Trade Show Manager (Life Sciences), DSA
Wilmington, MA, US, 01887 US
For 75 years, Charles River employees have worked together to assist in the discovery, development and safe manufacture of new drug therapies. When you join our family, you will have a significant impact on the health and well-being of people across the globe. Whether your background is in life sciences, finance, IT, sales or another area, your skills will play an important role in the work we perform. In return, we’ll help you build a career that you can feel passionate about.
Job Summary
The Events Manager is responsible for the planning, execution, and review of conference / tradeshow participation and customer-focused events within the Discovery & Safety Assessment (DSA) division globally.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
• Manage, plan, and execute a section of conferences, tradeshows and CRL hosted events assigned for the DSA division.
• Understand the strategic business objectives and collaborate with both commercial and operational stakeholders to build and execute on a comprehensive plan of events that results in visible impact on revenue.
• Oversee and build on the successful range of CRL hosted scientific summit events across the manufacturing portfolio.
• Perform extensive research on each potential event; strategize on key initiatives to drive success, enforce a culture of continuous evaluation, and implement change to drive improvement.
• Establish and communicate out KPI’s (leads, pre-set meetings, attendees, survey results) for each event. Provide KPI metrics to the wider team and stakeholders, provide suggestions on improvements.
• Perform pre-event planning strategies to provide historical, demographic, and statistical analysis and return on investment.
• Provide advice and guidance to senior management regarding event budget requirements, ROI, suggested level of participation and recommendations for future event involvement.
• Select, manage, and build relationships with a selection of third-party vendors associated with event execution. Where possible provide expertise and advice to enhance ROI and the overall CRL experience at events.
• Manage the global event schedule, including all aspects of negotiation, contracting, preparation and logistics for CRL’s event involvement.
• Provide clear and concise information for stakeholders and attendees on participation, roles & responsibilities and expectations.
• Assist in the development and recommendation of departmental budget. Authorize expenditures in accordance with budget. Manage event expenses, including negotiation whilst striving to provide maximum value on investment by means of bundling, value adding and discount discussions.
• Evaluate event involvement, including effectiveness of activities, content, and messaging, and make changes and improvements as needed.
• Identify and research potential new events that meet the objective for growing new CRL business or acquisition.
• Ensure adequate staffing at all events and provide appropriate selection of marketing literature and materials.
• Organize, chair and record pre and post event planning meetings for each event. Develop event strategy from group discussion, assign tasks to complete strategy, and manage completion of all tasks to ensure prominent presence for CRL at the event.
• Identify and take advantage of all promotional opportunities available for each event.
• Determine and implement techniques to improve productivity, increase efficiencies, cut costs, take advantage of opportunities, and maintain state-of-the-art practices.
• Perform all other related duties as assigned.
Job Qualifications
• Education: Bachelor’s degree (B.A./B.S.) or equivalent.
• Experience: 5-10 years related experience, ideally working within the life sciences tradeshow arena.
• An equivalent combination of education and experience may be accepted as a satisfactory substitute for the specific education and experience listed above.
• Certification/Licensure: None
• Other: Negotiation, organization, statistical analysis, problem solving and strong communication skills required.
This position requires regular domestic travel.
Compensation Data
The pay range for this position is $75,000 - $100,000K USD annually. Please note that salaries vary within the range based on factors including, but not limited to, experience, skills, education, certifications, and location.
About Corporate Functions
The Corporate Functions provide operational support across Charles River in areas such as Human Resources, Finance, IT, Legal, Sales, Quality Assurance, Marketing, and Corporate Development. They partner with their colleagues across the company to develop and drive strategies and to set global standards. The functions are essential to providing a bridge between strategic vision and operational readiness, to ensure ongoing functional innovation and capability improvement.
About Charles River
Charles River is an early-stage contract research organization (CRO). We have built upon our foundation of laboratory animal medicine and science to develop a diverse portfolio of discovery and safety assessment services, both Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) and non-GLP, to support clients from target identification through preclinical development. Charles River also provides a suite of products and services to support our clients’ clinical laboratory testing needs and manufacturing activities. Utilizing this broad portfolio of products and services enables our clients to create a more flexible drug development model, which reduces their costs, enhances their productivity and effectiveness to increase speed to market.
With over 20,000 employees within 110 facilities in over 20 countries around the globe, we are strategically positioned to coordinate worldwide resources and apply multidisciplinary perspectives in resolving our client’s unique challenges. Our client base includes global pharmaceutical companies, biotechnology companies, government agencies and hospitals and academic institutions around the world.
At Charles River, we are passionate about our role in improving the quality of people’s lives. Our mission, our excellent science and our strong sense of purpose guide us in all that we do, and we approach each day with the knowledge that our work helps to improve the health and well-being of many across the globe. We have proudly worked on 80% of the drugs approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in the past five years.
We’re committed to providing benefits that elevate your quality of life. Based on your position these may include: bonus/incentives based on performance, 401K, paid time off, stock purchase program, Health and wellness coverage, employee and family wellbeing support programs, and work life balance flexibility.
Equal Employment Opportunity
Charles River is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all qualified applicants and employees without regard to race, color, sex, religion, national origin, ancestry, age, mental or physical disability, family status, pregnancy, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.
It is unlawful in some states (including Massachusetts) to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.
If you are interested in applying to Charles River Laboratories and need special assistance or an accommodation due to a disability to complete any forms or to otherwise participate in the resume submission process, please contact a member of our Human Resources team by sending an e-mail message to crrecruitment_US@crl.com. This contact is for accommodation requests for individuals with disabilities only and cannot be used to inquire about the status of applications.
For more information, please visit www.criver.com.
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