Experience

The Road Freight Association

• South Africa
• Transportation/Trucking/Railroad
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Events Manager

  • Sep 2014 - Present



CWDi

• South Africa
• Advertising Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Event and Account Manager

  • Jan 2014 - Aug 2014

  • Marketing and strategy for small to large size corporate companies across diverse industries. Researching and writing proposals for events and marketing campaigns including social media and PR aspects. • Part of creative teams and liaison between the client and the design studio. Conceptualise and orchestrate marketing and events that effectively reinforce and build brand image. • Proposals & presentations • Copy writing – Proposals copy writing, quality checking of communication collateral that is sent out to guests. • Financial Management - Event / project budgeting by costing all activities within the predetermined parameters and PO’s generated. Ensuring positive cash flow. Compiling budgets (ranging from R10 000 – R12 million) Obtaining quotes from suppliers, negotiating prices and ensuring that the CE that is submitted to the client is accurate. If approved my client, the budget must be managed so that there is no overspend. Should the scope of the event change, then a new budget must be submitted to the client. Debtors - Follow-up on invoices and payments by clients and to suppliers within the predetermined parameters. • Queries - Attend to any account queries within 24 hours. Manage client expectations and supplier outputs. • Reporting • Internal processes • Ensuring that all health & safety requirements are adhered to in accordance with legislation at every event. • Management of attendance logistics. • Staff Management • Supplier Management • Print & Production • Filing System • Time management • Travel Management • Client Services – Liaison with client and ensuring that the company retains its business and secures additional new business. Constant management of client expectations and consistent reporting and communication is required. Ensuring clients satisfaction in order to maintain the account. Attending status meetings so that client is updated on status of event plans. • New Business • Onsite Event Management. Show less



SAIL

• South Africa
• Entertainment Providers
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Event Manager

  • Apr 2011 - Dec 2013

  • Financial Management • Debtors Management • Credit Card Management • Client, Supplier & Guest Queries • Activation Management • Reporting • Internal processes Adherence • Ensuring that all health & safety requirements are adhered to in accordance with legislation at every event • Management of attendance logistics. • Staff Management • Supplier Management • Proposals & presentations • Copywriting • Print & Production Management • Filing System Management • Time management • Travel Management • Client Services Management • Onsite Event Management Show less



Trinergy Brand Connectors

• Event Coordinator

  • Mar 2008 - Mar 2011

  • Events Project Management • Event conceptualization, planning, and implementation • Preparation & compilation of budgets ranging between R100k – R450K. • Budget planning, adjustments & management thereof. • Briefing suppliers on event specifications/requirements. • Management of supplier’s onsite & ensuring that service levels are met according to SLA’s. • Ensuring that invoices & payments are processed for suppliers & creating cash flow plans (per event) for payments to suppliers. • Guest Management. • Sourcing of venues, booking of venues, payments, contract completions with venues, briefing venues on event requirements, and payments to venues. • Compiling presentations/proposals for an event for clients’ approval. • Presentations of proposals to clients. • Liaising and briefing SAIL travel department with regard to booking flights, car hire and other transfers for events as per clients/guest requirements. • Financial Management (including generating of purchase orders, management of budget, petty cash recons, generating credit card recons, following up on deposit & final invoices from clients) • Management of the Recon process • Compilation of the following reports for each event: Operations reports • Obtaining feedback from guests, suppliers & clients for each event in the form of a guest satisfaction survey, supplier satisfaction survey & client satisfaction index. • Setting up meetings, recording minutes of meetings, booking meeting rooms & distribution of agenda’s & notes. • Event Days • Set up of operations rooms. • Ensuring that setup runs smoothly and all event specifications are adhered to. • Maintaining a hard & soft copy filing system for each event. • Personal time keeping. • Responsible for updating new business register. • Manage all aspects of the attendance logistics processes Show less



Edcon

• Gauteng and Durban

• Trainee Manager - Edcon Operational Management Graduate Programme (OMDP)

  • Feb 2006 - May 2007

  • A position in a JHB-based graduate programme: The Operational Management Development Programme (OMDP) aims to develop and introduce new-age leadership methods and an intense understanding of different systems and operations within the structure of a corporation. • The programme was comprised of theoretical and practical training, resulting in a blended-learning environment over a six month period. It covered 37 subjects, most notably: 1. Marketing and Marketing Strategy 2. Effective Business Communication 3. Personal and Interpersonal Leadership 4. High Performance People 5. Financial Management and Financial Reporting 6. Diversity Management 7. Leadership skills 8. Basic Management Development 9. Employee Relations • Graduated from the retail academy in 2007. Show less