Event Planner

About the position

Amex GBT is a place where colleagues find inspiration in travel as a force for good and – through their work – can make an impact on our industry. We’re here to help our colleagues achieve success and offer an inclusive and collaborative culture where your voice is valued. Event Planners at American Express Global Business Travel are passionate about corporate meetings and events. They transform ideas into unforgettable experiences and visions into reality. Our Event Planners are resilient, flexible, and adaptable to succeed in a fast-paced, evolving environment. They dream big and collaborate to ensure you produce top results. They are also excellent at encouraging a culture of open feedback, engagement, and accountability. Event Planners exhibit dedication to protecting people including fellow colleagues, clients, communities, and the planet. Our Event Planners are driven by curiosity, passion, optimism and believe that everybody can grow.

Responsibilities

• Consistently cultivate a strong working relationship with your client by efficiently communicating details of the program, anticipating their needs, and providing an elevated level of customer service.
• Master organizer to orchestrate logistics with finesse, ensuring every event runs seamlessly.
• Cultivate positive relationships with clients, suppliers, and teammates, creating a network of invaluable connections.
• Proficient in negotiations.
• Creative, proactively anticipate changes, and build innovative solutions.
• Coordinate and attend global site inspections when needed.
• Act as the executive producer of all event specifics and requirements.
• Develop and handle budgets by auditing all program related billing for accuracy, tracking and reporting expenses to clients and communicating changes on a consistent basis.
• Responsible for post event reconciliation within defined SLA parameters and work with accounting to complete final bill, reviewing prior to final invoicing to client.
• Accountable for evaluating the program’s impact, reassessing objectives and outcomes and planning for continuous improvement.

Requirements

• Event planning experience over the last 4 years.
• Incredible communication skills to articulate your vision, inspire, and empower.
• Highly motivated at meeting timeline expectations.
• Self-starter, love to laugh, and handle the journey.
• Problem-solving mind that can handle any unexpected twist.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite.
• Possess organizational superpowers.
• Travel is your passion, and you are excited to head to destinations worldwide (5-20%).
• 4-year college degree or equivalent experience.
• Vast Experience with Cvent and not afraid of technology!
• A passion for crafting presentations.

Nice-to-haves

• CMP is preferred, but not expected.

Benefits

• Flexible benefits tailored to each country starting the day you do.
• Health and welfare insurance plans.
• Retirement programs.
• Parental leave.
• Adoption assistance.
• Wellbeing resources to support you and your immediate family.
• Travel perks with deals from major travel providers.
• Access to over 20,000 courses on our learning platform.
• Leadership courses and new job openings available to internal candidates first.
• Championing Inclusion in every aspect of the business.