Event Planner

Groupe Compass Quebec ltée.; Burnaby; On-site; CAD 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading foodservice and support services company is seeking an Event Planner to oversee wedding events. The ideal candidate will have strong catering experience, excellent communication skills, and a customer-focused approach. This role involves maintaining client relationships, ensuring successful event execution, and resolving any issues that arise. Join us and be part of a dynamic team dedicated to providing outstanding service.

Benefits

Health Benefits

Tuition Waiver Program

Mental Health resources

Award-winning culture

Qualifications

• Strong hands-on and planning experience with weddings.
• Ability to establish and maintain good working relationships.
• Friendly, outgoing personality with a genuine interest in customer service.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain positive relationships with clients.
• Hire, train, and schedule associates.
• Ensure wedding functions are well planned and executed.
• Identify and resolve event issues.

Skills

Strong catering industry experience

Client Management

Excellent communication skills

Customer focused

Attention to detail

Time management

Microsoft Office proficiency

Job description

What’s in it for you?

• Join an award-winning culture. We have been recognized for being a Great Place to Work, in addition to being selected as a FORTUNE Global 500 Company, Best Workplaces Retail & Hospitality, and FORTUNE World’s Most Admired Companies.
• The opportunities with us are endless. As the world’s largest food and support services company, we offer an extensive range of learning and career opportunities for all our associates.
• Health & Safety. The health and safety of our associates, clients and guests has always been our top priority. We have the right processes in place to ensure our teams have the support they need to stay safe, while helping to keep our guests safe.
• Health Benefits. For our eligible associates, we offer comprehensive health, vision, and dental care coverage.
• A Focus on Mental Health and Wellness. just now is our Mental Health and Well-Being initiative that was created to share credible resources with our associates and the communities we serve on a variety of topics, including mental, physical, spiritual, and financial wellbeing. Visit our Stronger Together Compass website at www.strongertogethercompass.com. We also have an Employment Assistance Program which provides our associates with access to 24/7 support, resources, and information.
• We are as diverse as our guests. We believe diverse and inclusive environments support innovation and collaboration, and benefit our associates, clients, and customers. We are committed to Listen, Learn, and Act and our Diversity Inclusion Action Councils (DIAC) are associate led groups that seek to foster inclusion through cultural awareness, engagement and appreciation of diversity. We are Stronger, Together!
  
  

You might not know our name, but you know where we are. That’s because Compass Group Canada is part of a global foodservice and support services company that’s the 6th largest employer in the world, with 625,000 employees.

You’ll find us in schools, colleges, hospitals, office buildings, senior living communities, tourist attractions, sports venues, remote camps and military installations and more. We’re in all major cities, at remote work sites and everywhere in between – doing business in Canada and 50+ other countries where you can learn and grow. Join us now and point your career forward!

Imagine creating a place where tomorrow’s leaders, big thinkers, and dreamers gather. Join us and know that you make it possible for others to learn, grow, and discover. Because of what we do, students and faculty share so much more than a meal. And that’s why this is so much more than a job.

Why work with Chartwells? We are a member of Compass Group Canada, the leading foodservice and support services company. We cater to Generation Z on college campuses and upcoming K-12 generations. We offer dining programs and solutions that fit the unique needs of today’s students. Join our commitment to providing responsible, healthy-eating solutions.

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Job Summary

Overview: We are currently recruiting for a dynamic and talented Event Planner with exceptional people skills to join our events team. As the Event Planner, you will be responsible for overseeing all aspects of the events.

Education Benefits

We are thrilled to offer an exciting Tuition Waiver Program exclusively for our associates and their families. This incredible benefit covers eligible family members, including spouses and dependents under 25 years of age, and applies to both undergraduate and graduate programs. Invest in your future with us and give your loved ones the gift of education!

Now, If You Were To Come On Board As One Of Our Event Planners, We’d Ask You To Do The Following For Us

• Build and maintain positive relationships with clients, associates and suppliers.
• Hire, train and schedule associates and be actively involved in the development of service.
• Ensure each Wedding function is well planned and prepared, successfully carried-out and financially sound.
• Ensure specifications and requests of each Wedding event are communicated and executed down the channel effectively.
• Identify and resolve event issues to minimize complications.
  
  

Role

Think you have what it takes to be our Event Planner? We’re committed to hiring the best talent for the role. Here’s how we’ll know you’ll be successful in the role:

• Strong catering industry experience working within hotels or catering companies
• Strong hands on and planning experience of the event planning process as well with weddings.
• Well-rounded at all stages of: Client Management, Planning, Execution, Closure & Follow up)
• Customer focused: a friendly, outgoing personality with a genuine interest in providing excellent customer service
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Effectively manage time and resources to ensure that work is completed efficiently
• Superior attention to detail
• Ability to establish and maintain good working relationships and work cooperatively with team members
• Excellent communication skills (written and verbal)
• Able to work in a fast-paced environment with changing work priorities
• Strong knowledge of Microsoft Office, Word and Excel
  
  

Compass Group Canada is committed to nurturing a diverse workforce representative of the communities within which we operate. We encourage and are pleased to consider all qualified candidates, without regard to race, colour, citizenship, religion, sex, marital / family status, sexual orientation, gender identity, aboriginal status, age, disability or persons who may require an accommodation, to apply.

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