National Senior Event Planner, Meeting and Event Services – Deloitte
Company Name: Deloitte
Location: Parsippany, NJ
Type: Full Time
Job Description:
Deloitte Services LP includes internal support areas such as Marketing and Communications, Human Resources/Talent, Information Technology, Facilities Management, and Financial Support Services. This position is responsible for the strategic planning and execution of Deloitte meetings with a primary focus on meetings delivered at Deloitte University as well as at external hotels and venues. These meetings require advanced meeting planning expertise and demand a significant amount of interaction and communication with senior leadership as well as clients.
Job Responsibilities:
- Deliver exceptional client service with a consultative, solutions-oriented approach
- Forecast management and impeccable data integrity
- Strict adherence to meeting protocols (cost saving measures, risk policies, contract approvals)
- Liaison between meeting sponsor and sourcing/registration/DU operations/vendors/closing; understand and interpret meeting objectives and navigate through the meeting teams’ processes on behalf of meeting sponsor
- Frequent interaction and communication with firm leadership and external clients through meeting registration and coordination
- Rooms management to minimize financial impact to the firm in regard to meeting attrition and DU utilization
- Serve as single point of contact for both the sponsor and the hotel/meeting venue
- Develop, review and approve detailed specifications with hotel operations – conference services, rooms, catering, conference set up, AV, business center, accounting, IT/Communications
- Manage contracts outside hotel provided services when required or costs can be leveraged (production, event decor, entertainment, transportation, team-building, IT, special supplies/materials, temp assistance)
- On-site support for designated meetings to insure successful meeting execution
- Audit and prepare invoices for processing
- Post meeting reporting and reconciliation
- Frequent interaction with Hotel/DMC/Hospitality Industry sales and operation professionals, supporting Deloitte’s partnerships in a professional manner.
Qualifications
Qualifications – External
- Specialized knowledge in contracting, organizing and managing all logistical aspects of complex meetings; 5-10 years’ experience
- Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without the need for employer sponsorship, now or at any time in the future.
- Excellent communication skills (written and oral) with a consultative style
- Project management – ability to understand scope, create timelines and budgets, and deliver on time to budget
- Solutions & results oriented
- Ability to work independently, on multiple projects simultaneously and under deadlines
- Ability to handle high volume workload and fast pace; manage stress
- Strong working knowledge of Word, Excel, Outlook
- Excellent customer service
- BA/BS required; MBA preferred
- Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without the need for employer sponsorship, now or at any time in the future.