Events Manager
Bennington is the market leading pontoon boat manufacturer and a wholly owned subsidiary of Polaris Industries, a Fortune 500 company. We pride ourselves on delivering a boating experience that’s second to none through our emphasis on innovation, design, product quality, and relentless focus on customer satisfaction. Our team members live that passion every day and have fueled our growth across 6 buildings in Elkhart, IN.
The Events Manager holds primary responsibility for Bennington’s annual dealer meeting. This role also supports the sales and marketing teams throughout the year and manages our external suppliers of promotional items, including apparel.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities
+ Primary responsibility for Bennington’s annual dealer meeting - event planning/coordinating, supplier communication & selection, set up & tear down, invitations, registration, dealer and sales team support, and invoice processing
+ Provides support to the marketing team through the year - administrative support for various dealer and boat shows, invoice and co-op claim processing, coordination of sample book mailings
+ Coordination of email lists, reviews content and creates eBulletins
+ Manages our POP store by providing support to dealers and sales reps when ordering, invoice processing, sales, communicates with our venders on site changes
+ Provides support to dealers and sales reps during boat shows and coordinates set up and tear down with vendors when needed
+ Collaborates with customer service on customer care packages, packages, and shipments. Approve freight invoices as required.
+ Facilitate miscellaneous employee apparel purchases, collect payment, and send to accounting
+ Inventory management for all marketing items related to boat shows, dealer meeting, and giveaways
+ Processes Discover Boating Leads - communicates with proper sales representatives & internal marketing teams
+ Provides budget reconciliation support for annual dealer meeting and all other marketing accounts
+ Participates in quarterly inventories - orders supplies, inventory preparation and tag control
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