Daily Sustainability Job Post

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Position Overview:

Slalom is a modern consulting firm focused on strategy, technology, and business transformation. We redefine what’s possible, and create what’s next.

At Slalom, personal connection meets global scale. We build deep relationships with our clients in 39 markets around the world, while sharing insights across markets to bring the full breadth of Slalom’s expertise to every engagement. Our regional Build Centers are hubs for innovation, attracting top talent to rapidly co-create the technology products of tomorrow. We also nurture strong partnerships with over 300 leading technology providers, including Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud, Microsoft, Salesforce, and Tableau.

Founded in 2001 and headquartered in Seattle, Slalom has organically grown to over 8,000 employees. We have been named one of Fortune’s 100 Best Companies to Work For five years running and are regularly recognized by our employees as a best place to work. Learn more at slalom.com.

We’re focused on:

• Inclusion as a top priority. All of our employees should feel understood, included, connected, and safe.
• Committing to a diverse workforce at all levels and taking a broad view of diversity that incorporates gender, race and ethnicity, background, geography, thinking, working styles, and more.

Who are we:

• We like to have fun
• We brainstorm
• We support each other
• We have a purpose
• We smile A LOT

Who are you:

• You have passion for people
• You are collaborative and driven to do what is right
• You are not afraid to be bring your authentic self to work
• You embrace a continuous learner mentality with a commitment to honest introspection

Slalom’s Global Services Operations group is hiring a Global Facilities Program Manager on our Spaces Team to help us with our continued growth. This person will develop, implement and maintain programs in support of our global facilities. This individual’s focus is to be proactively evaluating processes, identifying opportunities and enhancing the workplace experience. A key program area of focus is the environment as an integral part of Slalom’s Environment/ Social/Governance (ESG) corporate initiatives. Collaborating and building relationships remotely is a critical aspect of the role.

The Spaces Team, based in Seattle, has oversight responsibilities for the full life cycle of all of Slalom’s offices world-wide including selection, leasing, designing, construction and set-up and ongoing facilities operations support for all of Slalom’s offices. (Visit www.slalom.com for a complete list of locations.)

The ideal candidate will grow the programs and team across all of Slalom’s global offices. You will have a strong understanding of and experience in creating and delivering facilities programs and best practices and driving change management and adoption.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic and ongoing support to a varying group of local market Office Operations and leadership teams in a designated portfolio of markets
• Develop and lead facilities operations Environment Social Governance (ESG) initiatives including reporting, benchmarking, developing and implementing reduction activities/programs
• Develop best practices for operations and maintenance for markets
• Provide consulting services and support for Office Operations teams
• Review rent and operating expenses
• Develop and implement flexible/temporary space program
• Provide consulting on space planning and support for furniture orders and repairs
• Build relationships with market leadership, Office Operations and property management
• Collaborate with Operations Business Partners to identify, build and launch facilities program opportunities
• Provide support and coordination, as needed, including minor tenant improvement projects and refreshes
• Create and maintain service management knowledgebase articles

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or relevant experience; IFMA certification (CFM, FMP) preferred
• 7-10 years of experience with facilities management or operations
• Solid understanding and experience with sustainability assessment frameworks, specifically CDP and EcoVadis
• Experience advising remote teams
• Attention to detail and a strong passion for excellent customer service
• Effective team leader and people manager
• Proven ability to set priorities and work independently while remaining flexible and consistently meeting deadlines in a fast-paced environment
• Working knowledge of MS Office software including MS Excel, MS Word, MS Visio, MS PowerPoint
• Demonstrate excellent verbal, interpersonal and written skills to effectively communicate with all levels of the company, including senior leadership
• Ability to travel ~20%