Event Specialist ANZ (Up to 12 months contract) in Macquarie Park, Australia

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

In this position the Event specialist will partner with operating units (OU’s) to deliver budget conscious, compliant F2F 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:

Position Responsibilities:

• Enterprise-wide management and execution of customer facing events including conceptualization, 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.

• Manages booth banner program from Medtronic Sydney HQ

• Ensures that high-quality work is delivered on time and on budget.

Responsibilities as a Medtronic Employee:

• Observe all health and safety policies and procedures and take all reasonable care that actions or omissions do not impact on the health and safety of others.

• Work within and actively promote Medtronic’s Mission, corporate strategies, policies, procedures and Code of Conduct.

• Comply with Medtronic’s Finance and Legal policies and procedures, respond to both Internal and External Audit enquiries in a timely manner, and ensure follow-up on Action Items to address Audit recommendations.

• All activities must be performed in compliance with the local Quality System.

• Performs duties in compliance with environmental, health and safety related site rules, policies or governmental regulations.

• All other duties as assigned.

• Travel requirement: less than 10 to 20%

Required Knowledge and Experience:

Specialized Knowledge and Experience Required

• Minimum of 2 years’ experience in event, 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

Job Specific Competencies

• Solutions-focused with the ability to collaborate with stakeholders across the business.

• Results-oriented with good organization and time-management skills, including working independently and unsupervised.

• Able to prioritize, handle multiple tasks and work under pressure.

• Excellent planning, organizational, 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.

Personal Strengths

• Enthusiasm & willingness to learn

• Positive attitude to change

• Articulate, proactive, accountable

• Reliable and a team player

• Outgoing and friendly

Qualifications and previous experience:

• Minimum of 2 years of relevant experience in event management

• Graduate of relevant undergraduate business, event or marketing degree

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.

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 90,000+ 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 (http://www.medtronic.com)

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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 90,000+ 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.

We change lives . Each team member, each day, helps to improve and redefine how the world treats the most pressing health conditions, from heart disease to diabetes. Our industry leadership comes from the passion and ingenuity of our people. That’s who we are. Working alongside one another, we use science, medicine, and a profound understanding of the human body to build extraordinary technologies that can transform lives.

We build extraordinary solutions as one team . With one Medtronic Mindset defining how we work. Speed and decisiveness run through our DNA. Diverse perspectives inspire our bold answers to any challenge that comes our way. And we deliver results the right way, breakthrough after patient breakthrough.

This life-changing career is yours to engineer . By bringing your ambitious ideas, unique perspective and contributions, you will…

• Build a better future, amplifying your impact on the causes that matter to you and the world

• Grow a career reflective of your passion and abilities

• Connect to a dynamic and inclusive culture that welcomes the challenge of life-long learning

These commitments set our team apart from the rest:

Experiences that put people first . Respect for people is the hallmark of our humanity. It fuels our team to positively impact even a single life. And it means we put our people first at Medtronic as well, creating a culture of belonging and always pushing to get you the career-building resources you need.

Life-transforming technologies . No matter your role, you contribute to technologies that transform lives. What we build empowers patients to live life on their terms.

Better outcomes for our world . Here, it’s about more than the bottom line. Our Mission to improve human welfare drives us. We advance healthcare, society, and equity with every design, inside and outside our walls.

Insight-driven care . Fresh viewpoints. Cutting-edge AI, data, and automation. You’re shaping the future of healthcare technology and defining the next generation of breakthroughs in care

It is the policy of Medtronic to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. In addition, Medtronic will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.

For sales reps and other patient facing field employees, going into a healthcare setting is considered an essential function of the job and we expect our employees to comply with all credentialing requirements at the hospitals or clinics they support.

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