FRENCH SELECTION (FS) International Sales and Account Manager Location: Central London (Oxford Circus) Travelling about 25% of the working time Hybrid working options available Salary: around 60,000 per annum plus bonus Ref: 5521S To apply using our preferred format, please visit French Selection website, go to the vacancies page, search job reference: 5521S The company: An established international business with a strong global presence, supplying innovative products to commercial markets across Europe and beyond Main duties: A fantastic opportunity to lead and grow key European accounts within a highly respected international business, building strong partnerships and driving commercial growth across multiple markets. This role offers a mix of strategic account management, new business development, international travel, and close collaboration with internal teams to support continued expansion. The role: - Manage and develop key distributor and customer accounts across European markets - Drive new business opportunities and support international sales growth - Build strong commercial relationships with distributors and end users - Conduct regular customer meetings, presentations, and European travel - Work closely with internal teams including marketing, operations, and product development - Monitor market trends, prepare sales forecasts, and support strategic account planning The candidate: - Trilingual candidate with fluency in French and Spanish in addition to English - Fluency in Italian would be a benefit - Proven experience within export sales, account management, or business development - Strong relationship-building and consultative sales approach - Commercially driven with excellent negotiation skills - Able to manage multiple international accounts and travel across Europe - Organised, proactive, and confident working independently in a fast-paced environment The salary: around 60,000 per annum plus bonus French Selection, leading UK-based consultancy specialising in the recruitment of bilingual and multilingual professionals for international business (industries and services). We are the leading recruitment consultancy for German, French, Italian and Spanish speaking positions. Also recruiting for positions with other languages such as Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Scandinavian languages, Mandarin, Japanese and Arabic.
Jun 18, 2026
Full time
FRENCH SELECTION (FS) International Sales and Account Manager Location: Central London (Oxford Circus) Travelling about 25% of the working time Hybrid working options available Salary: around 60,000 per annum plus bonus Ref: 5521S To apply using our preferred format, please visit French Selection website, go to the vacancies page, search job reference: 5521S The company: An established international business with a strong global presence, supplying innovative products to commercial markets across Europe and beyond Main duties: A fantastic opportunity to lead and grow key European accounts within a highly respected international business, building strong partnerships and driving commercial growth across multiple markets. This role offers a mix of strategic account management, new business development, international travel, and close collaboration with internal teams to support continued expansion. The role: - Manage and develop key distributor and customer accounts across European markets - Drive new business opportunities and support international sales growth - Build strong commercial relationships with distributors and end users - Conduct regular customer meetings, presentations, and European travel - Work closely with internal teams including marketing, operations, and product development - Monitor market trends, prepare sales forecasts, and support strategic account planning The candidate: - Trilingual candidate with fluency in French and Spanish in addition to English - Fluency in Italian would be a benefit - Proven experience within export sales, account management, or business development - Strong relationship-building and consultative sales approach - Commercially driven with excellent negotiation skills - Able to manage multiple international accounts and travel across Europe - Organised, proactive, and confident working independently in a fast-paced environment The salary: around 60,000 per annum plus bonus French Selection, leading UK-based consultancy specialising in the recruitment of bilingual and multilingual professionals for international business (industries and services). We are the leading recruitment consultancy for German, French, Italian and Spanish speaking positions. Also recruiting for positions with other languages such as Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Scandinavian languages, Mandarin, Japanese and Arabic.
