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  • Posted: Jul 10, 2020
    Deadline: Not specified
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    Pfizer South Africa’s vision of "living our full potential in striving for a healthier Southern Africa" forms part of Pfizer’s ethos whereby every Southern African should have access to quality healthcare. At Pfizer South Africa we are dedicated to the improvement of human life and the battle against disease & disability. We have...
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    Meeting & Events Coordinator (Contract position)

    Position Summary

    Position is responsible for the management of the local market Meetings and events (Internal colleagues meetings, external attendee engagements, congresses). This includes management of the event logistics, ensuring the event compliance, cost savings measurement, tracking and reporting, attendee management, client & vendor interactions. Is the local Subject Matter Expert on meetings and point of contact for any initiative and supplier performance.

    Position Responsibilities
    Core Responsibilities:

    • End-to-end management of M & E activities (including compliance, logistics, payments, reporting, etc.). This includes internal/external meetings, speaker programs and congress support as appropriate for the local market practice
    • Use data sources to inform stakeholders and manage suppliers: activity levels, spend, issue logs. Responsible for ensuring the accuracy and management of reports
    • Support creative solutions to meetings which may include virtual and other cost effective options
    • Ensures compliance M & Eprocesses and global policies are followed at the local market level
    • Interface M & Ewith other enabling departments, providing subject matter expertise for initiatives
    • Responsible for issue management and resolution in local market
    • Responsible for managing local suppliers
    • Follow up on local metrics and cost savings
    • Shares and implements best practices
       

    Organizational Relationships
    Reports to: SSA GCO Lead

    Key Interactions: BU Leads, Regional Brand Teams, other GCO teams, Procurement, Event Agency suppliers, Key Hotel Groups, AV/Production and Exhibit Agencies, Travel Company, GPO, Finance, legal, Compliance, BT


    Education and Experience

    • 2 years of pharma or hospitality experience;
    • Relevant degree/diploma
       

    Technical Skills Requirements

    • Proven capabilities for meetings management with a knowledge of the pharmaceutical industry and compliance.
    • Demonstrated ability to understand business and customer needs
    • strong project management and organization skills
    • the ability to handle multiple tasks simultaneously
    • can respond to tight timelines as well as the capability to interact with all levels of the organization in a professional manner
    • Excellent relationship management skills
    • Demonstrated judgment and the ability to prioritize work
    • Strong communication and influence skills.
    • Demonstrated initiative and creativity
    • Experience/ability to work in a matrix structure
    • Ability to manage multiple stakeholders
    • Knowledge of local market vendors/hotels/venues
    • Ability to manage vendors to ensure all logistics of a meeting are flawlessly executed
    • Flexible to adapt to changing business needs
    • Knowledge of the Event Management industry, ideally in a Pharmaceutical environment
    • Experienced in supplier negotiations
    • Able to demonstrate experience M & E in customer relationship management
    • Analytical and project management skills
    • Proven ability to facilitate open discussion and debate among key stakeholders and build internal and external relationships through partnering, anticipating needs, fulfilling expectations
    • Strong interpersonal skills are required, as well as excellent verbal communication and presentation skills
    • Able to work at all levels of the organization

    Method of Application

    Interested and qualified? Go to Pfizer on pfizer.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com to apply

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