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Title: Senior executive assistant (bilingual English)
Posted by: Dominique VIGOUROUX
Location: PARIS suburbs,
Date: March 4, 2010


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Dominique V.
FRANCE (Paris area)



EXPERIENCED EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT (BILINGUAL ENGLISH)
seeking a job

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

June 08 to Jan 09
Sanofi Chimie/Vitry-sur-Seine
- assistant to the Head of the manufacturing Site
- then, assistant to the Director of the HSE Department (Hygiene – safety – environment) and his team

Jan to April 08
CNG (Centre National de Génotypage/Evry : assistant to the Head of Technological Development and his team : basic secretarial tasks (diary, phone, travel organisation….), follow-up of the scientific projects on an administrative basis.

July to Dec. 07
Sanofi-Aventis/Massy in the Corporate Finance & Controlling Dept. : assistant to the financial controller and his team : management of organiseurs, e-mails, meeting and travel organisation, follow-up of the AED (authorizations of expense committments), set up of the travelling forms and bills with a specific software, interfaces with foreign subsidiaries, supervision of a trainee.

2003 to 2006
Sanofi-Aventis/Bagneux, in the Dept. of Scientific & Medical Assessments (for 1 Director and 4 scientific experts) : follow-up and update of the confidential files of partnerships with biotechnology Companies, travel and meeting organisation, phone and visioconferences, update of the customer data basis (Excel tables)

1999 to 2003
Various temporary jobs :

- At Alcatel and Thalès Firms : for commercial engineer teams : check of the expense and time sheets and basic secretarial tasks (appointment making, e-mails, ..)

- At Aventis/Croix-de-Berny : preparation of meetings/travels, issuing of Powerpoint slides, diary, e-mails, basic secretarial tasks and specifically :

 For the manager in charge of the staff Training : reminders and check out of the registrations to the training sessions by means of an Excel table
 For a Medical Director (oncology) and clinical research associates : correction and shaping of Clinical Research Protocols (9 months)
 For the HR Northern and Southern Europe Director : follow up of the confidential dossiers of the Directors of the European subsidiaries
 For the SAP Project team (Purchasing) : assistant to a team of computer specialists, organisation of an international seminar.

- At RMC (Public Works) and WELL Textiles : respectively for the Deputy General Manager and the General Manager : e-mail and phone screening, issuing of confidential documents, liaison with the factory managers, coordination and dispatch of information.

1998 to 1999 Office Manager training

1997 to 1998
Sanofi (French pharmaceutical Group) /Gentilly

Bilingual English assistant to the CNS (Central nervous system) Project Director (R&D) : organisation of seminars abroad, follow up and filing of confidential documents relative to molecules in the pre-clinical Phase, reorganization of the filing system, management of office supplies and stationery.

1997 (4 months)
Groupe HEC (Hautes Etudes Commerciales) /Jouy-en-Josas

Bilingual English secretary to 4 teachers, at the Department of Business Strategy : document/information search on MAC Computer, correction and re-shaping of documents in order to prepare the lecture booklets for students, phone screening and meeting organisation .

1982 to 1997
Reckitt & Colman France (British multinational Corp.- household & toiletry products)/Massy

Bilingual English assistant
-To the Intra-Group manager : order management and contacts with the European subsidiaries ;
-To the Export Director : phone screening, mail, interface with commercial agents and French affiliates abroad (French Departments and Territories);
-To the Logistics Director : active participation in the setting up of the Logistics Division, various translations (notes/procedures/reports…), communication with the HQ in England, with hauliers and all related Departments inside the French Firm, drawing up of various documents on computer, follow up of performance tables and transport quotations, travel expense management.

1979 to 1982
Métayer Aromatiques S.A. (additive and colour manufacturer for the food industry) / St-Maur-des-Fossés

Bilingual English secretary :
Order control with the producing factory, contacts with customers and litigation solving, mails, reports for the Sales Director and Technical salesmen.
1974 to 1978
Cie Maritime Charles Le Borgne import-export (charterer and consignee of freight ships) / Paris

Bilingual English secretary:
To the Commercial and sea-shipping Managers : follow up of the freight contracts and the ship-chartering files, communication with sea-shipping agents and charterers.

EDUCATION & TRAINING

1999 Office manager (School of Management Advancia/Paris)
(1 year training : accountancy, business English, human resources, economy, law, communication techniques, …)
Speedwriting shorthand
1974 Bachelor of Arts in English
1970 A-level degree (arts & languages – English and Spanish)

LANGUAGES

French : mother tongue
English : advanced level
Spanish : A-level

COMPUTER SKILLS

Good command of Microsoft Packoffice Windows : Word – Excel – Powerpoint – Lotus notes/Outlook (version 2003), Internet
Basic knowledge of Access and MS Project

MISCELLANEOUS

Assets : a good level of English, an excellent spelling of French and English, easy writing, experienced, available, well organised, used to confidentiality

Several trips to UK and the USA (English lessons and tourism)

Main points of interest : reading, theatre, movies, international travels

Preferred areas for working : Ile-de-France (the Paris town and suburbs next to Paris).

Seeking preferably a permanent contract but would accept a fixed-term/temp.job contract of several months.







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