at Accenture in Chicago, Illinois, United States
Job Description
Organization: Corporate Functions/Workplace
Location: Chicago, IL
Accenture is a leading global professional services company that helps the world’s leading businesses, governments and other organizations build their digital core, optimize their operations, accelerate revenue growth and enhance citizen services-creating tangible value at speed and scale. We are a talent- and innovation-led company with approximately 742,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries. Technology is at the core of change today, and we are one of the world’s leaders in helping drive that change, with strong ecosystem relationships. We combine our strength in technology and leadership in cloud, data and AI with unmatched industry experience, functional expertise and global delivery capability. We are uniquely able to deliver tangible outcomes because of our broad range of services, solutions and assets across Strategy & Consulting, Technology, Operations, Industry X and Song. These capabilities, together with our culture of shared success and commitment to creating 360° value, enable us to help our clients reinvent and build trusted, lasting relationships. We measure our success by the 360° value we create for our clients, each other, our shareholders, partners and communities. Visit us at www.accenture.com . People in the Corporate Function contribute to the running of Accenture as a high-performance business through specialization within a specific functional area, and grow into internally focused roles by deepening their skills and/or developing new skills within an internal functional area.Job Description:
The Workplace Meeting and Event Experience Representative is a hospitality-focused role responsible for planning and executing innovative and memorable meetings and events at Accenture’s Chicago Corporate Office. The role coordinates event delivery and post-event facilitation, technology-related support, compliance, and reporting. The role operates as part of the broader Chicago Workplace Solutions team.Key Responsibilities:
+ Coordinate services for events, such as space reservations, setup, facilities, communicating catering and AV needs, wayfinding, special needs/assistance requirements, printing and security
+ Coordinate the provisioning of meeting planning services/support, manage budgets, invoice reconciliation and payments
+ Support execution of delivery in line with the overall hospitality strategy
+ Assist with general reservations and space management support for the office
+ Use technology to manage the planning processes for meetings, including meeting registrations, approvals, budget and actual spend, calendars, meeting logistics, attendee registrations etc
+ Ensure support for assigned events and completion of procurement processes such as deposits, purchase orders, billing and final reconciliation
+ Establish relationships with internal (cross-functional) groups to ensure consistent delivery of service and resolve all escalations related to events appropriately
+ Manage relationships and contracts with service providers to deliver value-added services and competitive costs
+ Identify and screen potential new suppliers and services and manage the process cost effectively
+ Keep knowledge base updated on supplier and sourcing trends and apply new approaches as appropriate
+ Monitor and manage compliance with existing policy and recommend changes to align with changing business needs
+ Provides support to communicate policy to Accenture personnel and external suppliers
Basic Qualifications:
+ Minimum of 3 years of meeting and event planning experience
Preferred Qualifications/Skills:+ Passionate about hospitality and customer service
+ Intermediate knowledge of MS Outlook
+ Intermediate knowledge of MS Office (word/excel/PowerPoint)
+ Comfortable with technology and social media (advanced skills a plus)
+ ?
Professional Skills:+ Critical thinking skills
+ Problem solving skills
+ Ability to take ownership and make decisions independent of customer involvement (proactive)
+ Proven ability to work independently and as a team member
+ Excellent communication skills (written and oral)
+ Strong organizational, multi-tasking and time management skills
+ Highly responsive, flexible, and adaptable
+ High level of professionalism
+ Business partner attitude and approach
+ Demonstrated leadership in professional setting; either military or civilian
+ Demonstrated teamwork and collaboration in a professional setting; either military or civilian
Compensation at Accenture varies depending on a wide array of factors, which may include but are not limited to the specific office location, role, skill set, and level of experience. As required by local law, Accenture provides a reasonable range of compensation for roles that may be hired in California, Colorado, District of Columbia, Maryland, New York or Washington as set forth below.
The application window for this job will remain open until at least 06/26/2024. However, if this date has passed, please note we are still accepting applications.
Information on benefits is here. (https://www.accenture.com/us-en/careers/local/total-rewards)Role Location Annual Salary Range
California $46,300 to $102,600
Colorado $46,300 to $88,700
District of Columbia $49,300 to $94,400
New York $42,900 to $102,600
Maryland $42,900 to $82,100
Washington $49,300 to $94,400
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