Senior Projectmanager VIV

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VIV worldwide is the professional network linking professionals from feed to food in the animal protein business. Next to the globally renowned VIV worldwide series of events, new plant based agri-food horizons are being explored by VNU Europe and shall be marketed as well. We do this with passion, a strong team spirit, commitment towards the industry, and a good eye towards goals achievement. A motivated, experienced, and energetic new member of the team is what we look for. We hope that person is you? As the Senior Project Manager you are the ‘owner’ of the project and ultimately responsible for the delivery of the set KPI’s. He or she works in close corporation with other departments (e.g. Marketing, Operations and Finance, etc.) As such, the Senior Project Manager is in the driver’s seat, the leader and decision maker on all aspects of the project – concept, sales, marketing & budgeting for our events in and outside of Europe.

This is what you like to do

We work hard, together as a team. We strive to be creative and innovative. As a Senior Project Manager you have the following responsibilities:

• Project management; Manage project planning, the budget and ensure a good (financial) completion and evaluation of the events and work closely with internal departments and our colleagues from the team of VNU Asia-Pacific in Bangkok and to co-ordinate and deliver in line with exhibition cycle deadlines

• Concept, Sales and Stakeholder Management: Develop the event concept knowing and including the latest industry trends and monitor the sales progress and reporting via dashboard tooling, you also take an active role in key account sales and in building strong relationships with our stakeholders

• Finance: Manage event P&L budget and forecasting to meet operational business plans, together with budget holders

• Strategy: Leading the development of the event with industry insights, strategy and execution for your event, set the event concept and develop it into innovative event plans and propositions. Making VIV or other brands a distinctive and sustainable brand and its positioning in the market considering all future developments of the global event industry.

• KPI’s: You are result driven and you actively steer on revenue, EBIT (gross margin), visitor numbers (joint effort with Marketing) and customer satisfaction (both from visitor as exhibitor perspective)

What are you bringing

With your smart and enthusiastic approach, you are an inspiration to your team. You are creative and data-driven and you have an eye for quality. You like to try something new and go for the best result. You also have:

• experience in leading projects and teams within high-end professional services for at least 5 years

• strong budget management, forecasting and business management skills (adept with CRM systems, sales dashboards, marketing metrics)

• excellent proven project management, planning and organizational skills

• You are a good sales coach and mentor and good in training your team to high performance

• You have excellent written and oral communication skills in English

• You are professional, honest, enthusiastic, open, committed and positive with a can-do approach

• You are an innovative driver of the project with the ability to build strong industry and political networks as well as having a great inside on the events business developments

This is what you get from us