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Program Manager, Meeting and Events

Location:

Wilmington, Massachusetts

Job ID

2404090

At UniFirst, the employee experience is essential to our workplace culture. We seek an experienced meeting and events program manager to create and execute strategies and programs promoting a positive and engaged workplace culture through best-in-class events for over 14,000 UniFirst Global Team Partners. The ideal candidate is flexible, problem-solving, extremely organized, and dedicated to providing superb employee experiences. The best fit for this role is someone who can manage the daily details with big-picture thinking to ensure truly unique employee experiences.

Responsibilities:

• Manages the planning and administrative details of meetings, annual company programs, and large-scale events.

• Collaborates with leadership and cross-functional teams to manage objectives, expectations, and desired outcomes with a positive, professional, service-oriented attitude.

• Leads all phases of the event lifecycle, including sourcing, negotiating, contracting, registration, reporting, attendee communication, logistics, project management, onsite implementation, and financials.Attends all events to ensure that all planning details are executed correctly and successfully.

• Documents all records pertaining to program management (i.e. Research files, contracts, agreements, correspondence).

• Implements and manages licensed Event software account (Cvent).

• Point of contact for all vendor management.

Qualifications

Requirements:

• Bachelor's Degree - Event Management preferred

• 3+ years of experience in event planning or project management

• Experience with planning incentive trips preferred

• Proficient in project management, with the ability to deliver multiple concurrent projects from inception through execution while meeting deadlines

• Passionate about creating impactful initiatives to improve UniFirst's employee experience

• Strong knowledge of Microsoft Office is required. Cvent experience preferred

• Detail-oriented and focused on continuous process improvement. An adaptable collaborator who solves problems with a can-do attitude.

• A forward-looking thinker who actively seeks opportunities and proposes solutions.

• Must have strong written / verbal/interpersonal communication skills with a high standard of quality

• Self-motivated with the ability to prioritize multiple tasks, manage workflow, and participate as a positive and effective team member

• Capable of building trust among diverse stakeholders and developing highly effective and collaborative relationships

• Hybrid work environment with the ability to travel to Wilmington, MA, weekly

• Must be able to travel internationally

Benefits & Perks

401K with Company Match, Profit Sharing, Health Insurance, Employee Assistance Program, Life Insurance, Paid Time Off, Direct Payroll Deposit, Tuition Reimbursement, 30% Employee Discount, Employee Referral Bonuses.

UniFirst is an international leader in garment & Uniform services industry. We currently employ over 14,000 team partners who serve 300,000 business customer locations throughout the U.S., Canada, and Europe.

We were included in the top 10 of Selling Power magazine’s “Best Companies to Sell For” list and recognized on Forbes magazine’s “Platinum 400 – Best Big Companies” list. As an 80-year old company focused on annual growth, there’s never been a better time to join our team.

UniFirst is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate in hiring or employment against any individual on the basis of race, color, gender, national origin, ancestry, religion, physical or mental disability, age, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, pregnancy, citizenship, or any other factor protected by anti-discrimination laws.

UniFirst is an equal employment/affirmative action employer. If you need accommodation for any part of the application process because of a medical condition or disability, please send an e-mail toTalentAcquisition@unifirst.com or call (978) 658-8888 to let us know the nature of your request.

UniFirst is an equal employment/affirmative action employer. If you need accommodation for any part of the application process because of a medical condition or disability, please send an e-mail to TalentAcquisition@unifirst.com or call to let us know the nature of your request.

UniFirst Recruiters and/or representatives will not ask job seekers to provide personal financial information when submitting a job application. Please be vigilant as such requests for information may be fraudulent.

UniFirst is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. We do not discriminate in hiring or employment against any individual on the basis of race, color, gender, national origin, ancestry, religion, physical or mental disability, age, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, pregnancy, citizenship, or any other factor protected by anti-discrimination laws.

If you need accommodation for any part of the application process because of a medical condition or disability, please send an e-mail to TalentAcquisition@unifirst.com or

call 800-347-7888 to let us know the nature of your request.

UniFirst Recruiters and/or representatives will not ask job seekers to provide personal financial information when submitting a job application. Please be vigilant as such requests for information may be fraudulent.