Responsibilities:

Project Planning and Strategy:

• Receive and manage all Request For Information (RFI) and Request For Proposals (RFP) responses and take responsibility for the end-to-end management of bids, including planning activities.
• Engage with client procurement representatives to understand the detailed requirements and securing additional information and understanding where possible.
• Connect with regional sales, accounts and PDS teams to gather lessons learnt and supporting details from other opportunities with the same client.
• Lead contract negotiations and awards.
• Ensure contracts with clients, consultants and suppliers are properly executed and maintained.
• Develop project plans, including scope, budget, and schedule, in alignment with client objectives and organizational goals.
• Identify and mitigate project risks and challenges, ensuring proper contingency plans are in place.
• Collaborate with clients and internal teams to establish project goals, objectives, and success criteria.
• Plan & Schedule authority approval process for all stages of the project identifying key stakeholder responsibilities.

Project Execution and Management:

• Lead project teams and oversee all project activities, including design, permitting, construction, procurement, and commissioning.
• Monitor project progress, proactively identify, and resolve issues, and ensure adherence to project plans and specifications.
• Manage project budget and resources effectively, monitoring costs, and ensuring project profitability.
• Coordinate with stakeholders to ensure clear and effective communication throughout the project lifecycle.
• Lead value engineering, buildability analysis, and assist in critically reviewing the design and documentation to minimize risk and maximize outcomes.
• Establishing and maintaining anticipated cost reports. Including cash flows and accruals. Ensuring invoices from vendors are submitted in a timely manner to both the clients and JLL accounting.
• Reviewing and providing recommendations on variations. Collecting and vetting appropriate supporting documentation for submission to clients. Obtaining timely client approvals.
• Implementing and maintaining JLL Health Safety and Environmental systems and take responsibility for areas under your direction.
• Effectively manage projects with minimal supervision.

Stakeholder Collaboration:

• Foster strong relationships with clients, consultants, contractors, and internal teams to effectively manage project expectations and deliverables.
• Collaborate with internal functional teams to ensure seamless integration of project requirements and client needs.
• Conduct regular project meetings and provide project updates to stakeholders, ensuring alignment and transparency.
• Engage with the Thailand base business leaders and other teams to prospect for opportunities with their potential clients and support those teams in solutioning PDS services.

Continuous Improvement

• Establish client networks within the industry for new opportunities.
• Work closely with JLL base business for early identification of potential opportunities.
• Contribute to the development and enhancement of project management processes, tools, and best practices.
• Stay updated on industry trends, emerging technologies, and market dynamics related to logistics and industrial real estate.

As a Project Director and Sector Lead, you have a responsibility as a leader to contribute to the development of less experienced colleagues through mentoring and coaching in all aspects of project management.

Key skills

• Experience in managing large green and brown filed projects in the hospitality sector
• Confidently manage project delivery from inception to closure.
• Proficiency in the use of Microsoft Office Suite, SharePoint, Microsoft Project, and experienced in managing cost reporting systems.
• Understand the legal environment for each project in respect of planning, commercial aspects, and delivery constraints.
• Be able to carry out commercial negotiations with contractors, suppliers, consultants, and authorities within established limits of authority.
• Understand our obligations for complying with ISO14001, ISO45001, ISO9001 and Environmental Health and Safety legislation generally.
• Assist in maintaining accreditations where applicable.
• Ability to assess clients’ needs and project constraints.
• Ability to assist in the commercial assessment of new projects.
• Have a detailed understanding of different delivery methods. I.e., Project Management, Construction Management, Managing Contractor and Warranted Price, Lump Sum etc.
• Ability to assist in the preparation of project proposals and the delivery of presentations that may be required as part of securing new work.

Employee specification

• A degree in a relevant Project or Construction Management related discipline and fifteen (15+) years’ experience with at least the last eight (10) years of which must be related to new build Design, Construction, andor Project Management of hotel or hospitality projects
• Proficient in Thai and English