Engagement Manager - Meetings & Events
Carlson Wagonlit Travel (Hauptsitz Deutschland) / CWT Beheermaatschappij B.V. Deutschland, Minnetonka
Job Description - Engagement Manager - Meetings & Events HQ)
CWT Meetings & Events has the expertise and hands‑on experience clients need to optimize savings, improve services, increase control, enrich attendee experiences, and reach their organization’s unique strategic objectives. We offer clients a combination of industry‑leading technology, SMM consulting expertise, strategic sourcing, budgeting and event and logistics services available around the world. Each year, CWT Meetings & Events delivers more than 15,000 unique events to almost one million participants with our staff of 800+ professionals in 40+ countries.
The CWT Meetings & Events Engagement Manager supports the acquisition and retention efforts of M&E sales and account management teams across the Americas. The Engagement Manager works closely with Opportunity Owner (sales or account management) and other internal M&E subject matter experts to meet the requirements of the sales and bidding process and build a strategic offer that uniquely highlights the value M&E can deliver. They define processes and the project management plan and bring the strategic message to life with positioning that aligns to a client or prospect’s key business goals. They lead the development of the storyboard and all strategic components of the bid, and ensure new collateral is identified and fully debriefed to continuously build and update the proposal database and bidding process resources. Finally, they work closely with creative partners to set the strategy for the visual design of materials that will have the greatest impact within branding standards.
Qualifications
The CWT Meetings & Events Engagement Manager is a confident and innovative thinker who can effectively lead and manage diverse teams under pressure of client‑defined deadlines. This individual is persuasive in promoting new ideas and executes effective change management to adopt better practices to enhance the effectiveness of the M&E sales process to achieve the business’s aggressive sales and retention goals.
Primary Location
Employment type
Standard
Job Family
Meetings & Events
Scope
Global
Travel
Yes, 10 % of the Time
Shift
Day Job
Organization
Customer_Meetings & Events
Experience Level
5 to 7 years
Job Posting
Apr 9, 2018
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