Senior Event Hire Consultant

Senior Event Hire Consultant

Location: Belmont, WA | Type: Full time

About the role

We are looking for an experienced Senior Event Hire Consultant to join our team and take ownership of a diverse portfolio of event hire clients, enquiries, opportunities and projects.

This is a senior client facing role focused specifically on event hire and project management. You will work with clients to understand their requirements, recommend suitable equipment and solutions, prepare detailed quotes and plans, and manage bookings from initial enquiry through to confirmation and handover to our operations teams. You will draw on the extensive equipment, structures and custom solutions available across Event Mill, Reeces Hire and ExpoCentric WA to develop the right solution for each client and project.

Working across the Event Mill Group, you will have access to an extensive range of event hire equipment, from premium furniture, bars and styling products through to marquees, large structures, custom builds and major event infrastructure. You will also have the opportunity to work on hire requirements for some of Western Australia’s biggest events and clients.

This role would suit an experienced Senior Event Coordinator, Event Manager or event hire professional who enjoys the client, quoting and commercial side of events and wants to focus on developing hire solutions and managing client relationships rather than full event management.

Key responsibilities

• Client Enquiries: Manage a broad mix of new enquiries, repeat clients, referrals and existing accounts across Event Mill Group

• Event Hire Solutions: Understand client briefs and recommend appropriate furniture, marquees, structures, flooring, lighting, bars and other event hire solutions

• Quoting: Prepare accurate and commercially sound hire quotations covering equipment, labour, transport, installation and supplier requirements

• Project Management: Coordinate larger hire projects from initial brief through to delivery, managing timelines, suppliers, documentation and internal requirements

• Client Relationships: Build and maintain strong relationships with event managers, venues, corporate clients, wedding planners, local and state government clients, and industry partners

• Sales & Follow Up: Proactively follow up quotations, respond to client questions and help convert opportunities into confirmed bookings

• Site Visits: Attend client meetings and site visits where required to understand event requirements and develop suitable solutions

• Planning: Prepare and coordinate floor plans, layouts, equipment schedules and other documentation to support proposals and confirmed bookings

• Availability & Inventory: Work with internal systems and teams to confirm equipment availability, identify alternatives and manage competing requirements

• Commercial Management: Maintain appropriate pricing and margins while developing practical solutions that meet client requirements and operational capabilities

• Internal Coordination: Work closely with Scheduling, Operations and Warehouse teams to ensure confirmed jobs are accurately scoped and ready for delivery

• Major Events: Support hire requirements for major events and our larger projects being delivered across the Event Mill Group

About you

• Strong experience in event hire, event coordination, event management, venue events or a similar client facing events role

• Proven ability to independently manage clients and opportunities from initial enquiry through to confirmed booking

• Strong quoting, budgeting and commercial skills with excellent attention to detail

• A solid understanding of event equipment, logistics and the practical requirements involved in delivering successful events

• Proven ability to manage multiple enquiries, quotations and priorities in a fast paced environment

• Strong communication and relationship management skills, with confidence dealing with a wide range of clients and stakeholders

• A proactive, solutions focused approach and the ability to develop practical alternatives when requirements change

• Confidence working independently while also collaborating closely with our senior team and operational departments

• Strong computer skills, with experience using hire management, CRM or quoting systems highly regarded

• Current Australian driver’s licence

What we offer

• Competitive salary
• Employee Assistance Program
• Onsite parking
• Tickets and opportunities to attend events throughout the year
• Team lunches, events and social activities across the business
• Development and career opportunities through proactive talent management
• A collaborative, fun and energetic work culture

About Event Mill Group

The Event Mill is a full service event management and hire business based in Perth, delivering premium events and hire solutions across Western Australia. Our extensive hire range includes premium furniture, marquees, structures, flooring, lighting, bars, décor and event infrastructure.

Event Mill Group also includes Reeces Hire, Western Australia’s largest marquee and event hire business, with extensive capability across structures and major event infrastructure, and ExpoCentric WA, specialising in custom exhibition stands, brand activations, event builds and bespoke event environments.

Our teams work collaboratively across the group, giving clients access to an extensive range of equipment, expertise and operational capability for events and projects of all sizes. We work with leading corporate, government, venue and event industry clients and are involved in some of Western Australia’s biggest events.

Apply now

If you are an experienced events professional who enjoys working with clients, developing event solutions and turning briefs into successful hire bookings, we would love to hear from you.

Apply via SEEK with your CV and a short cover letter written in your own words, telling us about your relevant experience, why this role interests you and your start date availability.

Only applications with a cover letter will be reviewed, and generic or templated applications are unlikely to be considered.

Diversity and inclusion

We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and experiences.

Please note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.