I provide assistance with managing accounts, maintaining company web sites, organising filing systems and various other administrative tasks. Having lived and worked in several countries,...Read moreI provide assistance with managing accounts, maintaining company web sites, organising filing systems and various other administrative tasks. Having lived and worked in several countries, I bring an international perspective and a working knowledge of several languages (French, Italian, German, Portuguese). By nature, I’m always looking for ways to save time and effort, and I particularly enjoy finding IT means of working more effectively. See aposto.info
Currently I'm working part-time or consulting to 6 different businesses (local and remote) offering all aspects of business and individual administrative support.
Area Covered: General office support, import-export, web design, joomla, virtual office integration, managing office task online, French translation and text checking
Company Name: 7Cortex
Industry: Information Technology
Employees: 1
Work Experience
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Summary: I provide assistance with managing accounts, maintaining company web sites, organising filing systems and various other administrative tasks. Having lived and worked in several countries, I bring an international perspective and a working knowledge of several languages. By nature I’m always looking for ways to save time and effort, and I particularly enjoy finding IT means of working more effectively.
Job Title: Administrative assistant
Company: Molymet Services Ltd
Description: I designed and maintained databases with Access, organised travel arrangements and reservations. I managed suppliers' accounts. I was also responsible for the quality control of order processing.
From:23/Aug/2010 To:04/Nov/2011
Job Title: Administrative Assistant
Company: Adams Metals Ltd
Description: I provided assistance with managing accounts (Sage), the company web site, archiving, and the statistics database.
From:23/Apr/2008 To:29/Oct/2010
Job Title: Administrative assistant
Company: Molymet Services Ltd
Description: I designed databases with Access, organised travel arrangements and reservations. I managed suppliers' accounts.
From:04/Feb/2008 To:31/Dec/2008
Job Title: Web Designer
Company: Estates & Facilities Management office at the University of Surrey
Description: I built and maintained a departmental website.
From:02/Apr/2007 To:28/Sep/2007
Job Title: Data entry assistant
Company: Health & Safety Office, University of Surrey
Description: I organised and maintained the filing system, keyed in incident reports using Peoplesoft, and managed room booking for courses. I also provided assistance with the building of the departmental website.
From:01/Mar/2006 To:29/Sep/2006
Job Title: Italian Tutor
Company: Guildford College
Description: I taught adults with no previous knowledge of Italian for 36 weeks, 2 hours a week. My objective was to teach them a basic understanding of Italian, sufficient to cope with everyday situations in Italy.
From:05/Sep/2005 To:30/Jun/2006
Job Title: Virtual Assistant
Description: I provide commercial and administrative support for small French companies dealing in interior design and the reproduction of antiques (William Deco, Robert Faure, Interior Yacht Refit Network, France)
Restructuring the administrative and commercial organisation
Organising public relations
Dealing with key customers
Managing orders and suppliers
Managing the preparation of the company’s presence at international trade fairs
Organising the containerised importation of goods from China
From:02/Jan/2003
Job Title: Shop Manager
Company: Deco & Boiseries France
Description: Establishing the administrative and commercial organisation
Selling to and advising customers
Managing supplier relationships
From:01/Apr/2002 To:28/Feb/2003
Job Title: Export Manager
Company: Koala Creations France
Description: My responsibilities extended beyond the activities normally associated with this job title.
Responsible for the foreign customers and key French accounts
Organisation of import/export
Main contact for the company developing our website
Selecting and controlling information and photographs for publication
Managing the preparations of the company’s presence at international trade fairs (France and USA) and representing the company at these fairs
Writing publicity material for mass mailing
Responsible for training new employees on the software used by the company
From:04/Aug/1997 To:30/Mar/2002
Job Title: Commercial Assistant
Company: Ralf Hamm France
Description: Computerisation of the commercial tasks
Sales prospecting by telephone
Managing French and German customers and foreign suppliers
Correspondence in Italian, German, and English
Negotiating prices
Logistics and stock control
From:03/Apr/1995 To:30/Apr/1997
Job Title: Co-owner
Company: Alexandra Srl Italy
Description: Recruitment and motivation of distributors
Translation and development of sales leaflets (from Italian to French)
From:07/Jan/1985 To:31/Dec/1994
Education
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Degree: Certificate
Field of Study: Information Technology and computing
University / College: Open University
From:01/Jan/2008 To:31/Jan/2008
Degree: Certificate of Achievement ESOL Cambridge
Field of Study: Advanced English
University / College: Guilford College
From:03/Jan/2005 To:31/Aug/2005
Degree: Certificate of aptitude for pharmaceutical sales
Field of Study: Pharmaceutical advisors
University / College: Business Institute France
From:04/Jan/1993 To:30/Jun/1993
Degree: Certificate of Achievement
Field of Study: Intensive German Course
University / College: Centro di lingua Moderna, Italy
From:03/Sep/1984 To:30/Jun/1987