The Senior Manager, Event Management is an event specialist and local market expert who oversees all pre to post event responsibilities, from planning and preparation to execution and reporting. This role involves managing staffing, product sampling, consumer engagement, asset transportation, POS coordination, and production. The manager works closely with cross-business counterparts, serves as a client contact, and oversees direct reports including recruitment, hiring, onboarding, and performance management of part-time and full-time employees. They also manage local warehousing, budgets, payroll, and vendor payments, and use data and insights for program recaps and evaluation.

Responsibilities

Reporting into the Regional Director, the Senior Manager, Event Management is an event specialist and local market expert who oversees the pre to post event responsibilities, from planning and preparation to execution and reporting. Event elements will often include staffing, product sampling, consumer engagement, asset transportation, POS coordination, and production.
You'll work in close collaboration with cross business counterpoints and serve as client contact.
You'll oversee direct reports, including ongoing recruitment, hiring and onboarding, and performance and financial management of part time and (if applicable) full-time employees.
You'll follow standard operating procedures, policies, and protocols for issue resolution.
You'll manage local warehousing with POS and special event assets, and ensure assets are available/operable for activations.
You'll socialize success and opportunities with program recaps, using data and insights for real-time measurement and evaluation, event strategies and project plans/ volume phasing.
You'll manage cross agency and in-market communications, and serve as a local contact for clients and partners.
You'll approve and submit payroll and expenses for part-time and full-time employees.
You'll process payments for invoices from vendor partners.
You'll prepare and follow local market budgets.

Requirements

6 years minimum experience in event management
Only candidates located in the Dallas–Fort Worth, TX area will be considered.
Budget management skills
Prior sampling event and production experience
Knowledge of wine and spirits industry
Experience sourcing candidates to guarantee a match to the position/organization
Proficient in the Microsoft Suite
Comfortable with the possibility of some non-traditional working hours
Travel is required within the assigned territories (schedule varies upon size of territory)

Benefits

Medical, vision, and dental insurance,
Life insurance,
Short-term and long-term disability insurance,
401k,
Flexible paid time off,
At least 15 paid holidays per year,
Paid sick and safe leave, and
Paid parental leave.