Volvo Group Event Manager

We are looking for an experienced professional with proven ability to manage strategic and high-level corporate events.

Within Volvo Group Corporate Communication, the Corporate Events team manages business-critical, internal and external events, official visits, and other activities for our stakeholders.


ROLE DESCRIPTION


This role is responsible for leading, coordinating and delivering internal and external events. As Event Manager, you will be a lead project manager for corporate events with a holistic approach, collaborating and continuously evaluating concepts and strategies, based on the current mission and target audience. You will report to the Director Corporate Events, working closely with the Corporate Events team and stakeholders within the Volvo Group Headquarters.


WHO ARE WE LOOKING FOR?


This role requires solid project management and communication skills and the ability to collaborate with a large set of people in different fields and organizational levels. You possess hands-on experience from planning, organizing, managing and evaluating a wide range of events. You are open, receptive, and easy-going in any social context, yet with a profound personal integrity and a high level of professionalism. A good knowledge of the Volvo Group is meriting.


Main activities and responsibilities:
Planning, activation, conceptualization and delivering of corporate events. This also includes resource allocation, budget, evaluation and benchmark for continuous improvements.
A major assignment is to project lead "Tjänsteårsfesten", a large recurrent event to honour employees.
Project management of certain local corporate sponsorships.

Desired Experience and Education
Extensive experience from event project management in large organizations or equivalent.
Experience from working with top management
Experience from managing diverse projects with external and internal stakeholders

Key competencies and personal qualities
High level of integrity, confidentiality and accountability.
Proactive, driven and self-managing.
Collaborative with excellent relationship-building and networking skills
Innovative with the capacity and drive to explore, propose new concepts, and to think outside of the box.
Flexible and change-oriented, including digitalization capabilities, and the interest and ability to understand different requirements and needs

Other
Proficient in written and spoken Swedish and English
Driver’s license (B) and car



Contact Person
Eva Kuylenstierna +46 73 9022529


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