IFMA Foodverse

Are you a strong administrative professional with a background in meeting and event planning?  Do you have experience with providing registration and stellar customer service to stakeholders at all levels?  If so, you should consider applying for our Meeting Services Assistant role. 

Who are we?

FMI is a dynamic national trade association located in Crystal City, Virginia just a few Metro stops away from Capitol Hill.  We work with and on behalf of the entire industry to advance a safer, healthier and more efficient consumer food supply chain. FMI brings together a wide range of members across the value chain — from retailers who sell to consumers, to producers who supply the food, as well as the wide variety of companies providing critical services — to amplify the collective work of the industry.  The reach and impact of our work is extensive, ultimately touching the lives of over 100 million households in the United States and representing an $800 billion industry with nearly 6 million employees.  As a consumer, you’ve probably heard of a few of our members including Walmart, Wegmans, Safeway, Giant, Coca-Cola or Kimberly Clark to name a few.  We are a team of hard-working professionals who are committed to supporting the industry in providing meals for the world. 

What will you do in this role?

Reporting to the Senior Manager, Registration, you will act as the main point of contact and project lead for all event registration tasks to include data entry, payment processing and maintaining registration websites. You will also get the opportunity to work with the meetings logistics team to assist with hotel, food and beverage accommodations, basic conference operations (audiovisual and room set-up), and acting as a liaison with external vendors.

The person who will excel in this role:

If you are curious, organized and enjoy socializing with others, this could be the ideal position for you.  You should also have a college degree in the convention, meetings or hospitality industry and/or two to three years of relevant experience in a similar role. Strong time and project management skills along with the ability to travel to meetings and events as needed is also required.

What benefits do we offer to our team?

We are committed to our employees and have structured our benefits package to be competitive and affordable.  We offer an array of benefits including a choice of three medical plans, two dental plans, vision plan, 401(k) options, flexible spending plans, 11 paid holidays, and the option to work summer hours where you’ll work half days every Friday during the summer.  You’ll also have a chance to join the Employee Volunteer Group, who plans various in-person and virtual group volunteer opportunities throughout the DMV, or join our health and wellness group to interact with your colleagues.  We also seek a healthy work-life balance for our staff and have recently implemented a hybrid work schedule for most of our positions at FMI. This position will only be required to work in the office up to one day per week, with every Friday being remote. 

Why Apply?

Our work is meaningful…  If you want to work with a fun team in a flexible environment that encourages personal and professional growth, please visit our website at  www.fmi.org/careers/ to apply.  

FMI requires all employees to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 as a condition of employment, unless entitled to an accommodation. If you receive an offer of employment, it will be made contingent upon satisfaction of this requirement, and you will be required to show proof that you are fully vaccinated or have a valid religious or medical reason not to be vaccinated. Please do not provide any information about whether you are seeking an exemption from the vaccination requirement unless and until you receive a conditional offer of employment from FMI.

FMI is an equal opportunity employer