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Johannesburg Area, South Africa

To provide high-level confidential support by working as a business partner to the Country President of Sub Sahara Africa, preparing marketing company reports, presentations, handling information requests and performing administrative functions such as making payments, receiving local and global visitors, arranging travel and coordinating conferences and meetings.And to provide broader executive assistant support to the senior leadership team. Tasks may include booking meetings, arranging travel, maintaining documentation, establishes systems and structures for day to day functioning of their responsibilities.

Johannesburg Area, South Africa

The core responsibility of these roles is to provide pro-active, professional executive support to the Chief Financial Officer (CFO), Country President (CP) and previously the Vice President (VP), in addition to providing broader department support to several Directors to the efficient functioning of the team and support key operational processes and initiatives, in a demanding global business.Key Achievements:• Key stakeholder in supporting the initiation and implementation of repositioning the company culture, assist in setting up an organizational control framework, redefining process, policy and reinforcing sustainability throughout policy narratives, creating conditions to align with the new Culture and driving accountability• Key stakeholder and support and logistic arrangements of a successful international congress in London with 180 delegates• Provide additional support to department Executive Vice President at critical times in the business• Coach and mentor to new and less experienced secretarial staff to help them resolve problems, responding to more complex or escalated enquiries from other PA/secretarial staff and a Subject Matter Expert (go-to person) on numerous software systems, process and procedures• Key role in assisting the Global Portfolio and Product Strategy (GPPS) Leadership Team deliver the award winning GPPS Employee and Leadership communication campaign • Designed and implemented an Induction process in to the Therapy Area within the department• Created and chaired the PA Collaborative Steering Committee and developed a UK site wide PA Forum, whereby colleagues are able to learn, develop, share knowledge and best practice • Concur - Project Roll out and Training to all SA credit card holders of a new expense software system • A core team member in the implementation and administration of a new planning process across SA & SSA extending the principles of S&OP throughout the end to end management process.

Cambridge, United Kingdom

Accountability included:• Prioritising and managing comprehensive complex diary management for VP and team members• Represent and engage on behalf of the VP, with different stakeholders, both internal and external • Support VP in the recruitment process and manage on-boarding of new starters of global team• Prepare, oversee and track a budget over $10m• Expense administration, ensuring spend is in line with travel and expense policy, highlighting non-compliance• Research and manage travel, accommodation, transfer and restaurant options• Coordinate global, internal and external meetings, conferences and leadership meeting • Develop network of key stakeholders internally and have good and efficient working relationships• Establish effective systems and structures for day to day functioning of the VP’s responsibilities • Ensure VP and their team are compliant with all company policies and local guidelines • Document management and distribution to required stakeholders using appropriate collaboration systems• Provide specialist project based administrative support when required.• Maintain high level knowledge of advances in technology and updated processes

Peterborough, United Kingdom

What a great company, everyone here is so friendly, professional and a good laugh.

Peterborough, United Kingdom

I was able to work effectively at the most senior level in a political environment, showing political awareness and sensitivity whilst remaining impartial. I was able to form and communicate a clear vision of what was to be achieved by the team and encourage and coach all individuals to contribute to this goal. Duties Include:- • High level secretarial support to the Leader of the council• Work closely with the Chief Executive's office • Set performance standards and establish monitoring procedures• Manage and control budgets• Shape and influence developments within the department• Manage a multi-disciplinary team• Dealing with all matters with tact, diplomacy & discretionKey Achievements:• Designing and implementing an induction for newly appointed councillors• Generating processes, procedures, mappings and a process catalogue for civic and member support• Reducing paper use and improving appointment requests for the Mayor• Directed the implementation of a project register for civic events

This position was a multi-facetted role which was to provide efficient and professional secretarial support to the Solicitor to the Council, who was a member of the Corporate Management Team and manage a team of business support officers providing administration support to a team of lawyers. My responsibilities here were to ensure that the business support team provide efficient, effective and flexible support to services, working within the financial constraints to ensure limited resources are utilised in the most efficient way. Duties Include:- • Confidential documentation preparation and process• Delegation of work in absence of the Solicitor• Diary and resource management• Tasks within the electoral process• New starter and Induction process• Dealing with Councillors as required• Management of business support team• Management of Service Level AgreementsKey Achievements:• Designed, implemented and delivered training for a work order management system • Developed process catalogues • Motivated and promoted change during outsourcing of business support• Roll out of the business support model to the other Departments• Identified and actioned an archiving system for legal cases

Spalding, Lincolnshire

Working as part of the Group IS Services Team delivering high level of customer service and administrative support to the IS Department. Dealing with highly confidential material where discretion and reliability were required to complete these duties professionally. Project Darwin was a multi-million pound IT system development project, involving the implementation of a complete financial and supply chain system across 22 Bakkavor sites. I reported to the Project Darwin Programme Manager. In addition to this, I played an important role in providing administrative support to the Information Systems department for a team of sixty five IT Technicians. Duties Include:• Supporting the Head of Group IS and his Management Team• Complex Diary and resource Management• Responsible for all Health and Safety and Security activities• Induction programme • Responsibility for budget co-ordination, budget v actual reporting, business annual recharge process, ad-hoc project work and business cross charging • Responsibility for the co-ordination of Capital Expenditure Projects process for IS • Managed end-to-end IS procurement, including equipment on behalf of our Integration teams• Supporting Head of Group IS in the management of monthly overhead costs process• Scheduling / tracking project resources • The organisation of corporate events promoting Project Darwin • Preparing presentations and minutes• Organisation of international and domestic travel arrangements• Communicating and maintenance of Group and Departmental structures • Maintaining Health, Safety and welfare of staff and office areas • Security of the IS Department • Company Expense Claims for the Project Darwin team

Hampshsire

Reporting to the Managing Director, based in the construction industry, my primary responsibility was the administration of key business projects to ensure delivery to agreed timescales. Additional responsibilities included diary management, staff welfare and submission of plans to relevant local authorities

Hampshire

I dealt with multi-national companies where efficiency and quick responses were key. In addition to dealing with all aspects of the travel industry, my key responsibilities included providing accurate and detailed quotations. I established a customer profile database which aided the smooth running of the office, delivering air tickets and travel itineraries in a timely and professional manner.

Hampshire

Working in the insurance industry supporting the Financial Director on a six month contract, I dealt with highly confidential material where discretion and reliability were required to complete these duties professionally. Other responsibilities included audio typing, diary management and general office administration.

Zimbabwe

I worked in a well respected travel agency in a very competitive travel market in Zimbabwe. Our company dealt with large corporate business travel and a very extensive holiday market locally and internationally.Duties include:• Responsibility for a team of nine consultants• Delivery of accurate quotations for flight, accommodation and tour arrangements, • Production of air tickets, all other necessary travel documentation and invoicing • Customer relations.