Events Coordinator IMEA - Dubai or Riyadh

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 7000 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 Coordinator for the IMEA region!



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



The Opportunity


We are seeking an energetic passionate Event Coordinator 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 departmentwide initiatives.


Key responsibilities of the role include:


Research venues and suppliers prepare destination comparisons with pricing support event logistics and other event managementrelated 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


Bachelors 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 selfmotivated with excellent interpersonal skills.

Ability to multitask and prioritize with excellent time management.

Can adapt to a fastchanging 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 fastpaced 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
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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!


Were individuals who are selfstarting 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 steadystate 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 nonwork 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 projectbased business. We provide the ability to take career breaks for personal or family reasons. We fundamentally value each others time and are sensitive to how it is used. We are an output not inputbased culture have respect for peoples personal decisions and believe that ones workload must be sustainable. We seek balance for ourselves and our colleagues.

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