Event Specialist, ANZ

At Medtronic you can begin a life-long career of exploration and innovation, while helping champion healthcare access and equity for all. You'll lead with purpose, breaking down barriers to innovation in a more connected, compassionate world.

A Day in the Life
A career at Medtronic is like no other. We're purposeful. We're committed. And we're driven by our Mission to alleviate pain, restore health and extend life for millions of people worldwide.

In this position the Event specialist will partner with operating units (OU's) to deliver budget conscious, compliant face to face and hybrid enterprise-wide events. This includes planning and execution of enterprise wide Internal and external events across Medtronic ANZ, including budget management, larger room blocks, event communication and supplier management. This includes Internal enterprise KOM, external customer events such as conventions and exhibitions and Medtronic initiated educational events.

Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned:

• Enterprise-wide management and execution of customer facing events including conceptualisation, stakeholder management, budget management and delivery.
• Enterprise-wide management and implementation of conventions, exhibits, and/or symposia.
• Assist in managing internal events including enterprise-wide conferences and kick off meetings.
• Works closely with creative team on creating impactful graphics and digital media for the booth and convention centers.
• Carry out specific APAC Event management projects and other specific duties as agreed.
• Negotiate with and manage external vendors for events.
• Manage event budgets with OU's LT and or marketing team, including financial reconciliation of Meeting spend post event – ensuring this is with the assigned budget.
• Remains current on new trends in events and exhibits.
• Creation of Cvent registration pages for Medtronic initiated events.
• Maintain high standards of personal presentation and promote a professional personal and company image.
• Ensures that high-quality work is delivered on time and on budget.

Required Knowledge and Experience:

• Bachelor's degree with a minimum of 3-5 years' experience in event and convention management
• Intermediate to advance MS Office suite of software – Excel skills and PowerPoint skills are a pre-requisite.
• Cvent attendee management advantage but not a pre-requisite.
• Knowledgeable on medical BCS is an advantage
• Demonstrated ability to delivery successful events
• Solutions-focused with the ability to collaborate with stakeholders across the business.
• Results-oriented with good organisation and time-management skills, including working independently and unsupervised.
• Able to prioritise, handle multiple tasks and work under pressure.
• Excellent planning, organisational, time management & account management skills
• Strong attention to detail.
• Maintain systems and practices that promote forward thinking and business performance improvement
• Strong oral and written communication skills. Ability to understand and communicate novel concepts and ideas, relating to events.
• Proactive can-do attitude, display initiative and growth mindset.
• Demonstrable ability to build solid relationships with external and internal stakeholders at all levels.

Physical Job Requirements
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this position, but they are not an exhaustive list of all the required responsibilities and skills of this position.

Benefits & Compensation
Medtronic offers a competitive Salary and flexible Benefits Package
A commitment to our employees lives at the core of our values. We recognize their contributions. They share in the success they help to create. We offer a wide range of benefits, resources, and competitive compensation plans designed to support you at every career and life stage.

This position is eligible for a short-term incentive called the Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP).

About Medtronic
We lead global healthcare technology and boldly attack the most challenging health problems facing humanity by searching out and finding solutions.

Our Mission — to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life — unites a global team of 95,000+ passionate people.

We are engineers at heart— putting ambitious ideas to work to generate real solutions for real people. From the R&D lab, to the factory floor, to the conference room, every one of us experiments, creates, builds, improves and solves. We have the talent, diverse perspectives, and guts to engineer the extraordinary.

Learn more about our business, mission, and our commitment to diversity here