Venue Find Consultant

BCD Meetings & Events: Meeting & Events Coordinator

About Us:
At BCD Meetings & Events (BCD M&E), we provide more than meeting and event planning services: we create connections that inspire, motivate, and change behaviour for our customers. As the world’s most trusted and innovative meetings and events agency, BCD M&E cultivates a culture of people, passion and purpose to drive business forward.

Headquartered in Chicago, with locations in 50+ countries across the world, BCD M&E’s team of 1,500+ people are committed to sustainability and driving success for our customers, our business, and ourselves. In the UK we have a team of around 300 located across four BCD offices or are remote based.

About the role:

We are expanding our London sourcing team and are looking for Meeting & Event Coordinators (Sourcing) / Venue Find Consultants (Sourcing) to join our team on a full-time basis.

Our consultants are the face of BCD Meetings & Events for our customers. You will be dealing directly with our clients; receiving their meeting & event requests, finding the perfect venue that fits their requirements, negotiating to ensure the price fits the budget and presenting the best solution to exceed expectations. A Consultant role with BCD M&E is the springboard into building a career in the Meetings & Events industry.

See what life is about at BCD M&E at bcdme.com/careers and our YouTube channel https://lnkd.in/gCtyfpt

What you gain:

• Work with the best client portfolio in the industry, and build great relationships with them


• Learn what customer service excellence is and how to exceed expectations


• Work as part of a team driven to find the right solution always, even when that isn’t easy


• Develop your knowledge of the meetings & events industry, both suppliers and destinations


• The opportunity to personally visit amazing venues & destinations, in the UK and further afield, to deepen your specialist knowledge and become the expert


• Become a valued member of the BCD family, and all the opportunities that affords as part of one of the largest specialist meetings and events agencies in the world

What you bring:

• A background in customer service and/or a desire to delight customers by exceeding their expectations


• The tenacity to give your best and turn challenges into solutions, even when doing so is difficult


• Driven to do what’s right by acting with integrity, communicating clearly and transparently


• The want to solve it together as a team by building and maintaining trust-based relationships


• Able to act with purpose while juggling multiple priorities, adapting to change effectively and positively


• Motivated to feed the future and develop yourself, your expertise, and your skills


• Microsoft Office skills, including Excel, and good written and verbal language capability

You may also have:

• Previous experience of working within the M&E, travel, or hospitality industries


• Experience using booking systems, for example Cvent.

Our Benefits for this role:

• 23 days holiday plus bank holidays


• Birthday day


• Travel Insurance


• Travel & hotel discounts


• Gym & Fitness Discounts

Along with the usual - Company Pension, Life Assurance, Company sick pay

You should know:

• This is a hybrid role that requires 3 days a week in our London Office


• Our standard working hours are 9:00 AM -5:30 PM with an hour break


• You may be required to travel to attend company meetings / events or Familiarisation trips which may be in the UK or Overseas


• You must have the right to live and work in the UK for this role

How to Apply:

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