Senior Specialist Meetings & Events

Tyson Foods•Springdale, AR

About The Position

The Senior Specialist Meetings & Events supports Tyson Foods’ strategic meetings management program across the company and its subsidiaries. Reporting to the Manager, Meetings & Events, this role partners with internal stakeholders to plan and deliver events from strategy through execution, establish and implement best practices, provide guidance, and help ensure compliance with company policies. The position also works closely with suppliers such as hotels, venues, transportation providers, restaurants, audiovisual vendors, and caterers, and supports training-room management. The role manages internal and external meetings, events, and trade shows throughout their full lifecycle, including sourcing, contracting, registration, attendee communications, logistics, onsite support, budgets, and post-event reporting. It also supports internal training-room booking and workflow tools, meetings-and-events SharePoint content, and processes intended to improve service and value, mitigate risk and monetary loss, promote attendee safety, and support duty-of-care reporting. The position may also support international events as the travel and meetings program expands globally. The role requires a bachelor’s degree and at least three years of direct experience planning corporate meetings, events, and trade shows. It calls for event-management expertise, contract negotiation and budget skills, strong project management and communication abilities, sound judgment, client-service orientation, hospitality and travel industry knowledge, and proficiency with Microsoft Office, SharePoint, and Cvent. The position is on first shift and requires at least six domestic trips per year. Relocation assistance is eligible.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree required.
At least 3 years of direct experience planning corporate meetings, events, and trade shows.
Demonstrated success managing complex events, coordinating logistics, and delivering exceptional attendee experiences.
Experience negotiating and managing contracts, vendor relationships, budgets, and event-related risk while balancing business objectives and cost considerations.
Strong organizational and project-management skills, including prioritizing competing demands, managing multiple initiatives, and maintaining exceptional attention to detail.
Outstanding communication and interpersonal skills, including the ability to interact professionally with senior leadership, executive support teams, plant managers, and customers.
Ability to take initiative, navigate ambiguity, anticipate challenges, evaluate options, exercise sound judgment, and independently drive priorities in high-pressure, deadline-driven situations.
Excellent client-service orientation and ability to establish and maintain effective partnerships with internal and external stakeholders.
Business acumen, diplomacy, and discretion when handling sensitive business matters and interacting with senior stakeholders.
Knowledge of hospitality, hotel sourcing, travel and meeting management practices, industry trends, and supplier networks.
Proficiency with Microsoft Office, including Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and SharePoint.
Experience using Cvent.
Willingness and ability to perform the physical requirements of the job, with or without reasonable accommodation.
Willingness to travel at least 6 times domestically per year.

Nice To Haves

Hospitality, Project Management, or Communications degree preferred.

Responsibilities

Plan, coordinate, and deliver internal and external meetings, events, and trade shows from inception through post-event reporting.
Manage event timelines, logistics, stakeholder communications, and deliverables while balancing multiple priorities and deadlines.
Partner with business units and internal teams to align event goals and execution.
Support site selection, develop requests for proposals, and negotiate vendor and venue contracts.
Coordinate registration, RSVP tracking, attendee communications, and post-event attendance reporting using Cvent and other tools.
Manage attendee changes, updates, and cancellations throughout the event lifecycle.
Coordinate food and beverage, audiovisual services, technology, transportation, giveaways, signage, nametags, and other event requirements.
Serve as a lead onsite resource; oversee registration, vendors, event flow, and troubleshooting.
Prepare cost estimates, monitor expenses, reconcile budgets, process invoices, and support cost-effective event delivery.
Develop post-event recaps, attendance reports, budget summaries, and insights to evaluate event success and inform future planning.
Help establish and implement best practices to improve event quality, efficiency, and stakeholder satisfaction.
Use technology to manage training-room bookings, calendars, configuration workflows, communications, and related company policies; collaborate with facilities, corporate audiovisual, and cafeteria teams as needed.
Support management of internal SharePoint pages and meetings-and-events content.
Support the Manager in developing, managing, and implementing tools and processes to maximize service and value from meeting spend, mitigate risk and monetary loss, promote attendee safety, and report on duty-of-care standards.
Support coordination of international events as the travel and meetings program globalizes.
Use approved AI tools responsibly, protect sensitive information, follow company policies, validate AI-generated outputs, and apply professional judgment.