Manager, Corporate Events Resume Example Konica Minolta Business Solutions

MANAGER, CORPORATE EVENTS

Summary

I am a highly motivated business professional with more than 20 years of experience in meeting and incentive travel planning. I am a seasoned events manager who is highly effective collaborating with teams of people, creating successful events for both domestic and international.

I have an ability to manage a team, plan and facilitate trade shows, meetings and corporate events with up to 2,000 attendees, creating impact and effectiveness, while staying within budget.

My objective is to be a part of a winning team. Obtain a position in a professional environment where I can utilize my current skill sets and have an opportunity to grow.

Highlights

A self-starter and team player who is highly motivated, organized and detail oriented
Proactive and driven with creativity
Focused on brand messaging and Inspiring Customer Passion
Effective communicator and work effectively under tight deadlines
Have a strong reporting and managing process skills

Ability to manage and execute a 20M dollar budget which includes: Corporate meetings and events, vertical market and key account trade shows, award recognition programs with a travel component and high-end international customer incentive travel programs
Have an understanding of audio visual production
Hospitality driven for a more effective onsite experience with customers
Has strong negotiating skills

Accomplishments

In Q1 of FY15 using strong negotiating skills I was able to reduce my overall spend with vendors by 10%, making an honest effort on my part in recognizing current market conditions.

Working effectively with my team I led them to successfully executing an acquisition launch event for 200 attendees within five business days, including an executive meeting, a general session and a product and solutions exposition, while working from the British Isles.

Hired, effectively trained and managed a trade show coordinator for three months who went on to successfully execute more than 35 trade shows in three quarters.

Experience

Manager, Corporate Events01/1989 to CurrentKonica Minolta Business SolutionsWindsor, Connecticut

Corporate Events Management - Manage a small group of event planners responsible for corporate meetings, sports marketing events, incentive travel and industry trade shows.
Budget management including accruals, performance reviews, and expense report approvals.
Development - Develop and idea for an event, assist with the development of the marketing program to support the program. Use creativity to create exciting events that meet goals and objectives of the company.
Planning - Plan and execute high profile council meetings for the President of Konica Minolta, plan and execute more than 10-20 corporate meetings of my own per fiscal year. Programs include a multiple of employee kick-off meetings which have included large tents, food and beverage, slide decks, live broadcasts, guest speakers and hired entertainment. Oversee more than 10 learning events for sales and service training; many of which include hotels, meals, learning tracks, transportation and off site meals for audiences 9-750
Incentive Travel Programs - Develop an idea, plan and execute two premium incentive travel programs per year. First, President's Club with more than 2,300 possible qualifiers, stack ranking into the top 300 positions for an opportunity to attend a four night, five day luxury trip, a total of 650 attendees. Manage the travel provider, conduct site inspections, select activities and entertainment, and work with a production team on a half million dollar awards event. The second trip is an extraordinary 3 - 3.5 million dollar top customer experience. Work with an outside travel partner on location ideas, pitch destinations to the President, execute a site inspection with the travel provider and destination Management Company, plan and execute the trip.
Facilitate marketing the program, throughout the 12-15 months.
Corporate sponsored events - Golf tournaments and our sponsored race team events.
Product launches, field powerhouses, acquisition and media events.
Trade shows - Directly responsible for the business partnership with our local exhibit house, and the development of our on line portable booth program used by more than 100 Konica Minolta branches nationwide, and the execution of more than 65 industry trade shows per year; 100 square feet up to a custom 50,000 square foot exhibit with a load in of more than 10 tractor trailers.

Education

Associate of Arts: Graphic Arts1985Springfield Technical CommunitySpringfield, Mass, Hamden

Skills

Management Skills: budget management, performance reviews, assignment of work details.

Meeting Planning: strong hotel contract negotiation skills, strong creative skills, always thinking outside the box to create strong customer experiences, strong on site execution skills, and production

Level of Expertise: Develop and manage high-end customer events. Domestic and International travel experiences, I have a complete understanding of incentive travel, creating that high-end customer experience

I am customer centric, and budget conscious. I am innovative, always finding new ways of engaging the customer, taking ownership

Resume Overview

Companies Worked For:

Konica Minolta Business Solutions

School Attended

Springfield Technical Community

Job Titles Held:

Manager, Corporate Events

Degrees

Associate of Arts : Graphic Arts 1985

Manager, Corporate Events Resume Example

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