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 for Microbial Solutions is responsible for the planning and execution of all events/trade events for assigned US-based business segment(s).
This is a remote position.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
• Manage, plan and execute all trade events and other events for assigned US-based businesses.
• Perform extensive research on each event; strategize, implement and measure the results for 40+ trade events per year.
• Perform pre-event planning strategies to provide historical and statistical analysis and return on investment.
• Provide advice and guidance to senior management regarding event budget requirements, ROI, participation.
• Select and manage vendors associated with event execution.
• Manage event schedule and related activities including other CRL trade event activities to secure premium space and achieve successful event results. Manage all aspects of booking, preparation for and rollout of CRL’s event involvement.
• Manage arrangements for CRL and CRL-sponsored event attendees.
• Manage event expenses, including obtaining substantial discounts.
• Evaluate event involvement, effectiveness of displays, and make changes and improvements as needed.
• Identify and research potential new events that meet the objective for growing new CRL business or acquisition.
• Analyze ROI and make recommendations for future event involvement.
• Ensure adequate staffing at all events and provide appropriate selection of marketing literature and materials.
• Develop agenda for and execute pre-event planning meetings to provide event history, statistical analysis and return on investment. Moderate meeting, provide suggestions and direction and provide statistical evidence for ideas raised. 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.
• Negotiate with technical societies which produce the events for premium space and unpublished benefits. Maintain a relationship with each and offer suggestions for event improvement which would benefit CRL. Identify weak areas and provide assistance and advice to resolve these.
• Assist in the development and recommendation of departmental budget. Authorize expenditures in accordance with budget.
• 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 years experience with planning and executing trade shows and conferences.
• 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.
Compensation Data
The pay range for this position is $85K – $95K USD. 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 supported the development of 86% of the drugs approved by the FDA in 2021.
Equal Employment Opportunity
Charles River Laboratories is an Equal Opportunity Employer – all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or national origin, veteran or disability status.
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.