Craft Hospitality Lead, Chandler, AZ - Semiconductor

World Wide Professional Solutions•Chandler, AZ

1d•Onsite

About The Position

WORLD WIDE PROFESSIONAL SOLUTIONS is a project solutions organization committed to implementing lean constructions, collaborative contracting, and execution approaches to enable breakthroughs in performance. WWPS, is seeking a highly skilled Event/Craft Hospitality Lead to join our growing team in the Chandler, Arizona area for a large-scale manufacturing construction project. The Craft Hospitality Lead position is a unique and highly rewarding job opportunity. The ideal candidate will be interfacing with our customer, valued crew members, and trade partners to make our site the best in Arizona! This job requires a dedicated employee with organizational, communication, and problem-solving skills to run a dynamic program.

Requirements

Demonstrable experience successfully leading a wide range of hospitality disciplines including one, or many, of the following: events, catering, front of house, corporate travel corporate, or Facility Management, ideally within a hospitality or corporate setting
A college degree or higher
A solid background in vendor/subcontractor management and project execution
A strong financial acumen
Superb communication skills
An ability to think strategically but also get in the trenches
Most of the day spent on your feet at an active construction site working with people

Nice To Haves

Being a motivated self-starter
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
Negotiating contracts with vendors and service providers
The ability to multitask efficiently
Critical thinking and problem solving
Ability to identify, assess, and escalate issues
Selecting the best price for products and services
Advanced written and oral communications skills
Digital image content creation (Canva experience preferred)
Budget creation and management
Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (PowerPoint, Excel, Word, Teams, SharePoint)

Responsibilities

Establishing and maintaining relationships with customer management, trade partner management, craft/trade partner personnel, and vendors
Constantly interface in the field and collect ideas on how to make the site a better place to work
Seek out, collect and collate these ideas in a running log and provide/present to management on a regular cadence
Manage an established event calendar for the year, including confirming dates for site availability, customer feedback and approval.
Multitasking multiple events throughout the planning stages and prioritizing as needed
Planning Site event details and aspects, including budget, logistics, customer feedback and approval. Certain events will be identified for planning with assistance from trade partners onsite that will include gathering a committee for decision making and feedback.
Coordinating site logistics with identified team members. (Bringing vendors on site through security, using map templates for directions, and ensuring day of event materials are available)
Utilize lessons learned from each event to continuously improve based off craft personnel, customer, and team feedback
Creating reliable budget reports and submitting payments to vendors on time
Remaining on budget with each event cost, including creative solutions to meet small to large budgets per event
Managing events and addressing potential problems that may arise
Planning for potential scenarios that could impact the integrity of the event
Maintaining a working knowledge of the complex needs of a wide variety of events and escalating issues promptly
Work with local vendors to obtain special discounts for craft personnel
Assemble / Maintain a package that can be given to craft personnel as they enter the site to inform them of the amenities that are available to them