Senior Event Planner

Amex GBT is a place where colleagues find inspiration in travel as a force for good and – through their work – can make an impact on our industry. We’re here to help our colleagues achieve success and offer an inclusive and collaborative culture where your voice is valued.

Meetings Managers at Amex GBT are passionate about corporate meetings and events. They transform ideas into unforgettable experiences and visions into reality. Our Meeting Managers are resilient, flexible, and adaptable to succeed in a fast-paced, evolving environment. They dream big and collaborate to ensure you produce top results. They are also phenomenal at encouraging a culture of open feedback, engagement, and accountability. Meetings Managers exhibit dedication to protecting people including fellow colleagues, clients, communities, and the planet. Our Meetings Managers are driven by curiosity, passion, optimism and believe that everybody can grow.

The Senior Event Planner will work closely with the client located in De Soto, Kansas and will have the opportunity to work a flexible Hybrid of remote work and at the client office.

What You Will Do:

• Consistently cultivate a strong working relationship with your client by effectively communicating details of the program, anticipating their needs, and providing an elevated level of customer service.

• Master organizer to orchestrate logistics with finesse, ensuring every event runs seamlessly.

• Shown skills for establishing relationships. Cultivate positive relationships with clients, suppliers, and teammates, creating a network of invaluable connections.

• Proficient in negotiations.

• Creative, proactively anticipate changes, and build innovative solutions.

• Coordinate and attend global site inspections when needed.

• Act as the executive producer of all event specifics and requirements.

• Develop and manage budgets by auditing all program related billing for accuracy, tracking and reporting expenses to clients and communicating changes on a consistent basis.

• Responsible for post event reconciliation within defined SLA parameters and work with accounting to complete final bill, reviewing prior to final invoicing to client.

• Accountable for evaluating the program’s impact, reassessing objectives and outcomes and planning for continuous improvement.

What We’re Looking For:

• Meeting planning experience over the last 3-5 years.

• Incredible communication skills to articulate your vision, inspire, and motivate.

• Highly motivated at meeting timeline expectations.

• Self-starter, love to laugh, and manage the journey.

• Problem-solving mind that can handle any unexpected twist.

• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite.

• Possess organizational superpowers.

• 4-year college degree or equivalent experience.

• Vast Experience with Cvent and not afraid of technology!

• A passion for creating presentations.

• CMP is preferred, but not expected.

As a Meeting Manager with Amex GBT, you will be the mastermind behind some of our most talked-about events, gaining recognition for your outstanding skills and creativity. You will be provided with a stage for your talents and the opportunity to make a difference and feel valued for your work. If you are passionate about our mission and believe you’d be a phenomenal addition to our team, we encourage you to apply. You may be exactly the talent we are looking for!

     

Location

United States

     

     

The US national annual base salary range for this position is from $46,000 to $93,000.  The national range provided includes the base salary that GBT expects to pay for the role.  Actual base salary will be based on factors including the scope and complexity of the role and the successful candidate’s relevant experience, skills, knowledge, and work location.

In addition to base salary, this role is eligible for an annual Performance Based Incentive, which rewards participants based on company performance.  For information about our comprehensive US benefits programs and eligibility, please review our Benefits-at-a-Glance document.

Benefits at a glance

     

     

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