Conference Services Manager Corporate Services ()

How Youll Make an Impact:

• Identify the clients objectives and expectations and provide subsequent recommendations
• Attend planning meetings as required
• Liaise with vendors and stakeholders during the event planning process
• Supervise the Conference Planning team and ensure proper coordination of timelines internally to meet client expectations
• Create Meetings Excellence service offering by designing unique space and ensuring service delivery through development of Standard Office Procedures (SOPs) and training for staff
• Build relationships and prospect future sales from client lists and references from existing clients
• Use promotional packages and other marketing materials to increase the sales potential of our client through marketing added value services to prospective customers
• Conduct site tours as required to market the facilities for prospective customers.
• Be active in networks of various organizations / associations to build customer networks as well as suppliers for specialized event services or products
• Manage Key Client events
• Establish and administer event quotes contracts and progress.
• In line with financial objectives design and develop special event proposals that conceptualize and plan the meeting of customer requirements
• Conduct site inspections throughout planning to ensure everything adheres to the clients standards
• Coordinate with external vendors complete financial billing review and complete daily and weekly reporting

Qualifications :

What Youll Need to Succeed:

• 3-5 of experience in event management preferably with specialized post-secondary education
• Certified Meeting Planner (CMP) preferred
• Revenue focused and seeks opportunity in all communication with customers
• Strong financial management skills re: financial analysis procurement of vendor services etc
• Exceptionally service oriented
• Well-organized multi-tasker
• Outstanding communication and interpersonal skills
• Team player to maintain effective relationships and communication between various departments involved in the delivery of any conference or event.
• Experience in sales and marketing as it relates to creating proposals and managing sales objectives
• Software skills include Delphi Social Tables Microsoft Office
• Must be a self-starter able to take initiative running projects from start through to completion with minimal oversight

Additional Information :

What Youll Need to Succeed:

Working with Sodexo is more than a job; its a chance to be part of something greater because we believe our everyday actions have a big impact. Youbelongin a company that allows you toactwith purpose andthrivein your own addition we offer:

• Flexible work environment
• Competitive compensation & great employee benefits
• Training and development programs
• Countless opportunities for growth
• Corporate responsibility & sustainability
• An award-winning employer for Sustainability Diversity & Inclusion Corporate Social Responsibility and much more. View Sodexos latest awardshere
• And so much more!

Sodexo is committed to Employment Equity and Diversity. We do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of national origin race religion ethnic group age disability gender sexual preference sexual or gender identity status as a veteran or any other federal provincial or local protected class.

We welcome and encourage applications from people with is available on request from candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.

Sodexo is committed to providing a safe and healthy working environment for our team members customers clients contractors business partners guests and members of the public with whom we regularly interact. We require that all new hires in hospitals long term care facilities and senior homes to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and may require any other new hires to be fully vaccinated based on the location and scope of their employment.

Thank you for your interest in Sodexo.

Please note that only those candidates under consideration will be contacted.

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Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time

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