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AbbVie Meeting Account Manager II in North Chicago, Illinois
Company Description
AbbVie's mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines and solutions that solve serious health issues today and address the medical challenges of tomorrow. We strive to have a remarkable impact on people's lives across several key therapeutic areas – immunology, oncology, neuroscience, and eye care – and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at www.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and LinkedIn.
Job Description
The role of the Business Services Group (BSG) Meeting Account Manager II is to manage US Commercial meetings through successful project management, planning and delivery, while building strong working relationships with the brand teams. The person will own and lead the brand teams, meetings and events team, and vendor teams end-to-end delivery and execution of large, complex All in RDDM and NM Meetings along with other meeting and event activities utilizing standard process and procedures to achieve team satisfaction.
Responsibilities:
40-50% of time is spent managing and leading the All IN RDDM and NM meeting which spans across all Therapeutic Areas. The ALL IN RDDM and NM meetings are our largest and most complex meetings in terms of size, scope and spend. Budget management up to 32MM. They include participation across multiple Abbvie HQ functions and involve the largest number of stakeholders and meetings for US Commercial.
Communicate the service and BSG value proposition to internal stakeholders. Assist internal stakeholders to understand and conform to Abbvie and industry guidelines and standards.
Leads ALL IN RDDM and NM meetings in addition to cross-functional stakeholder meetings in assigned therapeutic area, planning, forecasting activities and trends within the assigned Therapeutic Areas.
Leads the annual planning/budgeting process within assigned Therapeutic Area, and the All In area cost centers and BSG management.
Responsible for the preparation and tracking of budgets, throughout the lifecycle of each meeting.
Identify, quantify and report cost avoidance/savings measures on all meetings and events.
Acts as Subject Matter Expert for MAM team on training updates and meeting trends, as needed.
Leads the onboarding process and manages the training for new MAM team members.
Conduct ongoing Event Team Meetings with stakeholders and BSG support colleagues.
After full spectrum of meeting and event associated activities have been identified, staffing and resources should be assigned and verified for all housing, venues, F&B, for all meeting activities.
Oversee the completion of the invitation and attendee management process per meeting including attendee management reporting in registration system.
Travel on-site to manage the successful execution of assigned meetings.
Manages logistical suppliers and any internal staffing involved in meeting activities. Manage all meeting requirements and on-site support staff.
Attend client debrief sessions post meeting.
Project Manage team and cross-functional projects as assigned by management, related to broader BSG Meeting & Event Team initiatives.
Travel within the US and internationally; 50% estimated yearly travel.
Meeting Management, knowledge of attendee managementm and supplier management with ability to manage multiple project deadlines.
Qualifications
Bachelor’s Degree in Business preferred/marketing/Advertising/Hospitality Industry preferred. Equivalent successful industry experience (9 years full time planning) can be considered.
Certified CMP/CTSM desirable
9+ years of work experience
Good communication/presentation skills, written and verbal and ability to deliver results in a fast-paced environment
Show high level of initiative and ability to work independently
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Additional Information
Applicable only to applicants applying to a position in any location with pay disclosure requirements under state or local law:
The compensation range described below is the range of possible base pay compensation that the Company believes in good faith it will pay for this role at the time of this posting based on the job grade for this position. Individual compensation paid within this range will depend on many factors including geographic location, and we may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range. This range may be modified in the future.
We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick), medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.
This job is eligible to participate in our short-term incentive programs.
This job is eligible to participate in our long-term incentive programs
Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, incentive, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole and absolute discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole and absolute discretion, consistent with applicable law.
AbbVie is committed to operating with integrity, driving innovation, transforming lives, serving our community and embracing diversity and inclusion. It is AbbVie’s policy to employ qualified persons of the greatest ability without discrimination against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex (including pregnancy), physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, status as a protected veteran, or any other legally protected group status.