Event Manager
Apply now »Date: 3 Feb 2025
Location: Amsterdam, NL, 1072 AE
Company: HEINEKEN
Event Manager – Heineken Experience
Closing date: February 9th
Your Purpose
As Events Manager, you are responsible for organizing and executing events for the Heineken events department. This contains B2B events within the Heineken Experience and Heineken Corporate events globally. You will work closely with internal and external stakeholders and suppliers to ensure that each event aligns with our global brand strategy and offering guests and delegates an unforgettable Heineken brand experience.
Your goal is to obtain and maintain consistency in corporate events in regards to beer quality, hospitality, guest experience, production, food quality and the level of “Heineken” service, so that we offer a highly satisfactory event to the event owners and stakeholders. In this role, you oversee multiple event entities, manage costs, and create economies of scale through the use of standardized processes and long-term supplier relationships.
Your Responsibilities
- Preparation of Events:
- Develop and coordinate the overall event strategy for HEINEKEN corporate events.
- Manage look and feel of the event up to Heineken standards and keeping brand guidelines
- Advise the event owner at potential event locations, logistics and programme
- Select or tender production agency and or creative agency.
- Manage all event preparation on logistics, beer, crew, food, bars and materials needed to operational execute the event
- Liaising with event owners, project teams and participants
- Budget management per event
- Execution of external Events:
- Manage operational execution
- Manage suppliers and stakeholders
- Post event
- Post-event evaluation with suppliers, F&B managers and event owners
- Budgeting and invoicing to event owner
- Handling payments suppliers
- Coordinate logistics of our materials that need to return to the Netherlands
- Process Improvement:
- Managing and monitoring the execution and continuous improvement of work processes
- Come forward with concrete ideas and solutions, as being co-responsible for the implementation of improvements.
Your Profile
- Education: HBO, preferably hospitality or events
- Work Experience: Min. 5/6 years of experience in organizing large-scale, international corporate events
- Must Haves:
- Strong project management skills
- Experience in stakeholder and employee engagement
- Experience in implementing brand strategies in events and creating consistent brand experiences
- Production knowledge
- Strong communication skills
- Strong planning & organising skills
- Flexiblity and ability to manage uncertainty and work under pressure
- Willing to travel minimal 8-10 days per month
- Command of English language (both written and spoken)
- Nice to haves:
- Knowledge of F&B and events trends
- Negotiating skills
- Command of Dutch language (both written and spoken)
Other: HEINEKEN Experience events is open 365 days on an annual base. Your flexible availability during the weekend and holidays is required.
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