Executive Admin Assistant At Biom?Rieux

We are looking for a highly organized, professional, and proactive individual to join our team as an Executive Administrative Assistant. This pivotal role demands a person who is not only well-versed in English and French, proactive attitude, intuitive decision-making, and rapid learning ability. The position will be based in Kenya or the Ivory Coast.
Responsibilities include:
Manage and maintain executives' schedules. Make travel arrangements for executives.
Answer phone calls and direct calls to appropriate parties or take messages
Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates — Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person.
Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships — Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time.
Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work — Developing plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish objectivesTrain and supervise junior clerical staff.

Profile:
An undergraduate degree
8 to 10 years of experience in an international environment

Required Skills/Abilities:
Bilingual proficiency in French and English is a must
Good relationship and presentation
Good oral and written communication both in mother tongue and in English
Good knowledge of bioMerieux, its organization and processes
Discretion, sense of confidentiality
Good sense of adaptation, strong organizational capacity, rigor, and method, ability to take on a heavy workload
Ability to work in an international context
Ability to work in a team
Ability to acquire a relative knowledge of files and make connections between them
Last but not least, good resistance to stress