Program Manager or Program Coordinator - Corp. Meeting Planning-Chicago
Ref: #839
Are you a Meeting Planner with 6-8 or 8-10 years of experience? Or aMeeting Planner with 2-5 years of experience? Client will hire either a Program Manager or a Program Coordinator depending on experience. Havethird party or incentive travel expertise? Like to travel to exotic locations? Love to plan educational meetings /events from concept to completion? Problem solver? Consultative mindset? Can do attitude? Certifications (CMP- Certified Meeting Planner and/or HMCC-Health Care Meeting Compliance Certification) are value added.
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Chicago meeting planning and incentive company seeks experiencedProgram Manager to help fuel corporate growth. Client recognized for excellence in meeting planning & exceeding customer expectations, creativity & maximizing budget dollars.
Qualifications:
-College graduate with 6-8 or 8-10 years' experience in corporate meeting planning as Program -Manager, preferably for a third party incentive planning company, corporate meeting planning or travel director. Candidate enjoys logistics planning, hands on work and team approach.
-Proven track record of achieving excellence. Able to provide employer, vendor & client references.
-Sophisticated verbal skills - conscientious interest in problem solving. Able to show initiative, creativity & determination to reach successful solutions.
-Astute negotiation skills, budget planning expertise, broad knowledge ofdomestic/international destinations, hotels & venues.
-Hard working, "self starter" team player. Accountable for initiating & monitoring projects through to completion.
-High energy, versatile & multi task oriented, self directed. Must have good analytical skills with exceptional attention to detail combined with "common sense".
-Good computer skills with a "can do" attitude; strong working knowledge of Microsoft suite, especially Word, Excel and Access; Power Point a plus. Mac experience a plus.
-Excellent verbal & written communication skills. Candidate able to deal with clients, suppliers & other vendors in confident, flexible, professional & effective manner.
-Must haves: positive team player who thrives in challenging and changing environment. Enjoys working with & being dependent upon broad range & levels of personnel.
-Flexible & composed under competing time requirements & changing deadlines. Excellent focus, planning/organizational skills & good sense of priorities. Goes above & beyond to get the job done.
-Candidate is dedicated, committed to excellence, budget management & customer satisfaction.
-Domestic & international travel including travel over weekends is required.
Responsibilities:
-Participate with team on large client programs; manage specific programs independently, from planning through program operations. Will plan and coordinate logistics for meetings, product launches and incentive programs.
-Clients are mostly on the east and west coast.
-Research travel proposals, presentations, hotel and venue site selection, negotiate and book events, administer contracts, design menus & negotiate. Also coordinate audiovisual, manage attendees, costs & planning of all details, on-site program management & production & reconcile final invoice.
-Focus on meetings, with 70% in locations outside of the US, mostly Asia and Europe.
Breakout of Responsibilities:
10% Support sales for new biz presentations
15% Research for existing projects- hotels, transportation, venues, etc.
10% Client communications
25% Planning- specifics, negotiations, contracts
20% on site- with hotel, client, vendors
10% billing & post program reconciliation
10% education, presentations, trade shows, networking
To Apply: Send your resume, current salary, work samples and answers to the questions from this link http://lhazan.com/qa/ to ProgMgr@Lhazan.com. Your follow up call to 312-863-5401 will make a difference.
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