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As our Senior Meeting and Event Specialist for our Instruments division, you will help manage small to large scale meetings and events for the division, as well as other initiatives as assigned.

Who We Want:

Dedicated achievers. People who thrive in a fast-paced environment and will stop at nothing to ensure a project is complete and meets regulations and expectations.

Self-directed imitators. People who take ownership of their work and need no prompting to drive productivity, change, and outcomes.

• Develop and manage all aspects for assigned divisional meetings, approx. 40-80 a year (as a team). Meetings could range from 10 - 500 people and include leadership meetings, product launches, area meetings, council meetings, special events, etc.
• Coordinate all event details, these include but are not limited to: attendee communications, invitations, registration, air and ground travel, hotel accommodations, agenda development, food and beverage, audio visual, amenity selection, site inspections and selection, billing reconciliation, program evaluations and follow-up with minimal direction.
• Manage assigned business unit and/or additional projects as assigned ,from planning to execution, for the North American Sales Meeting.
• Define appropriate budget with financial partners and execute within that established budget. Ensure timely and accurate reconciliation of all invoices. Budgets may range from 10k-1m.
• Design and create engaging meeting environments and events. This will require sourcing and bidding of outside vendors including av, transportation, décor and entertainment.
• Establish relationships with immediate team and internal customers to provide a team approach to the successful planning and implementation of all programs.
• Provide high quality, effective meeting planning support and onsite support as required for other meetings when not the lead planner.
• Acts in the best interest of Stryker, reflecting the values of teamwork, collaboration, integrity, and mutual respect.
• Travel: 30%, travel is seasonal and ranges from 2- 6 nights per meeting, averaging 2-3 meetings/site visits a month

• Bachelor's Degree Required
• 3+ years work experience in meeting, conference, or special event planning required
• Excellent verbal and written interpersonal communication skills, including ability to tailor communication style to audience.

• Excellent grammar, proofreading and editing skills
• Strong attention to detail
• Excellent organizational, time and project management skills
• Ability to work within tight deadlines
• Direct work experience planning multiple back to back meetings
• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously
• Experience with contract negotiations with national hotels and vendors
• Ability to develop & maintain relationships with internal customers, colleagues & industry contacts

• 12 paid holidays annually
• Health benefits include: Medical and prescription drug insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, critical illness insurance, accident insurance, hospital indemnity insurance, personalized healthcare support, wellbeing program and tobacco cessation program.
• Financial benefits include Health Savings Account (HSA), Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs), 401(k) plan, Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP), basic life and AD&D insurance, and short-term disability insurance.