Senior Executive Events Specialist
Apply NowCompany: Honeywell
Location: Charlotte, NC 28269
Description:
Innovate to solve the world's most important challenges
The future is what you make it!
When you join Honeywell, you become a member of our global team of thinkers, innovators, dreamers, and doers who make the things that make the future.
That means changing the way we fly, fueling jets in an eco-friendly way, keeping buildings safe and even making it possible to breathe on Mars.
Working at Honeywell isn't just about developing cool things. That's why our employees enjoy access to dynamic career opportunities across different fields and industries.
Are you ready to help us make the future?
Honeywell is seeking a Senior Executive Events Specialist to be based in the company's global headquarters in Charlotte, North Carolina. This is a tremendous opportunity for an experienced, poised, and versatile corporate event planning/management professional who wants to join a technology leader and help shape the future.
With day-to-day direction from the Executive Events team lead, this individual will be responsible for supporting the planning and execution of key company events. These include Board of Directors meetings, employee engagement events at headquarters, senior leadership events, and corporate philanthropic programs. This work involves collaborating closely with key partners, venues, vendors, and contractors to conceive, design, plan and execute these events, as well as measure outcomes, engagement, and participant satisfaction. This successful candidate will also craft, edit, and maintain communication and promotional materials for the events, including attendee messages, registration packages and website content, and post-event surveys.
The ideal candidate will be a confident, proactive event planning/management professional with a proven track record of successfully designing and executing signature programs for influential stakeholders. Outstanding project management and written and verbal communication skills are required.
Ours is a fast-paced, highly collaborative, and accountable culture. If you are productive working on tight deadlines and complex challenges, can ably build and sustain relationships with a wide range of partners, and know how to handle pressure from multiple clients and competing priorities, you will likely thrive here. At Honeywell, The Future Is What We Make It.
Key Responsibilities:
Performing extensive research on and planning of hospitality aspects of corporate events, such as meeting venues, hotels, restaurants, food and beverage, gifts, and transportation.
Developing and maintaining comprehensive event project plans and effectively managing items to completion.
Preparing executive-focused presentations and reports on planned and completed programs.
Managing relationships with key internal partners, including regional and business leaders, communications colleagues, and event vendors.
Executing all necessary aspects of an event plan and measuring outcomes relative to key performance indicators established at the outset of a program.
Developing communications and promotional materials in support of signature events.
Supporting the design and execution of signature leadership programs, including Board of Directors events.
Planning virtual meetings, as needed.
YOU MUST HAVE:
A Bachelor's Degree a must. Concentration in Communications, Public Relations, Hospitality or Events would be preferred.
Minimum 6+ years of professional experience in private- or public-sector event planning/management.
Experience using Cvent or similar event management software. Example: Eventbrite, RegFox , Hopin, Bizzabo, or Eventzilla
Experience using SmartSheet or similar project management software.
Comfortable using Microsoft Office suite.
WE VALUE:
The ability to think strategically and provide counsel to key clients and executives and contribute to the development of event strategies and plans to drive results.
A bias for action versus waiting to be directed.
Excellent writing, editing and proofing skills.
A willingness to challenge the status quo, think critically and creatively, and take intelligent risks as we seek to evolve our executive event planning capabilities.
A proven ability to work productively and collaboratively with executives, vendors, and partners at all levels.
The ability to handle pressure and demands from multiple programs and competing priorities.
A desire and interest in detail orientation.
Ability to travel up to 10-15% of the time.
Additional Information
The future is what you make it!
When you join Honeywell, you become a member of our global team of thinkers, innovators, dreamers, and doers who make the things that make the future.
That means changing the way we fly, fueling jets in an eco-friendly way, keeping buildings safe and even making it possible to breathe on Mars.
Working at Honeywell isn't just about developing cool things. That's why our employees enjoy access to dynamic career opportunities across different fields and industries.
Are you ready to help us make the future?
Honeywell is seeking a Senior Executive Events Specialist to be based in the company's global headquarters in Charlotte, North Carolina. This is a tremendous opportunity for an experienced, poised, and versatile corporate event planning/management professional who wants to join a technology leader and help shape the future.
With day-to-day direction from the Executive Events team lead, this individual will be responsible for supporting the planning and execution of key company events. These include Board of Directors meetings, employee engagement events at headquarters, senior leadership events, and corporate philanthropic programs. This work involves collaborating closely with key partners, venues, vendors, and contractors to conceive, design, plan and execute these events, as well as measure outcomes, engagement, and participant satisfaction. This successful candidate will also craft, edit, and maintain communication and promotional materials for the events, including attendee messages, registration packages and website content, and post-event surveys.
The ideal candidate will be a confident, proactive event planning/management professional with a proven track record of successfully designing and executing signature programs for influential stakeholders. Outstanding project management and written and verbal communication skills are required.
Ours is a fast-paced, highly collaborative, and accountable culture. If you are productive working on tight deadlines and complex challenges, can ably build and sustain relationships with a wide range of partners, and know how to handle pressure from multiple clients and competing priorities, you will likely thrive here. At Honeywell, The Future Is What We Make It.
Key Responsibilities:
Performing extensive research on and planning of hospitality aspects of corporate events, such as meeting venues, hotels, restaurants, food and beverage, gifts, and transportation.
Developing and maintaining comprehensive event project plans and effectively managing items to completion.
Preparing executive-focused presentations and reports on planned and completed programs.
Managing relationships with key internal partners, including regional and business leaders, communications colleagues, and event vendors.
Executing all necessary aspects of an event plan and measuring outcomes relative to key performance indicators established at the outset of a program.
Developing communications and promotional materials in support of signature events.
Supporting the design and execution of signature leadership programs, including Board of Directors events.
Planning virtual meetings, as needed.
YOU MUST HAVE:
A Bachelor's Degree a must. Concentration in Communications, Public Relations, Hospitality or Events would be preferred.
Minimum 6+ years of professional experience in private- or public-sector event planning/management.
Experience using Cvent or similar event management software. Example: Eventbrite, RegFox , Hopin, Bizzabo, or Eventzilla
Experience using SmartSheet or similar project management software.
Comfortable using Microsoft Office suite.
WE VALUE:
The ability to think strategically and provide counsel to key clients and executives and contribute to the development of event strategies and plans to drive results.
A bias for action versus waiting to be directed.
Excellent writing, editing and proofing skills.
A willingness to challenge the status quo, think critically and creatively, and take intelligent risks as we seek to evolve our executive event planning capabilities.
A proven ability to work productively and collaboratively with executives, vendors, and partners at all levels.
The ability to handle pressure and demands from multiple programs and competing priorities.
A desire and interest in detail orientation.
Ability to travel up to 10-15% of the time.
Additional Information
- Category: Communications
- Location: 855 S Mint St, Charlotte, NC 28202 USA
- Exempt