Profession wedding planner

Wedding planners assist with all logistical details required concerning their client's wedding ceremony. Based on their client's requirements, they make arrangements for floral decorations, wedding venue and catering, guest invitations, etc., coordinating activities both before and during the wedding.

Personality Type

• Enterprising / Conventional

Skills

• Communicate with customers

  Respond to and communicate with customers in the most efficient and appropriate manner to enable them to access the desired products or services, or any other help they may require.

• Guarantee customer satisfaction

  Handle customer expectations in a professional manner, anticipating and addressing their needs and desires. Provide flexible customer service to ensure customer satisfaction and loyalty.

• Tolerate stress

  Maintain a temperate mental state and effective performance under pressure or adverse circumstances.

• Prioritise tasks

  Organise tasks according to their priority.

• Develop professional network

  Reach out to and meet up with people in a professional context. Find common ground and use your contacts for mutual benefit. Keep track of the people in your personal professional network and stay up to date on their activities.

• Arrange special events

  Organise the necessary preparations for catering at special events such as conferences, large parties or banquets.

• Maintain customer service

  Keep the highest possible customer service and make sure that the customer service is at all times performed in a professional way. Help customers or participants feel at ease and support special requirements.

• Delegate activities

  Delegate activities and tasks to others according to the ability, level of preparation, competence and legal scope of practice. Make sure that people understand what they should do and when they should do it.

• Create event-specific menus

  Develop menu items for special events and occasions such as banquets, conventions and catered business meetings.

• Supervise event staff

  Select, train and supervise volunteers and support staff required for events.

• Manage budgets

  Plan, monitor and report on the budget.

• Plan events

  Plan programmes, agendas, budgets, and services of an event according to customers' requirements.

• Select event providers

  Evaluate and select the right providers of the right services, according to the customer's specific requirements.

• Inspect event facilities

  Coordinate event facilities acording to customer demands.

• Coordinate events

  Lead events by managing budget, logistics, event support, security, emergency plans and follow up.

• Manage schedule of tasks

  Maintain an overview of all the incoming tasks in order to prioritise the tasks, plan their execution, and integrate new tasks as they present themselves.

• Carry out event management

  Plan and execute all the technical and logistical aspects required for an event to be successful.

• Listen actively

  Give attention to what other people say, patiently understand points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times; able to listen carefully the needs of customers, clients, passengers, service users or others, and provide solutions accordingly.

• Develop creative ideas

  Developing new artistic concepts and creative ideas.

• Maintain relationship with suppliers

  Build a lasting and meaningful relationship with suppliers and service providers in order to establish a positive, profitable and enduring collaboration, co-operation and contract negotiation.

Optional knowledge and skills

Source: Sisyphus ODB