Manager, Strategic Inventory Planning

Responsible for preparing us for our future and the rapid growth of our Destination Conferences through long term venue and space planning. This includes ensuring program, audience and exhibitor needs can be accommodated in future venues, supporting capacity analysis, program budget writing and determining exhibitor inventory.

The successful candidate will take ownership of the end-to-end processes for all exhibitor and program inventory and will align with key stakeholders to successfully manage and track changes. This person will drive the decision-making process, understanding what is required and where necessary, help to build & recommend effective solutions and plans to allow for continued conference growth.

Primary Responsibilities:

Support Exhibitor Operations and Global Exhibitor Sales in inventory management and product development initiatives.

Project manage PE90 timelines to ensure program framework and space utilization is determined ahead of inventory release.

Determine key conference attributes working with relevant stakeholders to ensure the growth and needs of the conference are represented yet also kept in line with expense expectations.

Support on the agenda skeleton build and manage Gartner session inventory approval process.

Facilitate program budget writing, ensuring program budgets are completed accurately and kept up to date with ongoing approvals.

Understand all exhibitor products and their impact towards achieving revenue goals as well as financial expense associated to delivering such products. Ensure we are driving decisions to maximize conference contribution.

Collaborate with exhibitor operations, conference logistics and program management teams to build effective solutions for additional growth. Determine where investment is required and ensure global profit margins are maintained.

Analyze show floor capacities to determine optimal catering and aisle space requirements. Review all exhibitor deliverables and AVD’s that require space or resources and ensure we make decisions that maximize profitability and optimize space. Create tools and processes to support best practices.

Professional Experience Requirements/Qualifications:

Strong project manager to drive projects and get decisions

5+ years’ relevant experience

Detail oriented & process driven

Analytical / ability to perform data analysis

Great communication and people skills

Problem solver & ability to drive change

Excellent presentation skills

Events knowledge a plus – understanding of floor plans, challenges, etc.

Travel up to one time per quarter

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At Gartner, Inc. (NYSE:IT), we guide the leaders who shape the world.

Our mission relies on expert analysis and bold ideas to deliver actionable, objective insight, helping enterprise leaders and their teams succeed with their mission-critical priorities.

Since our founding in 1979, we’ve grown to more than 20,000 associates globally who support ~15,000 client enterprises in ~90 countries and territories. We do important, interesting and substantive work that matters. That’s why we hire associates with the intellectual curiosity, energy and drive to want to make a difference. The bar is unapologetically high. So is the impact you can have here.

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Our sustained success creates limitless opportunities for you to grow professionally and flourish personally. We have a vast, virtually untapped market potential ahead of us, providing you with an exciting trajectory long into the future. How far you go is driven by your passion and performance.

We hire remarkable people who collaborate and win as a team. Together, our singular, unifying goal is to deliver results for our clients.

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Gartner offers world-class benefits, highly competitive compensation and disproportionate rewards for top performers.

In our hybrid work environment, we provide the flexibility and support for you to thrive — working virtually when it's productive to do so and getting together with colleagues in a vibrant community that is purposeful, engaging and inspiring.

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Gartner believes in fair and equitable pay. A reasonable estimate of the base salary range for this role is 68,400 USD - 107,000 USD. Please note that actual salaries may vary within the range, or be above or below the range, based on factors including, but not limited to, education, training, experience, professional achievement, business need, and location. In addition to base salary, employees will participate in either an annual bonus plan based on company and individual performance, or a role-based, uncapped sales incentive plan. Our talent acquisition team will provide the specific opportunity on our bonus or incentive programs to eligible candidates. We also offer market leading benefit programs including generous PTO, a 401k match up to $7,200 per year, the opportunity to purchase company stock at a discount, and more.

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