Assistant Manager, Advisory

The position is responsible for providing superior client services on FM (Facility Management) and PM (Project Management) consultation, and the support for the account team under the transition stage or the lack of key resources. Also, she/he needs to collaborate with the Sales team to address client issues by organizing work content, compiling proposal materials including costs and schedules, and presenting these proposals to clients.

Responsibilities

Providing superior client services on FM and PM consultation and supporting the account team under transition stage or lack of key resources; Collaborating with Sales team to address client issues by organizing work content, compiling proposal materials including costs and schedules, and presenting proposals; Supporting Work Dynamics sales team to find new business opportunities; Supporting transition activities for successful DAY-1 of operations; Collaborating with onsite teams and other business lines to expand opportunities in existing accounts; Communicating well internally/externally; Building strong relationships with Clients, Work Dynamics sales team and onsite local teams; Collaborating with local/regional Legal/Finance/HR/other functional teams; Providing delivery, capital planning and management of small projects program within Japan; Providing delivery, due diligence or benchmarking study of consulting projects related to facilities management; Leading vendor partners on assigned projects; Proactively identifying, reporting and solving project and program risks; Managing project finances for capital projects within targeted budget; Identifying cost savings; Submitting timely cost and schedule change requests; Providing delivery and management of transition before operational launch; Providing client/team management as temporary backfill; Proposing and implementing solutions, recommendations and best practices; Considering new operational approaches (e.g. IoT and AI); Providing administrative support and collaborating with Sales team to create sales materials

Requirements

3 years plus experience in project management and 3 years plus experience in facilities management, critical engineering and/or building services; Be able to communicate fluently in English and Japanese; Confident, clear and comfortable in communicating with good presentation skills; Self-motivated; confident and energetic; Ability to work across multiple, matrix reporting environments and prioritize activities accordingly; Ability to effectively deal with stressful situations; Flexible – able to adapt to rapidly changing situations; Strongly goal-oriented – able to focus on meeting performance targets