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MICE/Events Project Manager (German speaker)

Employer
Travel Trade Recruitment
Location
West London, London, England
Salary
£25000 - £35000 per annum + Salary dependent on experience
Closing date
28 Aug 2019

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Sector
Conferences & Events
Hours
Full Time
Contract Type
Permanent
Job function
Operations

Job Details

Are you an experienced German-speaking MICE project manager seeking the next step on your career path? If you have a UK DMC MICE project management background and are a fluent German speaker then we want to hear from you immediately!

We seek an experienced German Speaking Project Manager to join an imaginative and hard-working team who deliver outstanding service, creative ideas and exceptionally professional meetings, incentives, conferences and events!

You will handle corporate and incentive groups coming into England and Scotland from Europe, South Africa, USA, South East Asia, Latin and South America.

Job Summary:
*As a Project Manager you will act as the "middle-man" in terms of liaising with both the client as well as suppliers/venues to book services such as accommodation, restaurant dinners, tours, excursions, concerts, transport and hotels.

*The role will include taking full ownership of some large-scale events and will involve a lot of detailed logistics and admin (as well as account management) and a considerable amount of on-site event management.

*Other responsibilities will include taking briefs, assisting with pitches and client presentations, venue & ground services research, event management & complex transportation/coach transfer logistics (to/from multiple hotel locations), budget coordination, administration (reporting, filing, contract preparation, obtaining quotes, raising invoicing, client reports and proposals), site inspections, attending client meetings, post event reconciliation and account handling.

Desired Skills and Experience:
*You are an experienced Project Manager with strong account management, project management as well as complex event logistics skills. You'll need to have a minimum of 3 years' relevant industry experience and must already have planned and organised social events, excursions and transportation for large groups.

*You should be very organised and quick thinking trouble shooters with strong commercial acumen and extremely good London and UK knowledge in terms of venues, special event options (excursions, tours, sight-seeing), and transport and travel distances.

*From a personality and work ethic point of view you'll need to have a detailed, meticulous and proactive approach, bags of initiative and should be knowledgeable and confident enough to handle large scale events single-handedly with minimal support and supervision.

*And finally …. you MUST be fluent in both English and German (written and spoken), any additional languages would be a benefit. Experience in Sales and Marketing would be beneficial.

The Package:
*Salary offered : 25 - 35K per year - Depending on relevant experience
*25 days of annual leave and possibility to accumulate up to 5 additional days of holidays + 8 Bank Holidays
*Office hours: Monday - Friday, 09h00 - 17h30 with 1-hour lunch break or 09h30 - 17h30 with 30 minutes lunch break

Are you interested?
If you meet the job requirements and would like to be considered for this excellent opportunity, please submit your details online to this advert and follow the instructions. alternatively please call Michael at Travel Trade Recruitment.

Company

TRAVEL TRADE RECRUITMENT
Travel Trade Recruitment handles vacancies from hundreds of employers each year. We have a wide variety of permanent and temporary job opportunities within all sectors of the travel industry, including business travel, tour operations, retail travel, and reservations.
We want to help you find the ideal travel industry job, make the next career step, and maximise your potential. We do this by finding out about you, as well as what is important to your career goals and lifestyle aspirations.

TRAINING
We also offer CRS training courses in the four major systems of Galileo, Sabre, Amadeus, Worldspan, and can advise which course would enhance your career.
Find more details at www.traveltradetraining.com

VOTED 'BEST UKTRAVEL RECRUITMENT CONSULTANCY'
Travel Trade Recruitment won three awards in 2009 for Best Travel Recruitment Consultancy, including 'Best UK Travel Recruitment Consultancy' at the Globe Travel Awards, Star Recruitment Consultancy at the Travel Bulletin Awards, and Travel Recruitment Company of the Year at the recent British Travel Awards. We are an official ABTA Industry Partner, Members of the Institute of Travel and Tourism (IATA) and the Recruitment and Employment Confederation.

All information supplied to Travel Trade Recruitment will be dealt with confidentiality. Your details will not be passed onto a Client without your specific permission.

Our service to job seekers is completely free. Contact your nearest office and speak our friendly consultants for free advice, or register for our online recruitment services at

www.traveltradejobs.com

London Office
Tel: 0203 887 9444
Email: london@traveltraderecruitment.co.uk

Birmingham Office
Tel: 0121 222 2624
Email: birmingham@traveltraderecruitment.co.uk

Manchester Office
Tel: 0161 923 6120
Email: manchester@traveltraderecruitment.co.uk

Leeds Office
Tel: 0113 394 4147
Email: leeds@traveltraderecruitment.co.uk

Scottish Division
Tel: 0141 248 5222
Email: scotland@traveltraderecruitment.co.uk

Temp Division
Tel: 0203 887 9444
Email: temps@traveltraderecruitment.co.uk

 

 

Company info
Website
Telephone
0203 887 9444
Location
3rd Floor, 1 Aldgate
London
EC3N 1RE
GB

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