Associate Manager, Meetings

at  Stryker

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As a Meeting and Events Associate Manager for Stryker Trauma & Extremities, you will be responsible for creating, delivering, and elevating first class experiences, events, and environments for the division based on the identified needs of our internal stakeholders.

• Execute meeting planning strategy and cadence in alignment with divisional goals and budget.
• Develop and manage all aspects for assigned divisional meetings, approximately 10 – 20 a year (as a team). Meetings could range from 50 – 1,500 and include leadership meetings, product launches, area meetings, council meetings, special events, etc.
• Create program budgets, control documents and tracking information for every program. Complete all required documents and follow policies and procedures to ensure compliance and continuity of all programs.
• Partner with stakeholders on their event planning needs and budgets, working with internal partners to execute.
• Execute on meeting requirements, plans and schedules that meet identified requirements. Requirements may include invitations, registration, air and ground travel, food and beverage, audio visual, amenity selection, site inspections and selection, billing reconciliation, program evaluations and follow-up with minimal direction.
• Deliver attendee experiences that generate high levels of engagement, in-person and/or virtually.
• Collaborate across group, division and business units for division meetings (i.e. national sales meeting, mid-year meetings, etc.) as instructed by leadership.
• Manage vendors and external partners with clear communication and instruction to support event execution.
• Contribute to processes, systems and tools for effective meeting planning and evaluation across the division.
• Evaluate attendee and stakeholder feedback to provide recommendations for future program enhancements or changes.
• Keep current with internal and external meeting trends to foster high attendee engagement and interaction.