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Charlotte, Nc

Drive strategic recommendations in collaboration with retail brand presidents’ organizational objectives, marketing brand priorities, procurement sponsor/vendor partnerships, FP&A budget attainment, and learning & development goals. Create organizational efficiencies across brands and processes. Top line revenue growth and expense management. Key Responsibilities: • Guide strategic recommendations for venues and vendors that meet objectives within budget parameters• SMMP across brand portfolio including cross-brand, multi-event and cumulative reporting• Create consistency in feedback metrics to measure ROI year-over-year• Build business cases to substantiate event strategy and team building• Overall project management including creating and adherence to timelines and budgets• Source and manage third party and vendor partners• Process efficiencies around contracting, AP/AR, transient travel and other related components

Charlotte, North Carolina, United States

Description: Implement strategic priorities across our business, including proactive relationships with key stakeholders. Operations, including matters related to human resources, finance and accounting, procurement, portal, process improvements and efficiencies. Content management, editing, and process.Key Responsibilities:• Connect KPMG Economics priorities with firmwide, functional and sector business priorities • Diplomacy and strategic stakeholder management• Manage intake process, including strategic decisioning and resource management• Logistical matters related to speaking engagements• Project management

Charlotte, Nc

•Strategic Partnerships: Work with stakeholders to strategically align events to achieve objectives; year-end reporting and forecasting for national lines of business, marketing, Managing Partner, L&D, citizenship, other key stakeholders•Event Management: Large conferences; C-suite forums; continuing education; industry events; local go-to-market events; L&D; employee engagement; recruiting; training and partner retreats; incentive programs; investor events; tradeshows; women’s events; fundraisers•Virtual Program Management: Multiple platforms with external and internal audiences up to thousands of attendees; full-production virtual programs working with 3rd party production; self-managed production on Teams, Teams Live, Webex, Skype and Zoom; Including home page/virtual environment, registration, branding, general session, breakouts, networking activities •Sponsorship activation: Wells Fargo Championship; 2017 PGA Championship; 2014 U.S. Men’s and Women’s Opens; Meet & Greets and Invitationals with PGA Professionals; client and employee golf outings•Team Leadership: Managed through 2 organizational transformations; evaluation of book of business and recommendation of SMEs and assignments; identifying growth & development opportunities for team members; leadership of team trainings & bi-weekly planning calls; Formal and informal mentor; transition and transition-back coach•People Management: Coaching and management of full-time direct reports; business cases for promotion; interviewing & hiring; oversight of performance development process: goal setting, interim and year-end review delivery, salary and variable comp delivery•Project and Program Management: Served as Onboarding Board Co-Chair; KPMG Family for Literacy (KFFL) fundraising program oversight; national golf hospitality activation management; Signature programs (virtual and in-person)•Executive Presence: Confident and comfortable with leadership, including national and local leaders and Partners

Charlotte, Nc

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Ba, Journalism

Activities and Societies: Alpha Delta Pi

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Activities and Societies: Alpha Delta Pi

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