Tradeshow & Customer Event Specialist

4 weeks ago

Wichita, United States Koch Engineered Solutions Full time
Your Job

As a Tradeshow & Customer Event Specialist for Koch Engineered Solutions (KES), you will play a pivotal role in enhancing our customer experience and event strategies. Your primary responsibility will be to collaborate with marketing and commercial teams to manage and execute a wide array of events, including customer meetings, site visits, and tradeshows. This involves comprehensive planning-from budget management to logistics-and occasional on-site support to ensure each event is impactful and aligns with our strategic goals. By analyzing feedback and competitive activities, you will drive continuous improvements to deliver best-in-class customer experiences.

Location: Preference for Wichita, but open to Houston or Atlanta

Our Team

The KES Marketing and Communications team partners directly with business units and capability leaders, seeking to understand their goals and deliver strategic solutions. As thought leaders, we constantly seek innovative ways to drive meaningful outcomes.

What You Will Do

  • Partner with segment marketing and business commercial teams to take a cross-channel approach to a variety of events, including customer meetings, site visits, and tradeshows to increase effectiveness and value creation.
  • Proactively create and execute a plan for each show that includes due dates, budgets, booth design and setup, exhibitor orders, shipping information, literature and promotional materials, meal and event reservations, and other logistics.
  • Using surveys and lead analysis, evaluate the effectiveness of each event and recommend any needed improvements to stakeholders.
  • Represent KES at events on-site as needed and assist with logistics, travel, and other activities.
  • Build and maintain relationships with key stakeholders across the business, acting as a thought partner to make recommendations.
  • Monitor and report regularly on competitive tradeshow and event activity to help our brands establish a best-in-class customer experience.
Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)
  • Experience working in a deadline-driven position with a track record of managing competing priorities, including detailed event logistics.
  • Highly organized, detail-focused and results driven.
  • Experience engaging with customers and stakeholders at all levels within an organization.
  • Proven ability to pivot and generate creative solutions when needed with a sense of urgency.
  • Willingness to travel as needed to events and meetings- up to 25% during busy periods.
What Will Put You Ahead
  • Experience managing detailed tradeshow logistics.
  • Experience in the industrial, refining, and/or petrochemical industries.
  • Written communication and presentation experience.
  • Experience supporting global initiatives with stakeholders and vendors in other countries.


At Koch companies, we are entrepreneurs. This means we openly challenge the status quo, find new ways to create value and get rewarded for our individual contributions. Any compensation range provided for a role is an estimate determined by available market data. The actual amount may be higher or lower than the range provided considering each candidate's knowledge, skills, abilities, and geographic location. If you have questions, please speak to your recruiter about the flexibility and detail of our compensation philosophy.

Hiring Philosophy

All Koch companies value diversity of thought, perspectives, aptitudes, experiences, and backgrounds. We are Military Ready and Second Chance employers. Learn more about our hiring philosophy here .

Who We Are

As a Koch company, Koch Engineered Solutions (KES) is a dynamic network of businesses that work together to create an ecosystem of domain expertise to increase operational efficiency, improve safety, reduce waste, and reduce emissions.

At Koch, employees are empowered to do what they do best to make life better. Learn how our business philosophy helps employees unleash their potential while creating value for themselves and the company.

Our Benefits

Our goal is for each employee, and their families, to live fulfilling and healthy lives. We provide essential resources and support to build and maintain physical, financial, and emotional strength - focusing on overall wellbeing so you can focus on what matters most. Our benefits plan includes - medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life insurance, ADD, disability, retirement, paid vacation/time off, educational assistance, and may also include infertility assistance, paid parental leave and adoption assistance. Specific eligibility criteria is set by the applicable Summary Plan Description, policy or guideline and benefits may vary by geographic region. If you have questions on what benefits apply to you, please speak to your recruiter.

Additionally, everyone has individual work and personal needs. We seek to enable the best work environment that helps you and the business work together to produce superior results.

Equal Opportunities

Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status. Except where prohibited by state law, some offers of employment are conditioned upon successfully passing a drug test. This employer uses E-Verify. Please click here for additional information.

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