Workplace Design & Space Planning Manager

TJX Companies

At TJX Companies, every day brings new opportunities for growth, exploration, and achievement. You'll be part of our vibrant team that embraces diversity, fosters collaboration, and prioritizes your development. Whether you're working in our four global Home Offices, Distribution Centers or Retail Stores-TJ Maxx, Marshalls, Homegoods, Homesense, Sierra, Winners, and TK Maxx, you'll find abundant opportunities to learn, thrive, and make an impact. Come join our TJX family-a Fortune 100 company and the world's leading off-price retailer.

Job Description:

The Opportunity: Contribute To The Growth Of Your Career

At TJX, our Workplace Services team develops and operates effective and engaging work environments for our Associates, vendors, neighbors, and visitors. As our fortune 100 company continues to grow, we continue to expand and upgrade our facilities portfolio. We've added this position resource to help better support our growth. In this role you will manage space demand forecasts, workplace design, office moves, furniture reconfiguration, capital, and branding projects.

• Partner with TJX business leaders to plan best use of space to meet department business objectives. Leverage established space standards and/or develop new standards as required.
• Create installation/phasing plan of new floor plan and cost assessment for departmental approval. Acquire furniture assets needed to complete projects from inventory and order new as needed.
• Work with internal and external resources to effectively communicate and execute projects. Determine construction schedule and phasing based on department requirements, internal and external resource availability and availability of furniture assets and building assets required.
• Work with business liaison(s) to create move documentation, including move cut sheets and floor plans of people and equipment. Provide regular updates to business partners throughout the project.

• Partner with TJX business leaders, along with internal and external partners, to lead capital projects. Create department space plans in collaboration with the architect (when required) and internal team.
• Design and develop budgets for furniture, brand, and technology packages to be installed. Manage vendors' deliveries and coordinate installation with the construction team's scheduling. Resolve schedule conflicts as they arise.
• Work with Human Resources and Internal Communications to develop change management plans based on clientele and project size. Work with department liaisons to create move documentation, including move cut sheets and floor plans of people and equipment.
• Provide regular updates to business partners throughout the project.

• Maintain AutoCAD drawings of Workplace Service portfolio to ensure accuracy of space planning, seat assignments, furniture assets, square footage chargebacks, and usage for wayfinding.
• Partner with IWMS administrator to ensure integrity of space management database.
• Keep records of all non-typical projects, including but not limited to furniture installs at regional offices, distribution centers, and various field centers.
• Create and provide drawings to document specialty needs as required.

• Develop and deliver insights from across the portfolio, including but not limited to space management, occupancy & utilization, move management, and project management.
• Develop executive dashboards and summaries.
• Identify and support process improvement opportunities.

• Manages vendors assigned to TJX projects to ensure successful delivery of all elements and tasks per TJX standard, while demonstrating the TJX code of conduct.
• Monitor industry trends for new and/or improved products pertaining to furniture systems, space management, interior design, branding, and workplace technology. Evaluate potential fit and applicability for use at TJX.

• Process requests for new or replacement furniture to facilitate job and organizational changes. Requests can range from small (new file cabinet) to large (new office furniture for a promotion). Support ergonomic requests as approved by HR and Risk Management.

• Meet with function leaders and department managers to develop plans for upcoming 1-3-year period.
• Assess needs for potential special projects to support business growth or non-standard requirements.

• Bachelor's degree in interior design, architecture, facilities management, or equivalent.
• Minimum 5-7 years of commercial space planning, project management & move experience; knowledge of furniture systems.
• Extensive AutoCAD and facility management software experience (FM:Systems preferred), proficient in MS Offices suite including MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook.
• Strong interpersonal, communication, and presentation skills with demonstrated comfort interacting with all levels of leadership
• Knowledge of building systems, construction best practices, building codes, egress requirements, and ADA compliance.
• Excellent organization, planning, and project management skills; ability to prioritize and handle multiple tasks.
• Scaled budget management, tracking and reporting
• Strong analytical skills to evaluate and present headcount and utilization data, proposals, and project ideas.
• Detail oriented, self-starter who works well independently and can build relationships with internal clients, vendors, and stakeholders.
• Comfortable working on-site, with travel as needed to support projects and relationships