790 Global Assistant jobs in the United Kingdom

Japanese Food Company seeks for:

Position: Sales & Office Manager
Location: North Acton
Employment Type: Full-time

Salary: up to 60K GBP

This is a dual role that combines responsibility for driving sales growth with overseeing the day-to-day operations of our small office. The ideal candidate will have a proven track record in sales, excellent communication skills, and the ability to manage administrative tasks with efficiency and attention to detail.

Key Responsibilities

Sales Management

• Develop and implement sales strategies to achieve company targets.
li>Build and maintain strong relationships with existing and potential clients.
• Identify new business opportunities and support market expansion.
• Prepare and present regular sales reports and forecasts to senior management
• Analyse sales data to measure performance and identify areas for improvement.
• Manage and support a small sales team, setting clear goals and performance targets to keep the team motivated.
• Represent the company at exhibitions, trade shows, and client meetings.

Office Management

• Oversee the day-to-day administrative operations of a small office, ensuring smooth and efficient functioning.

• Manage office administration, including correspondence, scheduling, and record-keeping.
• Handle basic bookkeeping tasks, including processing invoices, expense reports, and liaising with our external accountant.
• Support finance-related tasks such as invoicing, expenses, and budget monitoring.
• Supervise and support a small team, fostering a positive and efficient working environment.
• Coordinate with suppliers, service providers, and external partners.
• Provide regular reports to senior management and participate in scheduled management meetings.
• Serve as the first point of contact for visitors and calls, providing professional customer service.

Requirements

• Proven experience in sales and/or business development, ideally in food import/export.
• Strong organizational and multitasking skills with attention to detail.
• Experience in office administration or team management.
• Excellent communication and negotiation skills.
• Proficiency in MS Office (Word, Excel, Outlook); familiarity with accounting software is an advantage.
• Ability to work independently and manage multiple priorities.
• Language requirement Business-level English; Japanese other language skills a plus.

Japanese Food Company seeks for:

Position: Sales & Office Manager
Location: North Acton
Employment Type: Full-time

Salary: up to 60K GBP

This is a dual role that combines responsibility for driving sales growth with overseeing the day-to-day operations of our small office. The ideal candidate will have a proven track record in sales, excellent communication skills, and the ability to manage administrative tasks with efficiency and attention to detail.

Key Responsibilities

Sales Management

• Develop and implement sales strategies to achieve company targets.
li>Build and maintain strong relationships with existing and potential clients.
• Identify new business opportunities and support market expansion.
• Prepare and present regular sales reports and forecasts to senior management
• Analyse sales data to measure performance and identify areas for improvement.
• Manage and support a small sales team, setting clear goals and performance targets to keep the team motivated.
• Represent the company at exhibitions, trade shows, and client meetings.

Office Management

• Oversee the day-to-day administrative operations of a small office, ensuring smooth and efficient functioning.

• Manage office administration, including correspondence, scheduling, and record-keeping.
• Handle basic bookkeeping tasks, including processing invoices, expense reports, and liaising with our external accountant.
• Support finance-related tasks such as invoicing, expenses, and budget monitoring.
• Supervise and support a small team, fostering a positive and efficient working environment.
• Coordinate with suppliers, service providers, and external partners.
• Provide regular reports to senior management and participate in scheduled management meetings.
• Serve as the first point of contact for visitors and calls, providing professional customer service.

Requirements

• Proven experience in sales and/or business development, ideally in food import/export.
• Strong organizational and multitasking skills with attention to detail.
• Experience in office administration or team management.
• Excellent communication and negotiation skills.
• Proficiency in MS Office (Word, Excel, Outlook); familiarity with accounting software is an advantage.
• Ability to work independently and manage multiple priorities.
• Language requirement Business-level English; Japanese other language skills a plus.

About Low Carbon

Low Carbon is a purpose driven company that creates large-scale renewable energy in the global fight against climate change. Our mission is to protect the planet for future generations while delivering positive returns for our communities and investors. Our goal is to produce as much new renewable energy as possible while limiting our own environmental impact. We do this by developing, investing in, and operating large-scale renewable energy projects across the globe.

All of us at Low Carbon know that trust is a vital component of the climate fight. We are a long-standing certified B-Corporation, a reflection of our fundamental ethos to balance the needs of the environment and society with our bottom line.

We are extremely proud of the highly professional and talented team at Low Carbon.  We have built a positive learning culture that incorporates respect, trust, collaboration, and a shared passion to combat climate change.  It is an open, friendly and supportive environment, and we are proud to say we work here. As we grow, we are committed to increasing diversity in the team, and continuing to foster an inclusive environment where we can learn from each other.

Role Description

This 12 week full-time internship is designed to provide hands-on experience in a corporate, customer facing setting. You will be playing an important role supporting colleagues, managing the physical office environment, and providing first class customer service. You will be based in our modern London office, a short walk to Buckingham Palace, 5 days a week.

During the internship you will learn about different aspects of how a growing renewable energy business operates, building relationships with stakeholders in teams including ESG, Finance, Investment, Legal, HR, Technology and more.

The opportunity would suit someone pursuing a career as a personal assistant or in executive support / climate change / renewable energy / investor relations marketing, looking to gain some value experience in a collaborative, high performing environment.

