Business/Events Manager

Pringle Stables is a beautiful facility in Edwards, IL located on our 47 Acre farm. This top of line facility is home to our Pringle Horses with an Equine Team dedicated to their care and training.
We are looking for a Business Manager to manage the Operational aspects of the facility including the teams and collaborating with them to ensure the streamlined scheduling of horseback riding lessons, events and maintenance. This person will also drive community engagement to seek opportunities for partnerships and program development around the horses and the use of our facility for events.

Responsibilities:

• Manage site team daily tasks and scheduling
• Coordinates needed upgrades, repairs, maintenance and projects for facility with inside staff and outside vendors
• Develop community partnerships to leverage programs with Equine Therapy
• Planning and execution of special events such as birthday party’s, open houses, corporate events, movie nights and contracted events with outside vendors, etc.
• Builds strong relationships with local photographers to rent property and building for photoshoots
• Builds and maintains a full calendar of riding lessons and special events to drive revenue for Pringle Stables
• Ensure that the facilities are always immaculately maintained
• Works with Marketing to ensure all events are marketed through all available channels in a timely manner to maximize attendance.
• Seeks out community events to participate in to generate exposure for the facility such a bridal shows, special event conferences and Equine industry events
• Partners with the neighboring event center to provide add-ons for their events involving grounds photography, and Equine services.
• Creates and manages budgets for facility
• All other duties and projects as assigned

Required Skills:

• Background in events planning and management with a proven track record of revenue generation
• Strong business acumen
• Proven ability to build and maintain community partnerships
• Experience managing teams
• Must be highly organized
• Proficiency with Excel and/or Google Sheets

Job Type: Full-time

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Edwards, IL 61528: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Required)

Experience:

• Events management: 1 year (Preferred)
• Customer service: 1 year (Preferred)

Work Location: One location

Salary : $52,700 - $66,700