Conference Director
COMPLETED
Industry: Advertising / Events / Marketing
Function: Operations
Type: Permanent
Location: China
Post: September 2015
COMPLETED
Industry: Advertising / Events / Marketing
Function: Operations
Type: Permanent
Location: China
Post: September 2015
Key Responsibilities
- In charge of growing revenue and market share of assigned industry-specific conferences and events business in China.
- Partner with regional leadership to define the strategy at a business and client level.
- Organise face-to-face meetings with clients to discuss event objective and format, operational agenda, venue selection, resource allocation and budget management.
- Lead recruitment efforts for projects, assess skills and overall readiness levels of team members and candidates.
- Develop, implement, monitor and maintain operations SOPs and ensure KPIs and objectives are met.
- Act as a point of contact for complex programs or high profile events. Be seen as a MICE product expert internally and externally.
- Ensure a regular flow of client intelligence back into the business, in particular, customer service teams.
- Maintain healthy relationship with vendors and industry partners.
The Candidate
- At least 10 years of MICE industry experience – medical, pharmaceutical and/or health sciences exposure preferred.
- Strong event project management and people management experience is essential.
- A track record of achieving challenging targets while maintaining high level of customer satisfaction.
- Confident and creative, experience in pitching, presenting, negotiation and winning business deals.
- Highly vigilance and able to manage change at all levels.
- Experience in program management and good knowledge of industry events-specific regulations, e.g. pharmaceutical, banking industries etc.
- Working experience in China, able to communication in English and Mandarin fluently.
- Excellent IT stills, including Word, Excel and Powerpoint.
- Bachelor degree holder or equivalent.
Work Location
Shanghai, China
Remarks:
- Short-listed candidates will be notified via email or telephone within 2 weeks of application.
- Personal particulars and other information collected are used strictly for recruitment purposes and will cease to be stored in the recruitment database 2 years after your application date.
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