Venue Services Senior Planning Manager

Excel London; Greater London; Sur place; GBP 90 000 - 120 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Excel London is seeking a Venue Services Senior Planning Manager to lead the planning, governance and coordination of venue readiness activities across the event calendar.

You will work with Technical Services and strategic partners to ensure safe, efficient operations at scale, driving performance, budgeting and continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• Experience in operational planning or a similar complex environment.
• Strong leadership and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience managing suppliers, contractors or strategic partnerships.
• Comfortable working with operational, performance and financial data to support decision-making.

Responsabilités

• Leading the planning and governance of venue readiness activities across the venue calendar.
• Managing operational interdependencies between internal teams, contractors and strategic partners.
• Owning the operational account management and performance of key service partners.
• Driving compliance, governance and service delivery standards across multiple venue services.
• Using operational and performance data to improve planning, resource utilisation and decision-making.
• Managing budgets, supplier performance and cost control within the function.

Connaissances

Operational planning

Venue operations

Event logistics

Programme management

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Influencing

Supplier management

Data-driven decision making

Description du poste

We're looking for a Venue Services Senior Planning Manager to join our Venue Services team. This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced operational planning professional to lead the planning, governance and coordination of the activities that prepare Excel London for occupation, helping shape the future of one of the world's busiest event destinations.

About the role

As Venue Services Senior Planning Manager, you'll lead the Venue Services Planning function, overseeing how venue readiness activities are planned, prioritised and coordinated across a complex event calendar.

Working closely with Technical Services, operational stakeholders and strategic partners, you'll ensure the venue can continue to support increasing utilisation safely, efficiently and at scale, whilst driving operational performance, governance and continuous improvement.

• Leading the planning and governance of venue readiness activities across the venue calendar.
• Managing operational interdependencies between internal teams, contractors and strategic partners.
• Owning the operational account management and performance of key service partners.
• Driving compliance, governance and service delivery standards across multiple venue services.
• Using operational and performance data to improve planning, resource utilisation and decision-making.
• Managing budgets, supplier performance and cost control within the function.

We're looking for someone who:

• Has experience in operational planning, venue operations, event infrastructure, logistics, programme management or a similar complex environment.
• Demonstrates strong leadership, stakeholder management and influencing skills.
• Has experience managing suppliers, contractors or strategic partnerships.
• Is comfortable working with operational, performance and financial data to support decision-making.
• Thrives in a fast-paced environment managing competing priorities.
• Can build strong relationships across multiple teams and functions.

Why join Excel London?

At Excel, we host over 400 events and welcome four million visitors every year. As part of our continued growth and evolution, you'll play a key role in developing a new operational planning function that supports our ambition to be the Best Event Destination in the World.

Guided by our values of Excellence, Passion, Impact and Character, we put our people at the heart of everything we do.