Senior Event Manager: Major Sporting Events & Hospitality

Salary: £45,000 - £50,000 |

Location:

Oxfordshire | Working pattern:
On-site

CoCo Group is delighted to be partnering with a leading hospitality and events caterer to recruit Senior Event Managers. They deliver food, beverage and hospitality at some of the UK’s most prestigious sporting occasions and major public events.

• Lead the full lifecycle of your event, or your area of a larger event, with complete accountability
• Act as a key point of contact for senior client stakeholders
• Set the strategic direction of the event and keep it aligned with project goals
• Motivate internal and external teams, making sure timelines, milestones and KPIs are met

• Line manage a core team where applicable and work closely with cross-functional teams across operations, commercial, culinary, logistics and people operations
• Adapt your management style from pre-event planning through to large on-site teams
• Keep stakeholders informed through regular updates and planning meetings
• Maintain a detailed project planner and make sure every department hits its milestones

• Help shape the food and beverage strategy, working with brand partners where needed
• Innovate across retail and hospitality offerings, and look for ways to enhance the guest experience
• Oversee creative direction, including food, beverage, equipment and marketing
• Support public catering, hospitality, invited guest areas and workforce services, with a focus on quality, consistency and budget control
• Manage third-party suppliers and assets to deliver value and efficiency
• Keep all records and reports complete, up to date and compliant

• Own and manage your event budget or specific budget areas, including forecasting, tracking and reporting
• Work closely with Finance on invoicing, payment tracking and reconciliation
• Monitor and control spend across food, beverage, labour, equipment and logistics
• Follow internal financial procedures, including PO and invoice management
• Analyse on-site spend and labour costs, particularly within retail operations where relevant

• Contribute to longer-term planning and continuous improvement across the events portfolio

• Proven experience in a senior event management role within events catering & hospitality, ideally on major or sporting events
• Experience running large-scale, high-profile or temporary-build events with multiple moving parts
• A hospitality background, or a blend of retail and hospitality. The client is open to different routes in, so if your experience sits across both, we’d like to hear from you
• Commercial confidence, with a track record of managing budgets and controlling costs
• Strong leadership and communication skills, and the credibility to manage senior clients and large teams
• Excellent planning and organisational skills, with calm decision-making under pressure
• Happy to work on site in the office, with flexibility around event schedules, including some long hours and weekends during live events

• Salary of £45,000 - £50,000
• The chance to work on iconic, high-profile sporting and public events
• A varied portfolio and a supportive, ambitious events team
• Real scope to grow your career with a market-leading name