Senior Manager, Event Management

Job Description
The Senior Manager, Event Management is an event specialist and local market expert. You will oversee the pre to post event responsibilities, from planning and preparation to execution and reporting. Event elements will often include staffing, product sampling, consumer engagement, asset transportation, POS coordination, and production. You will report into the Regional Director.
The Senior Manager, Event Management is a role that requires close collaboration with cross business counterpoints and serves as client contact. We ask that you have prior sampling event and production experience.
Main Accountabilities
Supervisory responsibilities over direct reports- Ongoing recruitment, hiring and training, and performance and financial management of part time and (if applicable) full-time employees
Follow standard operating procedures, policies, and protocols for issue resolution
Manage local warehousing with POS and special event assets. Ensuring assets are available/ operable for activations
Socialize success and opportunities by program recaps, using data and insights for real-time measurement and evaluation, event strategies and project plans/ volume phasing
Manage cross agency and in-market communications. Serving as a local contact for Clients and main partners
Approve and submit payroll and expenses for PTE and FTE employees (where applicable)
Process payments for invoices from vendor partners
Manage, and following local market budgets
Manage activation schedule, event deliverables, run of show, and staffing/ asset needs:
Staff specialists/ Brand Ambassadors for sampling and special events through company staffing application
Coordinate transportation and kit logistics of large event assets.
Manage and staff on site production of local elevated/ experiential activations; use a creative eye to bring Brands to life
Audit events to ensure executional excellence and compliance with state sampling laws and local regulations
This job may require on call and working some nights and weekends when event activations are being completed.
This job requires travel within the assigned territories (schedule varies upon size of territory)