Event Coordinator

GC Europe; Vlaams-Brabant; Hybrid; EUR 38,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Meal vouchers

Flexible work hours

Work from home 2x/week

Training opportunities

Extensive holiday entitlement

Diversity and team culture

Job summary

GC Europe NV in Leuven, Belgium, seeks an Event Coordinator to lead planning and management of events at European level, ensuring timelines and budget adherence with high stakeholder satisfaction.

Key duties include coordinating GC’s participation in major trade shows such as IDS, congresses like FDI and IADR, and organizing internal corporate events and campus visits. English fluency and a relevant bachelor's degree are required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Communications or Event Management.
• Minimum 2 years of experience in a similar function.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.
• Self-starter with ownership, but also a team-player.
• Perfect planning and organizational skills.
• Experience in negotiation is a plus.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office tools.

Responsibilities

• Plan, organize and coordinate GC's participation to major trade shows like the IDS exhibition.
• Plan, organize and coordinate participation to major congresses like FDI and IADR in co-operation with the local markets and GCE departments.
• Plan, organize and execute diverse internal corporate events.
• Organize and co-ordinate visits and meetings organized by GC entities of our Leuven site.
• Plan, organize and coordinate special events at GC Europe Campus like seminars, meetings and trainings organized by a third party, VIP visits, incentives and sales meetings upon request of the stakeholders.
• Internal and external communication, budget and expense tracking, vendor and event logistics coordination regarding planned events.

Skills

Communication

Self-starter

Team player

Planning

Negotiation

Microsoft Office

Education

Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Communications or Event Management

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

GC Corporation was founded in 1921 in Japan and has developed itself into one of the most prominent companies in the development, production and distribution of a very wide range of dental products. Since 1972 GC Europe NV, our European Headquarter is located at the Researchpark Haasrode in Leuven (Belgium). GC Europe NV supports and leads our different sales offices and dealers. Our warehouse spreads our products to Europe and the Middle East.

For our European Head Office in Leuven, Belgium, we are currently looking for a

As a Event Coordinator you will be responsible for comprehensive planning and management of events up to European level in a most accurate way, in order to stay within budget and timelines and to ensure a high level of internal and external stakeholder satisfaction.

What is your mission?

• Plan, organize and coordinate GC's participation to major trade shows like the IDS exhibition
• Plan, organize and coordinate participation to major congresses like FDI and IADR in co-operation with the local markets and GCE departments
• Plan, organize and execute diverse internal corporate events
• Organize and co-ordinate (individual) visits and meetings organized by the different GC entities of our Leuven site
• Plan, organize and coordinate special events at our GC Europe Campus like seminars, meetings and trainings organized by a third party, VIP visits, incentives and sales meetings upon request of the stakeholders
• Internal and external communication, budget and expense tracking, vendor and event logistics coordination regarding planned events

Who are you?

• You have a bachelor's degree preferably in Marketing, Communications or Event Management
• Minimum 2 years of experience in a similar function
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English
• You are a real self-starter, with strong sense of ownership, but also a team-player
• Perfect planning and organizational skills
• Experience in negotiation is a plus
• Practical knowledge of Microsoft Office tools

We offer you

• Fixed term contract for an indefinite period with a competitive salary package including meal vouchers
• Flexible working hours & possibility to work from home 2x/week after 3 months
• Competitive salary including benefits (10 euro meal vouchers, hospitalization, group insurance, dental insurance, …)
• Opportunities to take various trainings
• Extensive holiday entitlement
• An opportunity to contribute to a better, healthier world in collaboration with colleagues who are passionate about what they do
• Great company culture, based on respect and comradeship

GC is an equal opportunity employer that evaluates applicants regardless of their race, nationality, gender, age or disability.

We welcome candidates from all backgrounds, and actively promote diversity in the workforce.