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Role Purpose

The Facilities Manager is responsible for leading workplace and facilities operations for the Kuala Lumpur site, ensuring a safe, reliable, compliant and high-quality workplace experience.

The role provides day-to-day leadership of site operations and the Workplace team, with accountability for service delivery, workplace experience, vendor performance, financial management, compliance, operational improvement and stakeholder management.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead day-to-day workplace and facilities operations, ensuring safe, reliable and consistent service delivery in accordance with Microsoft requirements, agreed SLAs/KPIs, SOPs and applicable regulations.
• Act as the primary site-level point of contact for workplace and facilities matters, building effective relationships with Microsoft stakeholders, employees, landlords, service partners and supporting functions.
• Drive workplace experience and service excellence, proactively addressing employee and guest feedback, service issues and opportunities for improvement.
• Manage vendors and service providers, driving service quality, SLA/KPI performance, compliance, cost effectiveness, corrective actions and continuous improvement.
• Conduct regular site inspections and operational reviews, proactively identifying workplace deficiencies, service gaps and risks and ensuring actions are driven through to closure.
• Manage operational performance and reporting, using service, financial and SLA/KPI data to identify trends, conduct root-cause analysis and recommend improvement actions.
• Manage site OPEX, budgets and forecasts, including PO and accrual management, invoice validation, financial controls and identification of cost-efficiency opportunities.
• Ensure compliance with applicable health, safety, security and regulatory requirements, including safe working practices, audits, incident follow-up and corrective actions.
• Manage landlord, building and maintenance matters, including preventive and reactive maintenance, work orders and operational risks, while minimizing business disruption.
• Support emergency preparedness and business continuity, including site readiness, emergency planning, drills and facilities response during incidents.
• Support workplace projects, changes and sustainability initiatives, driving practical improvements in employee experience, operational efficiency, energy, water, waste and overall site performance.
• Demonstrate end-to-end ownership of site matters, anticipating operational risks, resolving issues proactively and escalating significant risks appropriately.

People Leadership

• Lead, coach and develop the Workplace team, establishing clear roles, priorities, service expectations and accountability.
• Establish site and individual goals and cascade objectives through JLL's performance management process.
• Manage goal setting, mid-year and year-end performance reviews for direct reports.
• Maintain appropriate development and succession plans, including cross-training and knowledge transfer to support operational continuity.
• Build a collaborative, accountable and service-focused team culture.

Key Skills & Experience

• 5–6 years of relevant experience in facilities management, workplace operations, property management or corporate real estate, with 2–3 years of people-management or supervisory experience.
• Relevant degree or diploma in Facilities Management, Property Management, Engineering, Building Services, Business Management or a related discipline preferred.
• Proven experience managing workplace operations, vendors and service providers, including SLA/KPI performance.
• Strong stakeholder management and customer-service orientation.
• Good financial and commercial management capability, including exposure to budgets, OPEX, POs, accruals and invoice management.
• Strong understanding of workplace health, safety, compliance and operational risk.
• Good analytical, problem-solving and root-cause analysis skills.
• Strong people-management, coaching and team-development capability.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities, exercise sound judgement and operate with appropriate autonomy.
• Strong continuous-improvement and service-excellence mindset

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