Françoise NICOL
OFFICE MANAGER, P.A GROUPE CARRUS - THE PARI MUTUEL COMPANY
CAREER OBJECTIVE
To obtain a challenging a position as an Office Manager or P.A.
ADMINISTRATIVE SKILLS
- Organisational and Administration skills: 15 years experience in providing office administrative and technical support including confidential information.
- Meeting and travel arrangements for VIP clients both foreigners and French within a small timeframe.
- Commercial & Marketing skills: negotiate and choose suppliers, participate in the creation of presentations and charts for new products
- Budgeting verification of expenses, invoices and purchases as well as daily attending to the staff.
- Word processing skills : Word, Excel, Power Point, specific Perfume labs software and Outlook
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills: pleasant personality, native French speaker, fluent in English, Spanish and Italian
To assist the CEO and other managers
Personal assistant skills like welcoming customers in English and Spanish if needed, taking care of the CEO agenda, the mails other administrative skills liking to the CEO and his managers etc.
To do the accounting, very specific, linked to the horse track daily takings in France (240 horse tracks):
Check and send the bills to the horse track daily etc.
To manage and create the horse track agenda of the month (very specific) :
check the dates, the hours, where and when the race will take place, lot of details to collect and need to be double checked, up date the calendar and send it to the whom is concern which means almost everyone !
A personal challenge !! I Took the TOEIC test listening and reading english to find out in which english skills I have to improve myself.
Keeps you mind in shape ;o)
2009 - 2010
1993 - 2008FRAGRANCE RESOURCES SAS, Paris (Perfumery) – Trilingual English, Spanish Personal Assistant to the CEO as well as Managers: handling confidential perfume formulas, Administrative office and technical support. Liaison for foreign countries (Europe, USA, Asia)
1991 - 1993TAKASAGO EPL, Paris (Perfumery) - Trilingual English Spanish PA to the CEO as well as the 6 perfumers (nez): handling confidential data along with technical and perfume specifications
1989 - 1991Au pair -night courses of English GED - in Miami, Florida – USA MIAMI DADE COMMUNITY COLLEGE
OUTBOARD MARINE FRANCE (Johnson & Evinrude boats) – Administrative Assistant, Office administration, technical support in sales and other departments within the company