Business Initiatives Coordinator - Corporate Initiatives (Kansas City)

Description The Business Initiatives Coordinator will assist in reviewing, compiling, and outlining business initiatives. This position will assist leaders in ensuring initiatives align with business objectives on time and on budget by tracking milestones, increasing leadership endorsement, and focusing on implementation. Additionally, The Business Initiative Coordinator will assist in creating results-oriented implementation plans for the business initiatives that impact their respective groups of employee-owners.

• Assist in coordinating Global Practice and Departmentwide business initiative strategies and programs that maximize employee-owner adoption.
• Assist leaders in identifying strategic business issues and opportunities, then coordinate programs that address the identified business issues and opportunities.
• Assist in translating business initiatives into their specific purpose, goals, strategies, milestones, and deliverables.
• Assist and coordinate multiple large, complex programs with diverse stakeholders.
• Assist leaders in developing a robust communications plan to outline the targeted business initiatives.
• Assist initiative leaders in the initial tracking, monitoring, and reporting of initiative metrics.
• Assist in identifying various engagement approaches, impacts, benefits, and challenges to ensure the adaptation of initiatives.
• Assist in writing the marketing and business plans into the business initiative plan.
• Assist with tracking and developing reports outlining the challenges faced during the implementation of business initiatives.
• Assist and adhere to corporate marketing standards and communication strategies to align with corporate standards and brand guidelines.
• Assist leadership in ensuring key stakeholders are involved in new and existing business initiatives.
• Facilitate disseminating information to vendors, suppliers, clients and project teams as part of the overall communications and project management process.
• Resolve questions regarding the project; research and provide appropriate answers.
• Prepare and present meeting notes, presentations and tables utilizing Excel, PowerPoint, Access and other programs.
• Facilitate disseminating information to vendors, suppliers, clients and project teams as part of the overall communications and project management process.
• Resolve questions regarding the project; research and provide appropriate answers.
• Prepare and present meeting notes, presentations and tables utilizing Excel, PowerPoint, Access and other programs.
• Manage project set-up preparation and compile documentation updates.
• Monitor project deadlines and benchmarks and support monthly progress reports covering action items and progress updates.
• Plan, coordinate and facilitate on-site and off-site meetings for the project. This may include project orientation and training, stakeholder meetings, team meetings, periodic reviews, etc.
• Coordinate project personnel's required training programs and records in conjunction with the corporate training department and project requirements.
• Minimum of a 3.0 GPA strongly preferred.
• Involvement on campus or in the community preferred.
• Candidates must be legally authorized to work permanently (i.e., without time limitations, without restrictions or without need for work sponsorship) in the country where this position is located.
• Performs other duties as assigned
• Complies with all policies and standards
  
  

Qualifications

• Bachelor Degree in marketing, communications, business administration, or related field.
• Applicable years of experience may be substituted for degree requirement.
• Prior internship and/or related consulting experience and/or prior marketing and/or communication experience Preferred
• Knowledge in standard change management techniques, principles, and procedures.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work methodically and analytically in a quantitative problem-solving environment and demonstrated critical thinking skills.
• Strong attention to detail, facilitation, team building, collaboration, organization, and problem-solving skills.
• Demonstrated leadership skills
• Position requires ability to work independently, demonstrating accuracy, reliability, organization and problem solving skills.
• Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel, Access, and PowerPoint is required.
• Excellent organizational skills, attention to detail, communication skills and ability to handle multiple tasks.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate with all levels within an organization.
  
  

This job posting will remain open a minimum of 72 hours and on an ongoing basis until filled

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Job Administrative/Office Support

Primary Location US-MO-Kansas City

Schedule: Full-time

Travel: Yes, 10 % of the Time

Req ID: 250710

Job Hire Type Experienced #COR N/A