General Manager/Portfolio Director

vor 4 Wochen


Sydney, Österreich Akolade Vollzeit

Editing & Publishing (Advertising, Arts & Media)

At Akolade we value learning, culture and talent above all. Our company is only as strong as the people we rely on to live our vision and strive towards our goals.

Our core business is to provide a learning and development space for Directors, Heads of Department and C-Level Executives. This culminates in conferences, forums and summits that bring together the leading minds in each industry to examine practical case studies and solutions around improving their business and their own skills.

The Role

Reporting to the CEO while working closely with the Directors across Sales, Marketing and Operations, you will be responsible for the commercial and operational success of your portfolio of Events. You will be charged with leading senior managers in the delivery of day to day operations to deliver commercial success, growth of the business and ensuring the engagement and development of respective team members.

Key Responsibilities

  • Strategic planning and execution to deliver revenue and profit targets
  • Demonstrate commercial acumen to ensure the achievement of revenue, contributions and profitability
  • Determining objectives, strategies, policies and programs for organisations
  • Demonstrate a customer focus by providing effective and creative solutions for our customers, and achieve strong customer retention and growth
  • Responsible for the planned growth of the portfolio
  • Recruitment of staff for the portfolio
  • Developing a high performing and engaged team through coaching, mentoring and motivation
  • Ensuring the organisation complies with company laws and other relevant legislation
  • Preparing, or arranging for the preparation of, reports, budgets and forecasts and presenting them to the board

Skills and experience

  • Knowledge of sales, project management and general business management
  • Proven business management skills with a track record of growth and profitability
  • Tertiary qualifications
  • Experience in developing budgets and reporting on performance including forecasting
  • Experience managing staff from different work areas and skill sets ie/ sales, administration and marketing.

The Akolade culture is fun and dynamic. We work hard and play harder. The company senior management and staff are all down-to-Earth and supportive. When you win, we all win

Your application will include the following questions:

Which of the following statements best describes your right to work in Australia?

How many years' experience do you have in event management?

How many years of project management experience do you have?

How much notice are you required to give your current employer?

What's your expected annual base salary?

Akolade

At Akolade we strive to deliver leading-edge, well researched events designed to aide our clients in improving their business bottom line.

Partnering with industry best organisations, our belief in the vibrancy and energy of the Australian business environment is the foundation of our commitment to providing the best events in the Australian marketplace.

Our team of dedicated and experienced subject matter experts always put our clients and their needs at the forefront of creating memorable, must attend events that marry the needs of our attendees with the needs and wants of our partner organisations.

At Akolade we strive to deliver leading-edge, well researched events designed to aide our clients in improving their business bottom line.

Partnering with industry best organisations, our belief in the vibrancy and energy of the Australian business environment is the foundation of our commitment to providing the best events in the Australian marketplace.

Our team of dedicated and experienced subject matter experts always put our clients and their needs at the forefront of creating memorable, must attend events that marry the needs of our attendees with the needs and wants of our partner organisations.

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