Event Manager

Description:

POSITION SUMMARY:

Builds an achievement culture by leading business and marketing strategy for all Internal Events. Ensures the success of events by directing the vision for our client.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Assist Event Manage with coordination and management from kick off to after action review for all external events, conferences, sponsorships, and trade shows.

• Lead coordination and management from kick off to after action review for internal events at NPCIC – Customer Visit, Management Visits, Chef to chef events, trainings, and more.

• Lead coordination and management from kick off to after action review of All Food and Beverage “national” celebration events - from International Coffee Day in lobby to YOCUTA student training events off-site.

• Support and coordinate the successful and consistent execution of local / regional events (toolkits, etc.)

• Creates and owns the trade show calendar, updating as necessary and communicating to all stakeholders to ensure successful execution.

• Responsible for ensuring all equipment, technical set up, product samples are on site in good time for show, tracking of and shipping of samples as necessary and receipt by venues.

• Ensures all events, whether attended or not have accountable category, channel, and sales ownership.

• Co-ordinates with exhibition houses to ensure appropriate materials and equipment are available and shipped as needed.

• Liaising with Archway as necessary on POS materials and ensuring stock levels of key marketing materials are maintained for trade show use.

• Constantly seeks to improve our presence and impact at all shows.

• Attends as necessary major events to ensure flawless execution.

• Adheres to set budget.

SUPERVISION RECEIVED:

Reports to Sr Manager Culinary Innovation

SUPERVISION GIVEN:

Indirectly supervises cross-functional teams.

REQUIREMENTS / EDUCATION:

• High School Diploma minimum required, preferably degree educated.

• Minimum of 5 years events/trade show type related experience, ideally in a B2B environment

• Must be able to drive and be able to travel via air.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

• Administrative skills; MS Word & PowerPoint, MS Excel, knowledge of basic business, numerate, telephone skills, filing (electronic & manual), and professional-level organizational skills.

• Ideally experience of working for several managers and in a flexible, fast paced environment

• Timely completion of project deliverables

• Positive attitude towards work and getting things done.

• Excellent communicator and working with customers and suppliers.

• Collaborates well with co-workers.

• Ability to multi-task

• Prepared to work on own initiative with at times, varying priorities.

• Solid verbal and written skills

• Able to work overtime and weekends if necessary and prepared to be away from home for several days at a time during events.

• Ability to work under pressure meeting time constraints.

SKILLS:

• Strong leadership.

• Project Management.

• Interpersonal skills across the entire organization.

• Entrepreneur qualities.

• Courage and creativity, innovative mindset