Meeting & Special Events Planner

About the role

Join our team and help bring memorable experiences to life while helping shape the way people connect, collaborate, and celebrate across Gallo. As a Meeting & Special Events Planner, you'll play a key role in designing and executing meetings, conferences, incentive programs, and special events that support business priorities and create exceptional experiences for attendees.

Responsibilities

• Partner with senior leaders, cross-functional teams, and premier hospitality partners to deliver events from concept to execution
• Source unique venues, negotiate contracts, manage budgets, and enhance attendee experiences
• Balance strategic planning with hands-on event execution, leveraging creativity, project management expertise, and customer-focused mindset
• Support executive-level meetings and create innovative event experiences
• Identify new ways to improve processes and reduce costs

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree plus 2 years of experience in Meetings/Events Planning, or relevant hospitality positions reflecting increasing levels of responsibility; OR High school diploma or State-issued equivalency certificate plus 6 years of experience in Meetings/Events Planning, or relevant hospitality positions reflecting increasing levels of responsibility
• Intermediate MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint and MS Outlook
• Skilled in project management
• Required to travel overnight approximately 30%-40% of the time
• Required to work evenings and weekends when necessary
• Required to lift and move 45-57 pound cases of product
• Required to be at least 21 years of age or older
• Required to travel to company offices, sites, and/or meeting locations for onboarding, training, meetings, and events for development, department needs, and business delivery up to 5% of the time, with or without reasonable accommodation
• Sponsorship not available for this position

Preferred qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Hospitality Management or Business Administration plus 5 years of experience in Corporate Meetings/Events Planning, or relevant hospitality positions reflecting increasing levels of responsibility
• Certified Meeting Planner (CMP) or Certified Meeting Manager (CMM)

Compensation

$27.98 - $41.92

Work location & schedule

Modesto, CA - Hybrid Telecommute, Dallas, TX - Onsite. Full-time.