Marketing Events Manager

Are you an experienced B2B events professional who loves turning commercial priorities into memorable client experiences? We’re looking for a Marketing Events Manager to lead the events programme, creating high-quality experiences that strengthen client relationships, open new business conversations and support pipeline growth. You’ll be based in Cardiff and work closely with sales, account management, sector leaders and marketing colleagues.

SafeContractor is the UK’s largest SSIP-registered and UKAS-accredited supply chain risk management company, trusted by 40,000 contractors. We simplify compliance for clients and contractors of all sizes, helping to make workplaces safer for everyone, through a flexible, risk-based approach.

You’ll take ownership of SafeContractor’s events strategy and calendar, combining strategic thinking with hands-on delivery. From account-based marketing and meet-the-buyer events to roundtables, hospitality and corporate entertainment, you’ll shape experiences around our audiences and commercial priorities, then make sure every detail delivers.

🎯 Leading the events strategy and calendar, aligning activity with priority accounts, sector opportunities, client engagement objectives and wider commercial goals.

🤝 Creating and delivering B2B events that build meaningful relationships and generate commercial opportunities, including new business events, meet-the-buyer sessions, roundtables, hospitality and corporate entertainment.

📋 Managing events from concept to completion, including audience targeting, venue sourcing, suppliers, contracts, invitations, attendee management, logistics, on-site delivery and post-event evaluation.

💡 Partnering with sales, account management, leadership and wider marketing teams to develop strong event concepts, messaging, supporting content and effective follow-up activity.

💷 Owning event budgets and supplier relationships, tracking spend carefully and applying good commercial judgement to ensure investment supports business priorities.

📊 Measuring and improving event performance through attendance, engagement, client feedback, pipeline contribution and other relevant commercial outcomes, using your insights to strengthen future activity.

✅ Ensuring every event is professionally delivered, with clear processes and contingency plans and in line with company policies, brand standards, health and safety requirements and relevant compliance expectations.

✅ You’ll have demonstrable experience of planning and delivering B2B events from end to end, including stakeholder management.
✅ You’ll bring strong experience of client events, new business events, hospitality or corporate entertainment within a commercial environment.
✅ You’ll be comfortable managing multiple events and priorities simultaneously, with strong project management, organisation and attention to detail.
✅ You’ll be confident working with sales teams, account teams, senior leaders, suppliers and external partners, using strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
✅ You’ll have experience managing event budgets, venues, suppliers, contracts and logistics, with sound commercial judgement.
✅ You’ll be able to set clear objectives for events and use data, feedback and outcomes to evaluate performance and continuously improve future activity.
✅ You’ll have experience using event management, CRM or marketing platforms to support invitations, attendance, follow-up and reporting.
✅ You’ll be comfortable working cross-functionally and influencing others to deliver in a fast-paced environment.

We have a hybrid workplace policy, where you will work from the office 3 days per week.
We want you to be able to do your best work here. We emphasize providing many ways to support our team to do their best work and below are some of the perks and benefits we offer:

Personal Health & Wellbeing / Benefits
>🍼 Enhanced Parental Leave

>🌴Generous annual leave, with the option to buy additional days

>🏥 Healthcare Plan

>💟 Annual Giving Day – an extra day to give back to yourself or your community

>🚲 Cycle-to-work Scheme
> 🚗 EV Salary Sacrifice Scheme

Future Planning
>💰Pension scheme with employer contributions

>🧬 Life Assurance – 3X base salary

>💸 Rewards Program – access to discounts and cashback

>🏫 LinkedIn Learning License for upskilling & development

Our recruitment team assesses and reviews all applications against the role and business needs. We believe in people having transferable and soft skills and want you to know that we do consider where an individual might not meet all the criteria, but have the aptitude and capability, nonetheless. Our priority is to ensure we set people up for success. We will make a final call based on our determining whether we can offer the necessary support to upskill or provide the developmental support needed for you to get the best out of this opportunity with us!

Bring Your Whole Self to Work.
We are proudly an equal-opportunity employer. We are committed to ensuring that no candidate is discriminated against because of gender identity and expression, race, disability, ethnicity, sexual orientation, age, colour, region, creed, national origin, or sex. We are dedicated to growing a diverse team while continuing to create an inclusive environment where everyone feels safe and empowered to be themselves.

What you can expect if you apply:

We’re keen to ensure our hiring process allows you to be at your best, so if you need us to make any adjustments, please just let us know.