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Trade Show Coordinator

Laitram, LLC

Posted 04/11/23

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301 Plantation Road, Harahan, LA, 70123

Inactive
Full-Time
Experienced
Marketing / PR
In Person

Job Description


Intralox's global marketing department seeks an enthusiastic, enterprising, and creative global Trade Show Coordinator who is part of the Event Management Team. This position will manage the planning, development, and execution of trade shows globally in the tabletop and shell scheme categories.



Partnering with key stakeholders, marketing team members, and vendors, you will achieve business objectives by delivering superior and exciting industry-specific events across the entire attendee journey. You use your experience with the latest industry trends and best practices. You enjoy collaborating on developing customer event calendars for business units to create world-class customer interactions. You can translate a vision and commercial team goals into an experience that encourages deep engagement and elicits the desired customer response. You enjoy building relationships with external vendors and internal customers, seeking to ensure maximum impact in today's events and those in the future. You have strong project planning and execution skills, including developing and owning work processes and process management. You're a strategic and creative thinker, action-oriented and calm while executing multiple complex events simultaneously.



As one of the faces of Intralox, you will be a true brand ambassador who exemplifies our unique culture through meaningful customer experiences that convey our unique company values.



Together, our 3,000+ global employees are reliable problem solvers, continuously developing and directly delivering solutions that have driven our customers' growth worldwide for more than 50 years. We consistently and sustainably work together to create long-term value by continuously improving products, services, and processes for our customers. Our award-winning customer service team provides comprehensive support and access to technical experts to deliver fast, reliable solutions.

Intralox was founded upon the principle of doing the right thing, by treating customers, employees, and suppliers with honesty, fairness, and respect. We aim as a company to practice these principles every day, which is why we have been consistently recognized for innovation and workplace excellence.

We listen objectively, think creatively, and deliver results. To learn more about our company culture, philosophy, and benefits, please visit our company page.

Responsibilities:

  • Manage the tactical planning and implementation of trade shows
  • Provide full end-to-end event expertise, including strategy, vendor management, RFP management, contract negotiations, and budget management
  • Utilize exceptional project management skills to deliver events in line with overall program strategy and maximize ROI
  • Create post-show/event analysis that documents best practices and lessons learned, including the performance of events against goals



Requirements:

  • Bachelor's degree in marketing, communications, or a related field
  • 1-2+ years of relevant work experience in event management or related field, preferably in a B2B environment
  • Ability to prioritize and a natural motivator, ensuring delivery of influential events within tight deadlines
  • Proven negotiating skills with event vendors, able to prepare and maintain budgets and contracts
  • Good listener and effective communicator, able to pitch ideas and secure approval from all organization levels
  • Available to travel up to 10-20%, including internationally and sometimes weekends
  • Proficiency in project management tools, CRM Tools (Dynamics365), Event Management Tools (Cvent), and Microsoft Office Suite
  • German, Spanish, or Portuguese speaker is a plus

EOE/M/F/Vet/Disabled

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About Laitram, LLC

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Laitram is a vibrant, forward-thinking company with an intense commitment to innovation, integrity, and continuous improvement throughout its four operating divisions – Laitram Machinery, Intralox, Lapeyre Stair and Laitram Machine Shop. Laitram has been recognized for innovation and workplace excellence, including the New Orleans CityBusiness “Best Place to Work” award. For more information, visit www.jobs.laitram.com.