Associate Meeting Planner (Finance)

At Elanco (NYSE: ELAN) – it all starts with animals!

As a global leader in animal health, we are dedicated to innovation and delivering products and services to prevent and treat disease in farm animals and pets. We're driven by our vision of ‘Food and Companionship Enriching Life' and our approach to sustainability – the Elanco Healthy Purpose™ – to advance the health of animals, people, the planet and our enterprise.

At Elanco, we pride ourselves on fostering a diverse and inclusive work environment. We believe that diversity is the driving force behind innovation, creativity, and overall business success. Here, you'll be part of a company that values and champions new ways of thinking, work with dynamic individuals, and acquire new skills and experiences that will propel your career to new heights.

Making animals' lives better makes life better – join our team today!

Your Role:

We are seeking a creative, highly organized event planner to help us execute memorable events that generate brand awareness, build business relationships, and boost employee morale. You will be responsible for conceptualizing ideas for the events, creating and enforcing budgets, coordinating with suppliers, communicating with clients, and ultimately ensuring that each event is flawlessly executed.

As the event planner, you should be an expert multitasker with impeccable attention to detail. The best individual for this role will have an extraordinary ability to predict risks and anticipate needs so that attendees are impressed and entirely satisfied by the time each event comes to an end.

Your Responsibilities:

•  Independently provide consultative guidance to (internal and external) customers to define, develop, execute, and manage meeting strategy to achieve meeting goals and expectations.
•  Provide meeting leadership and successful outcome expectations including, but not limited to, sourcing, attendee management, event management, cost proposals, budget reconciliations, program evaluations and post event wrap-up.
• Develop, manage, and monitor detailed meeting budgets, control documents and financial data reports/analysis and provide monthly reporting to Senior Leadership.
• Accountable for risk management associated with ensuring all aspects of meeting logistics are following company policies.
• Provides meeting planning best practice and compliance training for Elanco employees responsible for planning and coordinating travel and local meetings.
• Support special projects to support the overall corporate strategy, as requested. 
•  Identify clients' requirements and expectations for each event. Brainstorm and implement event concepts and themes.
• Developing post-event reports on the effectiveness of each event.
• Mandate the company's Travel, Expense, and guest attendee policies.
• Adapts strategy to meet unique requirements in a multi-national meeting environment specific to cultural diversity, varying currencies, fluctuating political climates, language barriers and time zone differences.
• Work proactively with the GTMS Sourcing Associate to ensure contractual saving opportunities. 

What you need to succeed (minimum qualifications):

• Education:  Bachelor's Degree (Hospitality majors preferred) or HS Diploma/GED with relevant experience.
• Required Experience: 2-4 years' experience in event planning/management. Experience in project management with a track record of successful events. Able to effectively monitor event details, coordinate logistics, manage organizational compliance, and communicate effectively.  Experience with meeting budgets, travel and meeting tools, including Cvent, and Concur, and other relevant tools. 
• Qualified candidates must be legally authorized to be employed in the United States. Elanco does not anticipate providing sponsorship for employment visa status (e.g., H-1B or TN status) for this employment position.

What will give you the competitive edge (preferred qualifications):

• Deep knowledge of travel and meetings processes and technology.
• Proven success in working with external suppliers, outsource service providers, and internal business partners.
• Proven control orientation based on prior operational business roles.
• Ability to work across cultures and across diverse management styles.
• Ability to be self-directed and work independently.
• Must demonstrate collaborative style with ability to recommend influence/ negotiate.
• Must demonstrate excellent, confident interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills.
• Creative, out-of-the-box thinking.
• Ability to lead a large team and delegate tasks effectively.
• Financial savvy, with the ability to adhere to plan budgets and process invoices.

Additional Information:

• Location: Global Elanco Headquarters - Greenfield, IN - Hybrid Work Environment (New HQ Downtown Indianapolis, IN- October 2025)
• Travel: Up to 50%

Don't meet every single requirement? Studies have shown underrepresented groups are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At Elanco we are dedicated to building a diverse and inclusive work environment. If you think you might be a good fit for a role but don't necessarily meet every requirement, we encourage you to apply. You may be the right candidate for this role or other roles!

Elanco Benefits and Perks:

• We offer a comprehensive benefits package focusing on financial, physical, and mental well-being while encouraging our employees to pursue our purpose! Some highlights include:
• Multiple relocation packages
• Two weeklong shutdowns (mid-summer and year-end) in the US (in addition to PTO)
• 8-week parental leave
• 9 Employee Resource Groups
• Annual bonus offering
• Flexible work arrangements
• Up to 6% 401K matching

Elanco is an EEO/Affirmative Action Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, protected veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status