Manager Of Festival Vendor Relations And Partnerships

As the Manager ofFestival Vendor Relations and Partnerships for the Festival of Nations and associated events, you will play a crucial role in ensuring the seamless execution of the Festival. In this role, you will have the chance to work with a variety of vendors, ensuring their satisfaction and fostering strong partnerships. You get to work with a diverse range of vendors, but you'll also have the opportunity to collaborate with our talented events team to create unforgettable experiences for our festival attendees.

General Responsibilities:

• Vendor selection, management, relations, and onboarding for Festival of Nations.
• Lead and coordinate a Vendor Relations team consisting of volunteers, providing guidance and support to ensure effective vendor management.
• Vendor data and financial management to track sales trends, and process and manage invoices.
• Develop, update and maintain a comprehensive vendor policy manual outlining Festival standards, rules, and regulations.
• Collaborate with vendors, the marketing team, and internal stakeholders to schedule story features, promotions, giveaways, and other marketing initiatives that highlight the Festival's cultural diversity.
• Establish and maintain processes and technology improvements for vendor and partner management practices.
• Demonstrate a strong commitment to diversity and inclusion, fostering an environment that celebrates and respects the cultural traditions of all participating vendors.
• Maintain open and effective communication with all internal teams, ensuring seamless collaboration and shared goals for a successful Festival.
• Contribute to the overall success and growth of the Festival of Nations by supporting other organizational initiatives and tasks as needed.
• Other duties as assigned.

Required Skills/Abilities:

• Ability to work productively in a multicultural environment and demonstrate respect for differences.
• Demonstrated project management skills with the ability to hold self and others accountable for high-quality, timely, and effective results.
• Demonstrated ability to manage a fluctuating body of work that requires a high level of performance, quality assurance, and a keen sense of attention to detail.
• Exceptional ability to manage internal and external relationships and processes and establish priorities and objectives to meet event deadlines and goals.
• Demonstrated ability to foster relationships and build community relationships.
• Exceptional ability to approach and resolve problems in a detailed and solution-oriented manner- creating contingency plans and handling emergencies when necessary.
• Demonstrated ability to accurately identify potential and current donor(s), partner(s), and client(s) expressed and unexpressed needs to help them achieve their objectives.
• Ability to work autonomously, collaborate with teams, and take direction as needed.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Strong creative, innovative, analytical, and critical thinking skills.
• Ability to develop processes, define problems, collect data, establish facts, track metrics, and draw valid conclusions and strategies pertaining to them.
• Demonstrated ability to hold information confidential with excellent judgment.
• Strong knowledge of and working experience in digital event/program platforms and web conferencing interfaces.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office suite, SharePoint, ASANA, Square, Jotform Google G-Suite, and Zoom (full features).

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in a job-related area and a minimum of five years of relevant experience.
• Five-plus years of proven success developing and executing Festival Vendor initiatives that drive both physical and virtual traffic and engagement.

The above statements describe the job's essential responsibilities and requirements. They are not an exhaustive list of the duties that may be assigned to job incumbents.

Candidates of diverse backgrounds are strongly encouraged to apply.

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