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Planning Manager

BCD Meetings & Events: Planning Managers

About Us:

At BCD Meetings & Events (BCD M&E), we provide more than meeting and event planning services: we create connections that inspire, motivate, and change behavior for our customers. As the world’s most trusted and innovative meetings and events agency, BCD M&E cultivates a culture of people, passion and purpose to drive business forward.

Headquartered in Chicago, with locations in 50+ countries across the world, BCD M&E’s team of 1,800+ people are committed to sustainability and driving success for our customers, our business, and ourselves.

We offer a competitive salary and benefits package. Most importantly, we value our people and are committed to your success and continued growth. Learn more about us at bcdme.com/careers.

About the Role

We’re looking for a meeting planner. Planning Managers will commit to building and maintaining strong client relationships while providing best-in-class meeting and event services. Responsible for supporting and consulting client with all program logistics, including but not limited to; Food and Beverage, Audio Visual, Travel (air and ground), attendee and rooming list management and final bill reconciliation.

Planning Managers will commit to building and maintaining strong client relationships while providing best-in-class meeting and event services.

As a Planning Manager

Work with client to finalize all logistics; air travel, ground transportation, food & beverage, meal guarantees, meeting space, room set, audio/visual, production, off-site events, activities and special needs.
Fully understand the contract and addendum process and plan according to the contracted rooms and space and contracted terms and conditions.
Ability to work cross functionally with other support teams to manage all needs of the program including registration mangers, web builders and project accountants.
Complete vendor search, proposal process and contract negotiations for ancillary vendors (off-site events, ground transfers, activities).
Understand and effectively adhere to client meeting policies and SLAs.

You’re good at

Cvent Meeting Management Technology experience (Registration and Budgets)
Proactively add value through consultation to the client regarding best practices and additional ways to make their event successful.
Must be able to work independently in the absence of supervision with strong attention to detail and customer service skills
Strong and accurate verbal and written communication skills; capable of proactive problem solving, anticipating, initiating and resolving customer or vendor issues.
Ability to work well under pressure and adapt to ever-changing scenarios, managing a high volume of events simultaneously.
Ideal candidate possesses 5+ years in a lead planner role

You should know:

This role is virtual
Our standard working hours are 8:30 AM -5:30 PM with an hour's break.
Covid vaccination might be required for this role.

How to apply:

Click ‘Apply Now’ to be considered.

At BCD Meetings & Events we value you, our culture and success is defined by you. We carefully consider a wide range of compensation factors, including your professional background and experience. The salary range for candidates in applicable jurisdictions in the US for the position of Planning Manager is between $55,000 and $73,000. The actual pay depends on your skills, qualifications, experience, geographical location and project budget.

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