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As our Senior Meeting and Event Specialist for our Instruments business, 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.

What You Will Do:

• Develop and manage all aspects for assigned divisional meetings, approx. 40-60 a year. Meetings could range from 12- 200 people and include regional meetings, leadership meetings, product launches, area meetings or special events.

• Coordinate all event details, these include but are not limited to: invitations, registration, air and ground travel, 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 for 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, and mutual respect.

• Travel: 30%, travel is seasonal and ranges from 2- 6 nights per meeting, averaging 2-3 meetings/site visits a month

What You Need:

• Bachelor’s Degree Required

• 2+ years work experience in meeting, conference, or special event planning required

• Strong attention to detail

• Excellent organizational and project management skills

• Ability to work within tight deadlines

• Direct work experience planning multiple back to back meetings

• Experience with contract negotiations with national hotels and vendors

• Ability to develop & maintain relationships with internal customers, colleagues & industry contacts

*$57,000 - $115,100 salary plus bonus eligible + Benefits (Health, Vision, Dental, 401K, Tuition Reimbursement, Employee Assistance Program, Wellbeing Program, Employee Stock Purchase Program). This information reflects the anticipated salary range for this position based on current national data. Actual minimum and maximum may vary based on location. Individual pay is based on skills, experience, and other relevant factors.*

About Stryker

Stryker is one of the world’s leading medical technology companies and, together with our customers, is driven to make healthcare better.

The company offers innovative products and services in Medical and Surgical, Neurotechnology, Orthopedics, and Spine that help improve patient and healthcare outcomes. Alongside its customers around the world, Stryker impacts more than 100 million patients annually.

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