Key Responsibilities

Front of House incorporates desk duties, office management and service. You share the responsibility of ensuring Stirling Square is a well-run and maintained professional setting for both employees and guests of Low Carbon. This will include:

• Greeting guests, ensuring everyone has a positive experience when visiting Low Carbon
• Manage phone calls and front of house inbox
• Overseeing the use of our meeting rooms via outlook calendars
• Stock control of stationary and kitchen supplies
• Open and close down of the office
• General office tidiness including kitchen, meeting rooms, post rooms and corridors
• Understand office technology such as MS teams, outlook, printer etc.
• Responsibility to identify and report office faults e.g. technology, hazards, AC etc.
• Management and recording of incoming post
• Assisting in hospitality service and catering to guests and staff

Person Specification

• An excellent communicator with a friendly, approachable and professional manner
• Able to bridge the gap between customer service and being part of the company team
• Energetic, reliable, adaptable, able to show initiative
• Highly organised, great attention to detail and a focus on getting things done
• Have a ‘hands on’ approach to the position and support to wider company
• Is an enthusiastic and committed team player who is happy to be there and interact
• Shows a desire to learn and grow

Skills & Experience

• Demonstrable experience in high-end hospitality
• Comfortable computer skills
• Excellent communication skills
• An interest/passion for tackling climate change to represent the Low Carbon culture
• Organisation; ability to multitask and manage priorities

Our Compensation & Benefits

• Competitive salary
• 26 days holiday + your birthday off (pro-rata for the duration of your internship)
• Lots of office social events
• Working in newly fit-out offices in Central London
• Get to work with an experienced, talented team of renewable energy professionals
• Be a part of a dynamic, entrepreneurial mission driven culture
• Make your unique contribution to the fight against climate change

My client is seeking a junior candidate to assist the underwriters writing a book of Commercial Property business.  Amongst other responsibilities, you will will be trained to use RMS to analyse cat risk and portfolio level aggregate accumulations and help the Underwriters to hit or exceed the business plan underwriting profit. This is a client facing role, dealing with internal and external stakeholders. You will either be a graduate looking for your first insurance role with a scientific degree and solid technical skills in Excel or SQL or Python, or already have some experience in the GI market in a similar role. 

Excellent career-development opportunity for a candidate with great numeracy skills to join a $100 billion global retailer.

We are particularly interested in talking with candidates who may have worked for retail brands like John Lewis or Debenhams.

The Role at a Glance:

Buying Assistant - Global Retailer
Watford, Hertfordshire (Office Based)
£34,112 DOE
Plus Excellent Benefits Package
Full Time Position - 40 hours per week.

The Buying Assistant Overview:

+ Enter and update computer records and produce reports for buying staff.
+ Review department inventory reports weekly and tracks item replenishment and purchase orders.
+ Send and track vendor contracts, and advertisement and logo agreements.
+ Communicate with regional offices, vendors and members to relate and gather information and to resolve issues.

Buying Assistant Daily Tasks and Responsibilities:

Main duties include:

+ Set up item and vendor records by keying information on the computer. 
+ Update item and vendor records for changes such as price, terms, descriptions, addresses. Keys in figures for weekly department recap.
+ Review department inventory reports by location weekly. Check for zero or negative item sales. Follow up with the warehouse to alert of stock not on the sales floor or possible receiving error and track problem until corrected. Track initial stock orders for new locations and follow up with vendors.
+ Set up and track item replenishment and purchase orders in the computer system to ensure the smooth flow of goods to the warehouses.
+ Mail out vendor contracts. And ad and logo agreements for signatures and tracks until return.
+ Communicate with regional buying offices, depots, warehouses, vendors and members to relate and gather information and to resolve issues.
+ Assist Buyers and Assistant Buyers in merchandising projects as required.
+ Transport buyer sample merchandise to and from sample storage room on cart.
+ Assist in other areas of the department as necessary.
+ Assist in other departments of the company as necessary.

Buying Assistant Skills Required:

+ Degree education preferred.
+ Excellent Numeracy skills essential.
+ Excellent written and spoken English and good negotiation skills.
+ Computer literate, proficient in word processing and spreadsheets (Microsoft Word and Excel) and in the use of internet and e-mailing.

Benefits on completion of 90 days probation:

+ Executive membership for staff and 3 others.
+ Life Insurance.
+ Pension Plan.
+ Employee assistance programme.
+ Optical benefit after 1 year employment.
+ Dental benefit after 2 years employment.
+ 20 days annual holidays.

Candidates must be able to work freely in the UK without restrictions.

You may have worked in the following capacities:
Buying Administrator, Buying Analyst, Inventory Analyst, Inventory Reporting Analyst. Buying and Stock Coordinator, Retail Buying Assistant.

Application notice. We take your privacy seriously. When you apply, we shall process your details and pass your application to our client for review for this vacancy only. As you might expect we may contact you by email, text or telephone. Your data is processed on the basis of our legitimate interests in fulfilling the recruitment process. Please refer to our Data Privacy Policy & Notice on our website for further details.

If you have any pre-application questions please contact us first quoting the job title & ref. Good luck, Team RR.

My client is seeking a junior candidate to assist the underwriters writing a book of Commercial Property business.  Amongst other responsibilities, you will will be trained to use RMS to analyse cat risk and portfolio level aggregate accumulations and help the Underwriters to hit or exceed the business plan underwriting profit. This is a client facing role, dealing with internal and external stakeholders. You will either be a graduate looking for your first insurance role with a scientific degree and solid technical skills in Excel or SQL or Python, or already have some experience in the GI market in a similar role. 

Excellent career-development opportunity for a candidate with great numeracy skills to join a $100 billion global retailer.

We are particularly interested in talking with candidates who may have worked for retail brands like John Lewis or Debenhams.

The Role at a Glance:

Buying Assistant - Global Retailer
Watford, Hertfordshire (Office Based)
£34,112 DOE
Plus Excellent Benefits Package
Full Time Posi.

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