Meetings & Event Planner

Created at: January 17, 2025 00:15

Company: Accenture

Location: CHICAGO, IL, 60290

Job Description:

Join Accenture, a leading global professional services company that helps the world’s leading businesses, governments and other organizations build their digital core, optimize their operations, accelerate revenue growth and enhance citizen services—creating tangible value at speed and scale. We are a talent and innovation led company with 738,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries.
Accenture Mobility within Corporate Services & Sustainability runs one of the world’s largest corporate travel programs covering business travel, assignments and events across the globe.  In a normal year we take care of over 300,000 travelers and over 50,000 assignees: providing a world-class service that allows them to focus on what matters most, whilst continuously striving for cost efficiency and maximized compliance.
The Meetings & Events Planner for the US Midwest will plan and execute meeting and event experiences in an agile and innovative way, reflecting a customer-centric and operationally effective approach. This includes consistently delivering exceptional customer service by fostering an environment of hospitality for Accenture clients, customers and colleagues.
Key Responsibilities
Event planning and event strategy
Manage event delivery and post-event facilitation, technology-related support, compliance and reporting
Vendor and venue procurement, contracting and dealings
Management of budgets, invoice reconciliation and payments
Communication Style ​
Adapts communication style and response time to consider customer seniority, situation, and support dedicated planning approach
Event Experience - Consultation & Development​
Provides inputs, manages or assists in the development of overall meeting logistics and attendee experience in support of event objectives
​Event Technology Tool ​
Uses technology to manage or support the planning processes for meeting, including meeting registrations, approval, budget and actual spend, calendars, meeting logistics, attendee registrations and reporting
Event Budget Management ​
Coordinates support of event budget and completion of procurement processes like deposits, purchase orders, billing and final reconciliation

Collaboration & Event Delivery Support​
Establishes relationships and collaborates with internal teams and service providers to ensure competitive costs and consistent delivery of service, including supporting the resolution of escalations related to meeting and events
 


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