Event Planner - Irving Job at AA2IT in Irving

This person will be working in spreadsheets on a daily basis, including creating and updating formulas and creating reports to enable leaders to make informed decisions on resourcing / staffing for 40+ global conferences per year.Responsibilities -Manage the Conferences Resource & Travel inbox, responding to email inquiries within 24 hours.Establish necessary flows of communication to Resource & Travel team while maintaining an organized inbox.Action requested changes across all tools and consistently escalate to manager when necessary.Maintain a strong line of communication with stakeholders, ensuring all emails and actions have been processed, information has been shared with affected teams, and following up with stakeholders when necessary.Independently and confidently communicate with senior-level executives to request information required to update tools or meet deadlines.Support with management of Conference Allocation and Conference Delivery Support List tools, ensuring data & formula consistency and accuracy across all tools and reporting.Partner with Logistics, Associate Registration, and Housing teams to communicate and expedite next steps for late changes / additions to conference resourcing.Create & maintain tools to support the Corporate Events team, providing a consistent approach for internal events staffing.Assist in identifying resources to fill staffing gaps when required, leveraging data from availability survey.Manage weekly ongoing travel approval process, tracking newly proposed associates and provide analysis by division for approval by manager.Partner with Resource & Travel team to provide support during bi-annual travel review process.Prioritize, improve, and manage multiple tasks in a data-driven, high-performance environment.Ability to travel up to 20% of the time.Qualifications -Bachelor's degree required.1-3 years' experience in Travel Planning, Project Management, Conferences / Events or Consulting.Conference or event experience preferred.Exceptional oral and written communication skills; demonstrated ability to speak / write clearly and persuasively.Fully competent in Microsoft Office and Google, especially Excel and Google Sheets (ex. Which year did you complete your Bachelors?Q2. How many years of conference and event support experience do you have?Q3. How far do you live from Irving, TX and how will you commute 1 day a week to the office?Q4. For Submission, client needs month and date (MMDD, don't need the year) of your birthdate (used by client as a unique identifier); kindly share?