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Events Planner, IMEA

1 month ago

Riyadh, Ar Riyāḑ, Saudi Arabia Oliver Wyman Group Full time

Oliver Wyman is a global leader in management consulting. With offices in more than 70 cities across 30 countries, Oliver Wyman combines deep industry knowledge with specialized expertise in strategy, operations, risk management, and organization transformation. The firm has 7,000 professionals around the world who work with clients to optimize their business, improve their operations and risk profile, and accelerate their organizational performance to seize the most attractive opportunities. Oliver Wyman is a business of Marsh McLennan [NYSE: MMC].

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Oliver Wyman is now looking for an Events Planner for the IMEA region

This role can be based out of our Dubai or Riyadh Office

The Opportunity

We are seeking an energetic, passionate Events Planner to join our team. The ideal candidate will play a pivotal role in planning, organizing, and executing diverse events, ensuring alignment with our organizational objectives. The role will be responsible for every aspect of an event, from proposing venues to collaborating with internal stakeholders and managing logistical elements, coordinating with vendors, and overseeing attendee experiences. This role is also part of a global team and will assist with fulfilling department-wide initiatives.

Key responsibilities of the role include:

  • Research venues and suppliers, prepare destination comparisons with pricing, support event logistics, and other event management-related tasks.
  • Track event costs ensuring report accuracy and following budgetary requirements.
  • Plan events with attention to program details and time constraints.
  • Collaborate closely with internal stakeholders to understand event objectives and key goals and outline plans for successful delivery.
  • Plan, develop, and monitor event timelines.
  • Conduct flight analysis and manage travel logistics including travel confirmations and manifests.
  • Maintaining the Events Calendar with current data.
  • Building the events SharePoint platform.

Experience Required

  • Bachelor's degree is preferred.
  • Proven events experience at a corporation or an agency.
  • Strong Organizational and multitasking skills.
  • Strong verbal and written communication.
  • Solid contract negotiations and managing vendor relationships.
  • Corporate or Agency experience in events management.
  • Minimum of 2 years event management experience.

Skills and Attributes

  • Able to handle stress and remain calm.
  • Highly self-motivated with excellent interpersonal skills.
  • Ability to multi-task and prioritize with excellent time management.
  • Can adapt to a fast-changing environment and respond accordingly.
  • A team player with the ability to function independently, but collaboratively to deliver top results.
  • Proactive and solutions oriented.
  • Energetic, willing to "roll up their sleeves" to get the job done.
  • Ability to meet deadlines in a fast-paced, demanding environment.
  • Happy to work occasionally outside normal working hours for virtual events – with advanced notice.
  • Ability to travel as required by the project, including some weekends.

Technical Skills

  • Proficiency with MS Office (PowerPoint, Excel, Word) and file sharing tools such as SharePoint.
  • Experience with meeting management software such as Cvent.
  • Virtual event skills (Zoom, Microsoft Teams).

Why join us at Oliver Wyman?

At Oliver Wyman, we lead with heart - we love what we do and have fun while we do it We also strive for breakthroughs by questioning, seeking diverse perspectives, and finding powerful and sustainable solutions. If you share these values and want to work as one and own our impact at the same time, be brave and achieve the amazing with us

  • We're individuals who are self-starting, motivated, energetic, entrepreneurial about what we do
  • We have the common aspiration to have an impact, leave a legacy and change the world. We have no interest in running a steady-state business. We want to build, grow and shape the environment around us
  • We value an environment where every member of Oliver Wyman is encouraged and expected to voice his or her opinion
  • We believe that to create a true meritocracy we need to remove artificial barriers to opportunity
  • We value people whose lives balance work and non-work activities because we believe they are both more interesting colleagues and are able to make better contributions to the Firm.
  • We push ourselves hard to deliver excellence, but we also work to extract the maximum benefit from the flexibility of a project-based business. We provide the ability to take career breaks for personal or family reasons. We fundamentally value each other's time and are sensitive to how it is used. We are an output not input-based culture, have respect for people's personal decisions, and believe that one's workload must be sustainable. We seek balance for ourselves and our colleagues.

To learn more, please follow us on Facebook, LinkedIn or Twitter: OliverWyman.

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