Internship in Event & Meetings : as of January 2025

Are you a Speedy Gonzales multi-tasker, extremely fast, quick-witted, eager to gain hands-on experience within a global consulting firm and are you particularly enthusiastic to discover the world of events?

Your opportunity has arrived! The Accenture Recruitment team is on the lookout for a dynamic intern to become part of our Meeting & Events team.

What you’ll do

As an intern you will coordinate and ensure the execution of all activities in planning and executing meetings and events off site for Accenture including assistance with budgeting, site selection, logistics, on-site support (if required), supplier delivery relationships as well as billing, invoice reconciliation and payments, manage compliance to policies and data capture.

You will be expected to work independently alongside the client responding to his/her brief whilst making suggestions based on their own experience.

Your journeys begin with the essential role you’ll play in taking care of the event wishes of your Accenture customers, thus planning, organizing and ensuring on D-day that your events run perfectly

As a Meetings & Events Intern, your responsibilities are as diverse as your interests and ongoing projects allow. Here are a few examples of what you can expect:

Strategic/Program Management

• Collaborate and team with other M&E Planners; share best practices.

• Maintain timely & accurate records documenting the global/local tools

Service Delivery

• Assist customer in site selection process
• Apply corporate policies and guidelines
• Select suppliers, prepare budgets, and negotiate using professional knowledge / skills and in compliance with corporate guidelines.
• Purchase Requisition, purchase ordering
• Secure best possible venue
• Arrange sources for miscellaneous services (e.g., ground transportation (bus, taxi), catering, decorations, off-site dining reservations, entertainment, team building through third party vendors, signage, etc.)
• Execute contracts, including any deposits in compliance with corporate guidelines.
• Oversee cancellations
• Provide detailed logistical information for off-site event execution.
• Confirm and oversee audiovisual (AV), connectivity and other equipment needs for the event
• Provide on-site planning assistance, as required
• Oversee Attendee Management process, as appropriate.
• Monitor event budget according to guidelines
• Act as point of contact for all vendors and all relevant internal departments
• Act as liaison between client and vendor, manage conflicts and assist in problem solving.
• Oversee vendors performance
• Coordinate invoicing and payment to external providers

Customer Relationship Management

• Collect customer/client feedback and take responsibility for the follow up actions.
• Use local tool to document complaints & resolution steps
• Keep Gallia Lead abreast of any key issues and performance levels regularly and in escalation mode when necessary, in particular when involving clients

Policy

• Notify any policy exceptions
• Advise meeting owners of policy guidelines

Your team

At Accenture Corporate Functions, we do whatever it takes to make Accenture a success - every day. We are the pieces that hold it all together: organizing collaborations, monitoring and optimizing our activities and results, keeping everyone happy and motivated – and that’s just the beginning.

Working alongside HR, Finance, Geographic services, Marcom, Legal, and Information Management teams, you will find exciting opportunities to make your mark (and a measurable difference, too). We use modern tools, innovative approaches and our knowledge of best practice to ensure everything is running smoothly. It can be challenging to meet all the needs of our big-name clients and partners, as well as our colleagues - but it's worth it when you see what we achieve together.

Your background

• You are fluent in English and can express yourself Dutch/French

• You have a positive attitude : Yes I can!

• You excel at excellent interpersonal skills and teamwork skills.

• You take good care of your customer

• You are undoubtedly a multitasker

• You heed organization and time management

• A rigorous, detailed and deadline-oriented attitude is your disposition

• Calm and personable under pressure

• You are available for a 12-15 week internship during the second semester of your academic year staring midst January 2025.

• You are pursuing a Bachelor's or Master's degree in any Business Event management

Our offer

Accenture is an incredible place to work - and keep learning. By joining us, you’ll become part of a global company with a world-class brand and reputation.  Besides the work we do for our clients, we’re really proud of our vibrant, diverse workplace culture: we believe in openness and honesty, fairness and equality, common sense and realism. We want to get to know the real you and help you explore and grow - whatever it is you're great at. So you will always have lots of learning opportunities (formal and informal) to improve your role-specific skills and expertise.

Besides our high-profile, challenging projects and our nurturing work environment, we offer excellent benefits, including:

• Fresh fruit, coffee and healthy lunch so you’re full of energy to tackle any challenge

• Collaboration with and training from industry experts

• Opportunities to network with colleagues and co-interns

• Cool and more importantly eco-friendly office at Tour & Taxis

And perhaps – if you are ready to kick-off your professional life – you can stick around in our cool office

Accenture is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of society and does not discriminate.

Are you ready to jump in NEW directions? Apply now!

About Accenture

Accenture is a leading global professional services company that helps the world’s leading organizations build their digital core, optimize their operations, accelerate revenue growth and enhance services—creating tangible value at speed and scale. We are a talent- and innovation-led company with 774,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries. Technology is at the core of change today, and we are one of the world’s leaders in helping drive that change, with strong ecosystem relationships. We combine our strength in technology and leadership in cloud, data and AI with unmatched industry experience, functional expertise and global delivery capability. Our broad range of services, solutions and assets across Strategy & Consulting, Technology, Operations, Industry X and Song, together with our culture of shared success and commitment to creating 360° value, enable us to help our clients reinvent and build trusted, lasting relationships. We measure our success by the 360° value we create for our clients, each other, our shareholders, partners and communities. Visit us at www.accenture.com 

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

All employment decisions shall be made without regard to age, race, creed, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, disability status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, citizenship status or any other basis as protected by federal, state, or local law.

Job candidates will not be obligated to disclose sealed or expunged records of conviction or arrest as part of the hiring process.

Accenture is committed to providing veteran employment opportunities to our service men and women.