Gretchen Beckwith
- Role
- SVP, Integrated Facilities Management & Account Director for Key Client Account, Google at JLL
- Location
- Charlotte, NC, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Gretchen Beckwith
I’m a Corporate Real Estate professional with nearly 20 years of leadership and expertise…
Experience
SVP, Integrated Facilities Management & Account Director for Key Client Account, Google
Mar 2017 — Present
SCOPE: Following AT & T’s acquisition of DirecTV, I stepped into a new role leading the creation of the annual account plan and managing the Latin American real estate portfolio for Google, plus two business lines. METRICS: 7 Direct Reports |~260 Indirect Reports | 8 Countries | 36 Corporate Locations |~4M Square Feet |$38M Budget Management KEY CONTRIBUTIONS: I drive strategic planning and operational improvement across talent acquisition, financial management, occupancy planning and move management, supply chain, and more, in alignment with corporate goals. MY ACCOMPLISHMENTS: Resolved complex HR challenges across Canada, Latin America, and the U.S, and cultivated employee engagement and cooperation, yielding streamlined transformation efforts. Successfully headed global commercial and vendor contract changes. Took on two additional client business lines comprising a network/fiber group across 12 retail and corporate locations and a Brazilian media production space spanning 260K square feet. Introduced training and team-building efforts in eight countries to reduce duplicated work, establish accountability, and optimize transparency and trust between senior leadership and international teams. Orchestrated post-COVID returns to the office worldwide, focusing on effective space planning and strengthening morale through planning and executing customized cultural events. Championed a 4.6/5 average KPI rating across regions.
Skills
- Policy
- Time Management
- Contract Management
- Leadership
- Logistics
- Pipelines
- Procurement
- Space Planning
- Vendor Management
- Budgets
- Energy
- Analysis
- Process Improvement
- Construction
- Budgeting
- Management
- Project Management
- Change Management
- Leases
- Real Estate
- Business Analysis
- Project Planning
- Negotiation
- Facilities Management
- Contract Negotiation
- Sales
- Natural Gas
- Strategic Planning
- Operations Management
- Strategy
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