Executive Assistant
Neuilly-sur-Seine, France Permanent Posted on Jan. 31, 2025 Closing on Feb. 28, 2025Executive Assistant
- Hiring Manager: Chief People Officer
- Location: Neuilly sur Seine (France)
- Job type: Permanent, Full time
About the job
Are you a dynamic, forward-thinking Executive Assistant ready to make a significant impact in a fast-paced global healthcare environment? Opella, the Sanofi Consumer Healthcare BU, is seeking an exceptional Executive Assistant to support two key leaders on our Opella Executive Committee: the Chief People Officer and the Chief Sustainability Officer.
Your Mission:
As a crucial member of our team, you'll be the linchpin that keeps our leadership operating at peak efficiency. Your role goes beyond traditional administrative support – you'll be a real partner, anticipating needs, solving problems, and driving initiatives forward in our ever-evolving environment.
Key Responsibilities:
Strategic Calendar Management
- Masterfully juggle complex, high-stakes schedules for two C-level executives
- Prioritize and manage competing demands with grace and strategic thinking
- Coordinate seamlessly with the Executive Assistant to the EVP Head of OPELLA and other CHC LT Assistants
Communication Catalyst
- Craft compelling presentations, reports, and correspondence
- Liaise effectively with internal staff, senior managers, executives, and external partners
- Manage confidential information with the utmost discretion and professionalism
Operational Excellence
- Spearhead travel arrangements, expense reporting, and procurement processes
- Proactively optimize internal processes for maximum efficiency and effectiveness
- Onboard new team members, ensuring a smooth integration into the organization
- Support and partner with the P&C Operational Excellence team by monitoring budget spent T&E, consulting fees and any project involving the Chief People Officer agenda and priorities.
Project Support and Event Management
- Drive the success of key initiatives, from Global Forums to off-site workshops
- Anticipate and proactively resolve potential issues before they impact the leadership team
- Support internal communications efforts across various channels
Cross-Functional Collaboration
- Interface with critical functions including Finance, Procurement, Facilities, and Digital teams
- Maintain up-to-date distribution lists, org charts, and other essential materials
- Adapt quickly to changing priorities and support ad-hoc projects as needed
About You
- Significant experience as an Executive Assistant in a fast-paced, global environment
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office suite; familiarity with Concur, Workday, and other enterprise tools is a plus
- Fluency in French and English (both written and spoken)
- Exceptional organizational skills with a talent for multitasking and prioritizing
- Strong problem-solving abilities and a proactive, solution-oriented mindset
- Excellent interpersonal skills with a collaborative, team-player attitude
- Ability to maintain confidentiality and exercise discretion in all matters
- Agile mindset with the capacity to thrive in a dynamic, rapidly changing environment
- Experience in project management and event coordination
- Passion for sustainability and people-centric organizational cultures
Pursue progress. Discover extraordinary.
Progress doesn’t happen without people – people from different backgrounds, in different locations, doing different roles, all united by one thing: a desire to make miracles happen. You can be one of those people. Chasing change, embracing new ideas and exploring all the opportunities we have to offer. Let’s pursue progress. And let’s discover extraordinary together.
At Sanofi, we provide equal opportunities to all regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, or gender identity.
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