Meeting Planner

**BCD Meetings & Events: Apple Meeting Planner**

**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 1,500+ people are committed to sustainability and driving success for our customers, our business and ourselves. Our values are at the heart of everything we do, and we look for people that want to be a part of something special, can rise to our standards and love to bring their unique perspective to the table. In the UK we have a team of around 300 located across four BCD offices, based in client offices or remote based.

While we can’t guarantee every day will be the best (who can?), we can promise a community of people who genuinely care and lead with empathy, a flexible workplace with awesome perks and challenging work that means something.

**About the role**:
We are looking for a **Meeting Planner** to join our dynamic dedicated client team - Apple. In this role, you will be responsible for the execution of end-to-end meetings and events to include creative concept proposals, sourcing, negotiating, contracting, planning, attendee management, onsite execution, and reconciliation. These meetings and events are complex in nature and require high touch and outstanding customer service.

You thrive on juggling multiple projects, meeting and exceeding deadlines, good budget management and enjoy attending onsite to ensure it meets all delivery expectations.

Sound like you? Read on

**As a Meeting Planner, you will**:

- Act as the primary point of contact for your client, and ensure all milestones are clearly communicated and met. Be consultative in your approach.
- Ensure the attendee journey is seamless, compliant, and successful.
- Negotiate vendor contracts and mitigate financial risk.
- Facilitate the creative direction and overall development timeline of program web sites, proofread, present and gain client approval.
- Negotiate and purchase ancillary contracts such as ground transportation, entertainment, and décor elements via preferred supplier partners.
- Monitor supplier service levels. Address and resolve service issues directly with supplier in a professional manner.
- Devise on-site program operations staff recommendations based on specific role and responsibility, scope of program and continuity with respective Client.
- Manage all reporting documentation required within the appropriate meeting technology platform.

**You’re good at**:

- Proven end to end event delivery and event registration expertise in the UK and Overseas.
- Confidence in leading a project with your stakeholders. You can own the room and convey confidence in your project planning, knowledge of venues / destinations and suppliers and also bring new ideas to the table.
- Excellent communication skills along with a calm, positive and collaborative approach.
- Advanced analytical thinking and problem-solving skills, ability to troubleshoot under pressure.
- Proven experience in using event technology platforms e.g. Cvent
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office (training can be provided)
- Flexible and proactive approach to work, able to juggle multiple priorities and projects with resilience under pressure along with the ability to adapt to change
- Ability to travel regularly in the UK and Overseas

**You might also have**:

- Experience on delivering events for technology clients
- Event Management degree

**You should know**:

- This is a hybrid role which requires time spent in the client offices in London each week.
- Our standard working hours are 9:00 AM -5:30 PM with an hour break.
- You must have the ability to travel within the UK and Overseas.
- **You must have the right to work in the UK.**

**How to apply**:
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