Director of Event Management & Bridal

Job description

The Peninsula Hotels, a division of The Hong Kong and Shanghai Hotels Limited, operates twelve world-class luxury hotels across Asia, Europe, and the USA. Known for our legendary hospitality and commitment to excellence, we offer an extraordinary environment that blends elegance with modernity, delivering unforgettable experiences to our guests.​ ​ At The Peninsula Tokyo, we are proud of our diverse, dynamic team of over 500 employees from 33 different nationalities. As we continue to grow, we are committed to creating a supportive, inclusive workplace where our team members thrive. Our focus on employee well-being, career growth, financial rewards, and continuous learning and development ensures our employees feel valued. In 2024, we made a significant investment in our talent by increasing base salary remuneration by over 29%, ensuring we remain competitive and continue to offer outstanding employee benefits.​ Your organization skills, business acumen and upselling initiative drive our events and bridal management revenue forward. Opportunity to be part of end-to-end event sales management from getting the lead, contract negotiation to execution. Report directly to Director of Sales and Marketing Key accountabilities Mentors and develops team members to consistently achieve performance targets, foster personal growth, and excel in key performance metrics. Develop event and banquet sales strategy, promotions, activities, and budget as required to support the DOSM in preparing the annual marketing plan and budget. Responsible for developing and implementing event fairs, banquet showcases and more. Oversee the banquet, event and event set-up and ensure Peninsula standards therein. Responsible for handling contracts and managing event and banquet contracted vendors – wedding costumes, florist, linen, audio-visual, entertainment, printing, beauty salon, photographer and more. Tracks and monitors the productivity of each events sales staff and provide guidance as required. Update DOSM on a weekly basis. Review and comment on monthly sales profit and loss report (P&L). Participate in daily morning hotel and division briefings, monthly sales and marketing department head meeting, monthly hotel department head meetings and bridal meetings with outsourcing company. Requirements 7+ years of all rounded sales or event management experiences. Experience in managing wide range of event types from planning, arranging and start to end. People management experiences and ability to work with people from diverse background. Able to organize tasks and plan event handling withing the events team, to ensure smooth operation and priorities among clients and timing. Fluency in English. Japanese language is strongly advantage The Peninsula Tokyo​ Perfectly located opposite the Imperial Palace and just minutes from the shopping capital of Ginza, The Peninsula Tokyo offers guests breathtaking views of the city’s iconic skyline. As we continue to enhance both our service excellence and career opportunities, we increased our base salary remuneration by over 29% in 2024. Entry-level monthly base pay now starts at JPY 302,100 across all departments. .responsive { width: 100%; max-width: 550px; height: auto; }