Customer Service Specialist - German OR French speaking Customer Service Specialist - German OR French speaking The location of the role is Amersham (hybrid working - 3 days per week onsite) . The duration of the contract is 12 months . The pay rate on offer is 15.59 per hour (via PAYE). (37.5 hours per week) Preference for candidates who are bilingual in English and German OR French Key accountabilities of the role Establishing and maintaining effective communication with appropriate individuals throughout the process such as Regional Service Managers, Field Service Engineers, Service Sales, Finance and Sales teams Opening of service requests, dispatching corrective repairs/preventative maintenance work orders in a timely manner Invoicing of service interventions Dispute Handling Deep dive into stock discrepancies and follow up Physical Inventory support Activating contracts within in-house systems Work as part of a team and adopt a flexible approach to maintain and improve the quality of service To provide excellent customer service for customers, both internal and external Build close relationships with customers and commercial partners and respond to queries in a timely and professional manner. Provide knowledge and accurate information to customers. Ensure the above responsibilities are implemented in accordance with agreed service level and standard operating procedures. Experience, Skill requirements & qualifications Written and oral fluency in English (an additional European language Spanish, Italian, French preferably) Excellent communication and interpersonal skills Excellent organisational skills and ability to prioritise workload Problem solving skills, initiative, proactive / pre-emptive and strong attention to detail Competent MS Office skills and be comfortable working with different systems Previous client and customer service experience Ability to work well in a busy customer service environment Attention to detail and ability to prioritise Flexibility and willingness to work as a team member If you receive suspicious outreach claiming to be from us, please contact us via the ManpowerGroup website.
Jun 17, 2026
Contractor
Customer Service Specialist - German OR French speaking Customer Service Specialist - German OR French speaking The location of the role is Amersham (hybrid working - 3 days per week onsite) . The duration of the contract is 12 months . The pay rate on offer is 15.59 per hour (via PAYE). (37.5 hours per week) Preference for candidates who are bilingual in English and German OR French Key accountabilities of the role Establishing and maintaining effective communication with appropriate individuals throughout the process such as Regional Service Managers, Field Service Engineers, Service Sales, Finance and Sales teams Opening of service requests, dispatching corrective repairs/preventative maintenance work orders in a timely manner Invoicing of service interventions Dispute Handling Deep dive into stock discrepancies and follow up Physical Inventory support Activating contracts within in-house systems Work as part of a team and adopt a flexible approach to maintain and improve the quality of service To provide excellent customer service for customers, both internal and external Build close relationships with customers and commercial partners and respond to queries in a timely and professional manner. Provide knowledge and accurate information to customers. Ensure the above responsibilities are implemented in accordance with agreed service level and standard operating procedures. Experience, Skill requirements & qualifications Written and oral fluency in English (an additional European language Spanish, Italian, French preferably) Excellent communication and interpersonal skills Excellent organisational skills and ability to prioritise workload Problem solving skills, initiative, proactive / pre-emptive and strong attention to detail Competent MS Office skills and be comfortable working with different systems Previous client and customer service experience Ability to work well in a busy customer service environment Attention to detail and ability to prioritise Flexibility and willingness to work as a team member If you receive suspicious outreach claiming to be from us, please contact us via the ManpowerGroup website.
FRENCH SELECTION (FS) French speaking Research and Business Development Assistant Location: Wilmslow The salary: circa £28,000 per annum plus benefits Ref: 1216FR To apply using our preferred format, please visit French Selection website, go to the vacancies page, search job reference: 1216FR The company: Consultancy experts with international operations Main duties: To support account managers by researching and identifying potential business opportunities, while maintaining customer records and databases. The role: - Conduct online research and outreach to identify, qualify and develop leads for international clients - Communicate with prospective buyers, associations and stakeholders through emails and phone - Maintain accurate CRM records, including contact details, research findings, communications and pipeline updates - Assist with the organisation and coordination of client marketing activities, events and buyer engagement initiatives - Work towards KPIs through accurate data analysis, reporting, follow-up activity and administrative support. The candidate: - Fluent in French (written and spoken) - Essential - Previous experience in market research and/or leads generation - Ideal - Excellent organisational skills, strong eye for detail and ability to stay focus - Team player, proactive and motivated candidate looking to evolve alongside the company - IT literate The salary: circa £28,000 per annum plus benefits French Selection, leading UK-based consultancy specialising in the recruitment of bilingual and multilingual professionals for international business (industries and services). We are the leading recruitment consultancy for German, French, Italian and Spanish speaking positions. Also recruiting for positions with other languages such as Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Scandinavian languages, Mandarin, Japanese and Arabic.
