Manager, Meetings & Events
About the Role
At HMP Global in the Healthcare space, Healthcare Made Practical: Advancing patient care through trusted education and clinician engagement.
This role manages the Global Meetings, Conferences, and Events category, an area that supports scientific exchange, business engagement, employee connectivity, and external stakeholder interactions. The role will develop and execute category plans that balance experience, service quality, compliance, sustainability, resilience, and total cost while working within the global direction established by the Global Category Lead. Working within the strategy and governance established by the Global Category Lead, this role owns category execution from end to end. The Global Category Manager converts enterprise priorities into actionable plans, engages stakeholders before requirements and suppliers are finalized, leads complex sourcing and contracting work, manages supplier performance, and delivers measurable value across financial performance, business outcomes, quality, sustainability, resilience, and risk.
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Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in business, supply chain, finance, economics, or a related field required.
- Master's degree or MBA preferred.
- 8+ years of experience in procurement, category management, strategic sourcing, supplier management, or a related commercial function within complex global organizations.
- Subject matter expertise across relevant categories such as meetings management, conferences, congresses, event agencies, venue sourcing, production, audiovisual services, attendee technology, virtual or hybrid events, group travel, and related services.
- Demonstrated success developing and executing category plans and complex sourcing initiatives that deliver measurable enterprise value.
- Strong commercial and financial acumen, including sourcing, negotiation, supplier economics, total cost of ownership, contract management, and value realization.
- Ability to influence and constructively challenge senior stakeholders across functions, business units, and geographies.
- Experience leading cross functional initiatives in a highly matrixed and regulated environment.
- Strong supplier relationship management capabilities, including segmentation, governance, performance management, issue resolution, risk mitigation, and continuous improvement.
- Strong analytical and communication skills, with the ability to turn market, supplier, spend, and performance data into clear recommendations and decisions.
- Experience with digital procurement tools, automation, analytics, and AI enabled approaches.
- Fluent written and spoken English.
- Experience in the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, healthcare, financial services, or another highly regulated global industry preferred.
- Experience sourcing and managing meetings and events services across multiple countries or regions preferred.
- Knowledge of event technology, data, payment, compliance, sustainability, and attendee experience considerations preferred.
- Experience working with global strategies that require thoughtful regional and local adaptation preferred.
Benefits
- Equitable pay for all employees.
- U.S. Base Salary Range: $154,400.00 - $242,550.00.
- Commitment to creating a diverse workforce and providing equal employment opportunities.
- Full-time employment.
- Job exempt status.
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