Jami Grant Email & Phone Number

Chicago, Il, Us

Chicago, Il, Us

St. Louis, Mo, Us

I sourced event and hotel space for domestic and international healthcare professional meetings for Bayer Pharmaceuticals. I managed 15+ files per month for programs with 10-500 attendees while ensuring hotel contracts are compliant with government regulations (Physician Payments Sunshine Act) through regular contract reviews. ◆ Generated client savings of $5k+ for canceled meetings through hotel negotiations to rebook meeting within quarter; avoided $10k cancellation penalty and rebooked without a 50% rebooking fee in the contract.◆ Created initial program budgets based on estimated hotel contract costs.◆ Drove client cost savings through program negotiations which included rate reductions, meeting room rental costs, and complimentary enhancements/concessions.◆ Mitigated client risk through careful contract reviews and updates; met hotel room minimums and managed attrition and penalties.◆ Ensured negotiated agreements were competitive and implemented through the establishment of key supplier business relationships, including hotels and convention bureaus.◆ Built and developed client trust through a direct partnership from program creation through program operation. Understood client program goals, collected program requirements, made destination/property suggestions, and provided frequent status updates to clients.◆ Spearheaded overhaul of client templates which created consistency in communications to clients.◆ Streamlined standard templates with current language and formatting.

Minnetonka, Minnesota, Us

I sourced domestic and international meetings for Johnson &; Johnson; managing 20-25 files per month. My primary focus was to establish estimated budgets for programs, train, and onboarded Sourcing Specialists. I regularly affected cost savings through hotel contract negotiations.◆ Booked 118 meetings and achieved 23.5% within the first 5 months of 2017.◆ Mitigated client risk through the inclusion of client addendum in all hotel contracts; reviewed the client requirements with hotels regularly.◆ Met client objectives through comprehensive sourcing process; included regular client conversations, property sourcing, request for proposals to hotels, report presentations, etc.◆ Fulfilled client needs and sustained client satisfaction through management of short-term meetings; worked overtime to meet deadlines due to the short-staffed team.

New York, Ny, Us

I focused on project-based work and led the sourcing team on Merck Pharmaceuticals account. I sourced meeting/event space globally and domestic. While working closely with clients to ensure their business objectives were met and maintaining strong client partnerships; I worked closely with clients and vendors to ensure client objectives were met. I managed client demands through meeting inbox review, assignment distribution, and weekly team status update meetings were a few daily tasks. ◆ Manage 10 sourcing managers on the Merck account◆ Responsible to manage meeting inbox and assignment◆ Conduct weekly staff meetings and one on one meetings with sourcing managers◆ Quality control hotel contracts and addendums for compliancy◆ Built relationships with preferred NSO hotel chains

St. Louis, Mo, Us

I sourced hotel, convention centers and event space for Novartis Pharmaceutical meetings; included advisory boards, speaker training, product launches, and internal/VIP meetings with 20-5,000 attendees. I developed budgets based on event requirements and fostered client and vendor relationships; acted as vendor liaison on incentive programs.◆ Average savings of $2.1 million◆ Responsible for 15-20 files per month◆ Implementation and launch of teams’ documentation storage and platform and processes◆ Negotiate program contracts, to include rate reduction, meeting room rental cost, and complimentary enhancements ◆ Familiarization with the Sunshine Act, and pharmaceutical guidelines in the meeting planning arena.◆ Research hotels and convention centers, utilizing Starcite, to ensure clients’ needs◆ Liaison with vendor on incentive programs◆ Bundled with hotel chains to reduce the cost for clients by approximately 20%