Events Manager, Trips and Incentives

Position Summary

Responsible for providing support to the Sales and International Departments in executing both large and small trips, including recognition, incentive, and training. Responsible for attending trips, which requires the ability to travel frequently as needed.

 Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following and other duties as assigned.

• Lead departments and third-party vendors to create and monitor project plans for each trip, including timeline, resource needs, dependencies, and deliverables.
• Support the VP to Negotiate contracts to ensure proper facilities for each trip within the trip budget and. 
• Work with Legal to ensure proper safeguards for contracted resources and participants.
• Communicate effectively to report the status of budget, timeline, and issues for escalation.
• Organize meetings leading to trips to ensure execution of logistics and communications.
• Manage the global trip calendar for the Sales Department and Executives.
• Assist in trip coordination and execution, including staffing, registration, meeting room set-up, audio/visual services, deliveries, on-site coordination, and materials needed.
• Engage distributors, vendors, company executives, etc. in a professional and effective manner.
• Assist with post-trip analysis.
• Manage and analyze trip budgets.
• Provide general input and innovation to the department for the purpose of improving trips, the department, and LifeVantage.
• Ensure all activity meets the highest quality standards representative of LifeVantage.
• Perform other duties as assigned on an as-needed basis.
• Strive to keep the workplace lively, energetic, and productive. Maintain a great place to work for yourself and other employees.
• Become familiar with incentive locations, industry trends, and best practices.
• Contribute ideas to enhance trip experiences through SWAG, registration process, and overall trip strategy.
• Work with internal teams to ensure positive business outcomes from incentive programs.
• Mentor and support department employees in the relevant skills.
• Vendor selection.
• Occasionally write promotional copy for trips, scripts, and qualifiers.
• Travel to trips and site inspections.

Education and/or Experience

• Bachelor’s degree preferably in Business Management, Marketing, or Hospitality. 
• Two to five years related experience and/or training, or equivalent combination of education and experience.  

Qualifications/Skills

• Must have ability to use Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint and Keynote. 
• Strong organizational skills.
• Acute attention to detail.
• Must be able to work on multiple events simultaneously.
• Basic technical understanding of registration systems.
• Basic knowledge of creating rooming and flight manifests, and banquet event orders.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.