MICE Project Manager- LATAM

Our Company

Kuoni Tumlare is a Destination Management Company, part of JTB Group who deliver travel solutions and experiences that create value for our Partners and Society. We’re a fun group, we value our employees’ contributions and opinions, and strive to develop talent internally. The travel industry is dynamic, exciting, and adaptable with many interesting opportunities to explore.

The Job

We are currently recruiting a MICE Project Manager for LATAM Markets with previous experience within the MICE industry to join our passionate team. This position will be based in Latin America, remotely. Candidates should ideally be coming from an event agency or a DMC and have previously worked with building projects for European destinations.

End to end event/project management is key and candidates must be able to manage the full scope of their own events, from answering the client request/brief, with short deadlines, with the best tailored proposal to financial reconciliation.

We’re always looking for talented, creative people who share our passion for events. In exchange for commitment, our organization offers a great working environment and the chance to take the lead on some exciting, high profile events

Responsibilities:

• Receive client’s briefing and complete with missing information, to send to our local offices in Europe.
• Make sure our local offices work on the brief and reply within accorded deadline.
• Work on the quotations and presentations received from our local offices, to adapt them to the LATAM market.
• Create proposals from zero, when required

• Client management prior, during and after the event and to ensure repeat business
• Budget management and post event reconciliation
• Reporting to various to the Sales Directors in charge of LATAM source markets

The ideal candidate for this position must have:

• A passion for their job and the fast-paced event industry
• A natural curiosity for providing the best possible options to the client and be client oriented
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Enthusiasm in delivering outstanding result
• The ability to prioritize and multi-task in a complex environment

• Be organized, independent, dynamic, creative, and curious

• The ability to run a number of different quotations and proposals in parallel and manage a wide range of third parties

Essential requirements:

• Previous experience/working knowledge in the MICE industry for 3- 5 years
• Fluent in English, Portuguese from Brazil and Spanish. Written and verbal language skills are compulsory
• Deep knowledge of the European territory and what it can offer in terms of MICE services

What we offer:

• Global Brand: Opportunity to work in an international environment
• Stability: 100 Years at the top of our field and still pushing into new territory
• Progression: We reward high performers and look to promote key talent internally
• Learning and Development opportunities for growth and Upskilling
• A Supportive and Approachable Management Culture and autonomous working environment
• Company Wide Bonus Scheme
• Dedicated Employee Engagement Activities
• Flexible & Hybrid Working
• Annual Awards and Recognition for high Performers
• Friendly and Collaborative work environment