EVENTS MANAGER - CLIENT SIDE
NORTH WEST ENGLAND
£UP TO £47,700 PLUS BENEFITS

SP16808

Are you looking to take your career in-house and take the lead on some exciting B2C events?

THE COMPANY

Our client is one of the world's largest consumer companies, owned by millions of members. As well as having clear financial and operational objectives and employing nearly 70,000 people, they are a recognised leader for their social goals and community-led programmes.

THE ROLE

We're looking for a driven senior level Events Manager to take our client's events to the next level! In this role you will manage the delivery of a full calendar of flagship events throughout the UK. The events team manage a huge range of events across the country each year; from charity events to supplier conferences and awards ceremonies where you ensure every one of them exceeds expectations and lands successfully, on time and within budget!

Key duties will include:

Overseeing all elements of event delivery including taking the lead on large events
Ensuring communication and efficiencies between all internal departments
Supplier management and negotiation
Line management and development of a team
Budget management including full financial reconciliation
On-site event management when required
Line management responsibility
Key stakeholder management

THE CANDIDATE

The ideal candidate will be an Event Director or Account Director from within an agency environment, have strong leadership skills and hands on experience of working on and delivering high profile events. You will have experiencing of mentoring and leading people and the ability to apply business and customer strategy to all kinds of events.

If you have great relationship management skills and confident challenging and presenting to all kinds of leaders then we need you!

In return you can expect:

Competitive salary
28 days holiday (rising to 31 in line with service)
Annual incentive scheme
Access to private health scheme
Discounts on products and services
Pension with up to 10% employer contributions

This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced event professional where results are recognised and rewarded.

Live specialises in all disciplines (and at all levels) across experiential, creative and events. If this position isn't quite what you're looking for please visit www.live-recruitment.co.uk to view all of the opportunities we are recruiting.