parties of shared interests to reach an agreement. - Apply knowledge of own discipline and how own discipline integrates with others to achieve team and departmental objectives. - Identify, troubleshoot, and resolve day-to-day and moderately complex issues that may or may not be evident in existing systems and processes. Apply on Kit Job: kitjob.ca/job/2prxe1