Event Planner

As a valuable member of the catering planning team, you will work closely with both Leith’s and the wider EICC team, liaising with clients from the initial event handover through to delivery.

Organising catering for a variety of differing events from conferences to exhibitions and dinners whilst continually ensuring consistent and excellent customer service.

The EICC is situated at the heart of Scotland's beautoful capital city. The EICC is one of the worlds outstanding venues for conferences and events.

The successful operation of the EICC can be attributed to the excellent team work throughout the organisation. This is particularly visible in the strong ties between the EICC team and our in-house business partner Leith’s forming the ‘One EICC Team’.

This partnership is based on shared values of customer focus and a genuine commitment to delivering outstanding quality standards. Both teams work as one towards the unanimous objective of client delight - a philosophy that has helped EICC sustain such a high level of repeat business over many years.
- Liaising with clients to identify, propose and confirm all event catering requirements
- Planning the delivery with the Leith’s Operations and wider EICC Team to include locations, timings and numbers whilst ensuring all catering requirements are effectively communicated
- Adhering to the Leith’s pricing policies to maximise catering revenues and identify upselling opportunities
- To administer all event related correspondence ensuring all contractual documents, deposits and final invoices are issued and paid according to company guidelines
- To be fully conversant with the details of the event, sales handover and the EICC Contract
- Establish and maintain good client relationships and regular contact, ensuring that there is comprehensive understanding of the client requirements
- Create full and concise Event Catering Proposals to ensure these are seasonally appropriate and the menu fits with the guests/delegate demographic
- Ensure that all client contact is recorded in EBMS, our diary management system

**Event Planner**
- £30,000 per annum
- 12 month fixed term contract
- Medicash - Healthcare benefits, including dental, optical and therapy treatments (includes up to 4 dependent children)
- Aviva Digicare - Free annual healthcare check
- Exclusive Benefits & Wellbeing site (Perks at Work)
- Entertainment discounts - up to 55% off cinema tickets
- Health & Wellbeing discounts - Discounts for Nuffield Health (20%) and Pure Gym (10%)
- Travel discounts - Discounts with holiday companies such as TUI and Expedia
- Shopping discounts - Save up to 15% at high street and online stores by purchasing Shopping Cards
- Meals on duty
- Vodaphone discounts
- Pension scheme and Life Assurance
- Employee Assistance Programme
- 23 days + BH’s and additional day off for your birthday
- 2 days additional leave, following return from Maternity leave during first year back
- Competitive and supportive family benefits
- Day off for babies 1st birthday
- Holiday purchase scheme
- On-going training & development and career pathways
- Professional subscriptions paid
- Financial wellbeing programme and preferred rates on salary finance products

Levy is the vibrant and exciting sector of Compass Group, the world’s largest catering company. We work at some of the greatest venues in the world, delivering legendary experiences in food, drink, and hospitality.

In the UK, we are proud to have a wealth of long-standing partnerships with venues across sport, entertainment, and events. Our partnerships include venues such as Wimbledon, Twickenham, Edgbaston, Tottenham Hotspur, Chelsea, Principality Stadium, Scottish Event Campus (SEC) and ExCel London.

We are culinary champions - it’s what we do and it’s what we are passionate about. At the core of our work is the belief that sustainably sourced great food and drink, coupled with exceptional service is key to creating legendary experiences.

Focussed on ‘doing the right thing’ for our people and the planet, sustainability, wellbeing, diversity and inclusion are at the heart of what we do.

We have a commitment to being Net Zero by 2027, are official partners of the British Paralympic Association, and are proud to pay all our team members at least the Real Living Wage or London Living Wage.
- You should act as a role model and set an example for our team and the wider business
- You will have a passion for the events industry, be an effective communicator and have a sound, demonstrable knowledge of food and drink
- A self-confident, approachable individual who can prioritise, excellent organisational and time management skills
- You will hold a professional and confident telephone manner and have proficiency in the use of Delphi system
- Achieving compliance, customer feedback and complaint handling will also be part of your role

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