Bilingual (Fench / English) Global Administrator

An excellent opportunity has arisen to join a world leading global organisation, our client Unilever are currently looking for a Global Administrator based at Unilever’s London Office in Blackfriars. This is 37.5 hours per week, for 12 months, paying between £26,000 – £32,400 up to a max of £27K depending on experience.

Maille International is an exciting new business opportunity, aiming to build the Maille business from the current €135m Turnover in 2012 (€100m in France, €35m in other markets) to a €500m global brand by 2020. Taking into account the brand’s iconic history and its potential to become a premium, everyday luxury Food brand, this growth is planned to be driven mainly through non-standard channels for Unilever – standalone boutiques (building on the success of the 2 current Maille boutiques in France), digital ecommerce (an online version of the boutique, allowing global access to the brand) and gifting – with most of the growth coming from expansion outside of France.

Given the unique business opportunity, a unique Maille Premium Business Unit has been created, consisting of members of the Maille team in the French MCO (covering brand and Export) and the global Dressings category team in London.

Within this premium unit, the team is continuing to launch new physical boutiques, concession stand ‘shop-in-shops’ and eCommerce websites around the world, whilst also responsible for the for the development of boutique brand ideas and their activation across markets (mainly France, US, UK).

This role is to support the Maille Boutique team by administrating the day-to-day activities that enable the efficient and successful functioning of Maille’s retail and online businesses.

It is expected that within 12 months, the nature of the role will evolve as the retail and ecommerce businesses grow and further roll out internationally.
Main Accountabilities:

* Creation of payment estimates (Direct Orders) and payment of invoices
* Cost re-allocations and reporting to support finance processes
* Manage product information collation and upload to eCommerce system
* Support Maille Boutique Directors (x2) with organisation of events/meetings
* Budget management where necessary

Requirements:

*Essential
o Payment, invoice and budget management
o Data driven mind-set, motivated by accuracy of information
o Experience working in an international environment (especially with French businesses)
o Experience working in or with a large corporate brand team environment
*Preferred
o French speaker (strongly preferred)
o Experience with Ariba buying software
o Management of small projects

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