Event Planner

 

Dentsply Sirona is the world’s largest manufacturer of professional dental products and technologies, with a 130-year history of innovation and service to the dental industry and patients worldwide. Dentsply Sirona develops, manufactures, and markets a comprehensive solutions offering including dental and oral health products as well as other consumable medical devices under a strong portfolio of world class brands. Dentsply Sirona’s products provide innovative, high-quality and effective solutions to advance patient care and deliver better and safer dentistry. Dentsply Sirona’s global headquarters is located in Charlotte, North Carolina. The company’s shares are listed in the United States on NASDAQ under the symbol XRAY.

 

Bringing out the best in people

 

As advanced as dentistry is today, we are dedicated to making it even better. Our people have a passion for innovation and are committed to applying it to improve dental care. We live and breathe high performance, working as one global team, bringing out the best in each other for the benefit of dental patients, and the professionals who serve them. If you want to grow and develop as a part of a team that is shaping an industry, then we’re looking for the best to join us.

 

Working at Dentsply Sirona you are able to:

 

Develop faster - with our commitment to the best professional development.

 

Perform better - as part of a high-performance, empowering culture.

 

Shape an industry - with a market leader that continues to drive innovation.

 

Make a difference -by helping improve oral health worldwide.  

 

 

Position Description

The event planner is responsible for the execution of Dentsply Sirona Charlotte Academy events and programs. The successful candidate must be a team player working collaboratively with cross functional teams. The ideal candidate is passionate, creative, detail-oriented, and dedicated to providing superb customer service at every turn. This person must have excellent project management skills and an acute attention to detail.

 

Responsibilities

• Plan, coordinate, and execute training and customer events from start to finish according to requirements, target audience, and objectives
• Liaise with internal stakeholders and external clients to identify their needs and ensure customer satisfaction

• Understand stakeholder needs, goals and event vision to help guide, recommend and develop comprehensive event planning timeline to ensure all deadlines are met

• Develop event budgets and ensure adherence. Continuously manage, forecast and reviews budgets to ensure accuracy of related billing. Tracks and reports expenses to key stakeholders and communicates changes on a consistent basis.
• Source and negotiate with vendors and suppliers

• Coordinate all logistics including venue, catering, audiovisual, speaker management, entertainment, transportation, and guest accommodations

• Create event collateral and materials including invitations, agendas, name badges, tent cards, signage, etc.

• Build and manage event registration through Cvent
• Manage attendee experience by creating detailed guest communications before, during, and after events including confirmation emails, “know before you go” guides, etc.
• Create contingency plans in collaboration with internal departments and partner. Conduct risk assessments and establish emergency protocols.

• Track event attendance, engagement, and ROI metrics.
• Conduct post-event evaluations, report on outcomes and recommend improvements.
• Provide and troubleshoot onsite tech support, in collaboration with Tech Services.
• Develop and continually refine processes and protocols to deliver a best-in-class customer experience.
• Maintain a professional-level meetings commitment, including a flexible schedule that includes being onsite evenings, weekends (at least two Saturdays a month) and holiday hours, as needed, to support events.

 

Education