Jun 13, 2026
Full time
FRENCH SELECTION (FS) French speaking Research and Business Development Assistant Location: Wilmslow The salary: circa £28,000 per annum plus benefits Ref: 1216FR To apply using our preferred format, please visit French Selection website, go to the vacancies page, search job reference: 1216FR The company: Consultancy experts with international operations Main duties: To support account managers by researching and identifying potential business opportunities, while maintaining customer records and databases. The role: - Conduct online research and outreach to identify, qualify and develop leads for international clients - Communicate with prospective buyers, associations and stakeholders through emails and phone - Maintain accurate CRM records, including contact details, research findings, communications and pipeline updates - Assist with the organisation and coordination of client marketing activities, events and buyer engagement initiatives - Work towards KPIs through accurate data analysis, reporting, follow-up activity and administrative support. The candidate: - Fluent in French (written and spoken) - Essential - Previous experience in market research and/or leads generation - Ideal - Excellent organisational skills, strong eye for detail and ability to stay focus - Team player, proactive and motivated candidate looking to evolve alongside the company - IT literate The salary: circa £28,000 per annum plus benefits French Selection, leading UK-based consultancy specialising in the recruitment of bilingual and multilingual professionals for international business (industries and services). We are the leading recruitment consultancy for German, French, Italian and Spanish speaking positions. Also recruiting for positions with other languages such as Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Scandinavian languages, Mandarin, Japanese and Arabic.
Ideas People Trust We're BDO. An accountancy and business advisory firm, providing the advice and solutions entrepreneurial organisations need to navigate today's changing world. We work with the companies that are Britain's economic engine - ambitious, entrepreneurially-spirited and high growth businesses that fuel the economy - and directly advise the owners and management teams that lead them. We'll broaden your horizons Working with every department at BDO, our Finance team helps us meet relevant legal requirements that ensure our firm operates effectively in a tightly-regulated field. They implement strategies that help us innovate - like combining new technology with traditional financial processes to make us even more digital. As part of this friendly team, you'll enjoy flexible hours and have opportunities to take responsibility for the delivery of quality work. With your colleagues behind you, you'll embrace change, new ideas and have an impact on the future of our firm. We'll help you succeed Leading organisations trust us because of the quality of our advice. That quality grows from a thorough understanding of their business, and that understanding comes from working closely with them and building long-lasting relationships. You'll be someone who is both comfortable working proactively and managing your own tasks, as well as confident collaborating with others and communicating regularly with senior managers, directors, and BDO's partners to help businesses effectively. You'll be encouraged to identify and draw attention to opportunities for enhancing our delivery and providing additional services to organisations we work with. In this challenging and rewarding role you'll: Conduct regular face-to-face meetings with stakeholders regarding their debt portfolios Monitor queries and disputes, ensure the appropriate escalation Ensure consistent application of the firm's debt provisioning policy Ensure that the debtors ledger contains minimal adjustments and where appropriate that overpayments or payments on account are properly returned, applied or cleared Ensure that there are minimal unallocated cash receipts Enforce consistent BDO credit control procedures Review and analyse aged debt against defined metrics Actively chase all overdue debt within the allotted portfolio and update Partners/Managers as appropriate Maintain accurate and up to date client notes following conversations with clients, using Workday to record status Prepare daily / weekly / monthly summary reports Identify problem debts that require escalation and liaise with Credit Control Manager as appropriate Where necessary, engage and manage the process of debts that need to go legal Ensure that bills raised are sent out to clients in a timely manner Work with the accounts receivable team in respect of cash receipts and remittance details to aid effective and accurate allocation Ongoing liaison with other credit controllers across the Firm as required (including attending monthly conference calls) Ensure that credit notes are processed correctly, monitoring reasons for credit notes being raised Provide client base with monthly statements of account as appropriate Prepare manual excel template statements when required Produce copy bills or summary backup if required for clients Requirements Fluency in German. French and Spanish would be an additional advantage Professional services experience Workday experience would be preferred. Finance and/or Credit Control background. Excel skills to a competent level. Supervisory experience of a team. Excellent written and verbal communication skills and ability to present confidently and convincingly to