Senior Meetings and Events Planning Manager

Senior Meetings & Events Planning Manager Opening!- Park Plaza Riverbank

As a Senior Meetings & Events Planning Manager, based at Park Plaza Riverbank, a dynamic modern 650 bedroom hotel hosting events of up to 500 guests, you can bring your passion and personality to work and be part of this vibrant progressive team.

After an incredible 2024 where the hotel hosted high profile events such as the Master Innholders annual conference, we are looking for a Senior Meetings & Events Planning Manager to join our award nominated M&E Planning team.

As Senior Meeting & Events Planning Manager working alongside the Director of Meeting & Events Planning you will:

• Meticulously coordinate and plan the larger hotel events
• Assist the Director of Planning in the day to day running of the department
• Inject fresh new ideas to drive service standards and encourage repeat business
• Take an active role in training and development of the M&E Planning team members
• Engage with Senior Stakeholders on a daily basis
• Pro-actively drive incremental spends on events
• Communicate all event details to the hotel operational teams through the BEO in a timely and effective manner
• To establish and nurture positive relationships with clients to encourage repeat business
• Where required, "deputise" for the Director of Meeting and Events Planning in their absence at Hotel and client meetings
• Demonstrate your passion for events and excellent hospitality
• Share our values: Trust, Respect, Teamwork, Enthusiasm, Commitment, Care
• With previous meeting & events planning experience in a hotel environment
• Some experience of people management desirable but not essential

Benefits of working for us as a Senior Meetings & Events Planning Manager:

• Salary: Competitive Salary + Excellent Benefits
• Two wellness days per year, meaning all team members start with 30 days of holiday per year - including bank holidays, increasing with years of service!
• Two free meals per day, every day (including your day off if you choose to come in!)
• Tailored progression planning to help you achieve your career goals
• Flexible access to salary through Wagestream platform
• High focus on wellbeing and work life balance
• Open & transparent communication culture
• Highly competitive salary
• Discounted hotel staff rates for Park Plaza & Radisson Hotels worldwide
• Great learning and development opportunities with 8 hotels in central London offering excellent progression prospects
• Complimentary dry-cleaning
• Exclusive discounts for hotel restaurants
• Access to Benefithub discount platform

Renowned for creating memorable moments, Park Plaza caters to both leisure and business travellers with stylish guest rooms and versatile meeting facilities that are perfectly complemented by award-winning restaurants and bars.

Park Plaza. Be part of it.

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