Events and Exhibitions Manager

Job description / Role

Events and Exhibitions Manager covering the Middle East region for a multinational organisation in the consumer goods industry.

Client Details

• With the backing from Private and Government entities, our client who is based in Riyadh is seeking to establish a new organisation with the aim of introducing a new standard of certification for food manufacturing.

Description

Leading all the events and exhibition related activities for the region, duties of the successful candidate would be:

• Lead from concept to execution relevant events and exhibitions to promote the business and their products
• Initiate and lead meetings with stakeholders to plan scope and format of events, establish and monitor budgets, and/or review administrative procedures and event progress.
• Developing concepts and mood boards and producing detailed proposals.
• Setting, communicating and maintaining project timelines and priorities.
• Liaising with stakeholders to cater to event requirements and with sales and marketing teams to publicise and promote the event.
• Communicate with visiting entities such as vendors and officials for assigned events.
• Managing operational and administrative functions to ensure specific projects are delivered efficiently.
• Organizing pre-event meetings and generating post-event evaluation reports for future events.

Job Offer

• Competitive tax free salary with benefits.

Requirements

• Candidate must possess a bachelor's degree from an accredited university.
• Candidates must have a strong track record of managing large scale global events such as trade shows and presentations.
• Global experience in a multinational company or Regional experience in a head quarter environment is highly desirable.
• Experience of at least 8 year's with an events management background.
• Flexible and target driven with strong networking skills.

About the Company

Michael Page is one of the world's leading professional recruitment consultancies, specializing in the placement of candidates in permanent, contract, temporary and interim positions with clients around the world.

The Group has operations in the UK, Continental Europe, Asia-Pacific and the Americas. In the Middle East we focus on the areas of:

Finance & Accounting Banking & Financial Services Procurement Property & Construction Engineering & Supply Chain Oil & Gas Technical and Engineering Human Resources Sales Marketing Technology Secretarial Executive Search Legal

The Group operates through 161 offices in 33 countries and employs over 5,000 employees worldwide.