management Strong interpersonal skills with ability to both motivate individuals and deal professionally with performance issues Commitment to delivering exceptional client service to internal and external stakeholders You'll be able to be yourself; we'll recognise and value you for who you are and celebrate and reward your contributions to the business. We're committed to agile working, and we offer every colleague the opportunity to work in ways that suit you, your teams, and the task at hand. At BDO, we'll help you achieve your personal goals and career ambitions, and we have programmes, resources, and frameworks that provide clarity and structure around career development. We're in it together Mutual support and respect is one of BDO's core values and we're proud of our distinctive, people-centred culture. From informal success conversations to formal mentoring and coaching, we'll support you at every stage in your career, whatever your personal and professional needs. Our agile working framework helps us stay connected, bringing teams together where and when it counts so they can share ideas and help one another. At BDO, you'll always have access to the people and resources you need to do your best work. We know that collaboration is the key to creating value for the companies we work with and satisfying experiences for our colleagues, so we've invested in state-of-the-art collaboration spaces in our offices. BDO's people represent a wealth of knowledge and expertise, and we'll encourage you to build your network, work alongside others, and share your skills and experiences. With a range of multidisciplinary events and dedicated resources, you'll never stop learning at BDO. We're looking forward to the future At BDO, we help entrepreneurial businesses to succeed, fuelling the UK economy. Our success is powered by our people, which is why we're always finding new ways to invest in you. Across the UK thousands of unique minds continue to come together to help companies we work with to achieve their ambitions We've got a clear purpose, and we're confident in our future, because we're adapting and evolving to build on our strengths, ensuring we continue to find the right combination of global reach, integrity and expertise. We shape the future together with openness and clarity, because we believe in empowering people to think creatively about how we can do things better.
Oct 03, 2025
Full time
Ideas People Trust We're BDO. An accountancy and business advisory firm, providing the advice and solutions entrepreneurial organisations need to navigate today's changing world. We work with the companies that are Britain's economic engine - ambitious, entrepreneurially-spirited and high growth businesses that fuel the economy - and directly advise the owners and management teams that lead them. We'll broaden your horizons Working with every department at BDO, our Finance team helps us meet relevant legal requirements that ensure our firm operates effectively in a tightly-regulated field. They implement strategies that help us innovate - like combining new technology with traditional financial processes to make us even more digital. As part of this friendly team, you'll enjoy flexible hours and have opportunities to take responsibility for the delivery of quality work. With your colleagues behind you, you'll embrace change, new ideas and have an impact on the future of our firm. We'll help you succeed Leading organisations trust us because of the quality of our advice. That quality grows from a thorough understanding of their business, and that understanding comes from working closely with them and building long-lasting relationships. You'll be someone who is both comfortable working proactively and managing your own tasks, as well as confident collaborating with others and communicating regularly with senior managers, directors, and BDO's partners to help businesses effectively. You'll be encouraged to identify and draw attention to opportunities for enhancing our delivery and providing additional services to organisations we work with. In this challenging and rewarding role you'll: Conduct regular face-to-face meetings with stakeholders regarding their debt portfolios Monitor queries and disputes, ensure the appropriate escalation Ensure consistent application of the firm's debt provisioning policy Ensure that the debtors ledger contains minimal adjustments and where appropriate that overpayments or payments on account are properly returned, applied or cleared Ensure that there are minimal unallocated cash receipts Enforce consistent BDO credit control procedures Review and analyse aged debt against defined metrics Actively chase all overdue debt within the allotted portfolio and update Partners/Managers as appropriate Maintain accurate and up to date client notes following conversations with clients, using Workday to record status Prepare daily / weekly / monthly summary reports Identify problem debts that require escalation and liaise with Credit Control Manager as appropriate Where necessary, engage and manage the process of debts that need to go legal Ensure that bills raised are sent out to clients in a timely manner Work with the accounts receivable team in respect of cash receipts and remittance details to aid effective and accurate allocation Ongoing liaison with other credit controllers across the Firm as required (including attending monthly conference calls) Ensure that credit notes are processed correctly, monitoring reasons for credit notes being raised Provide client base with monthly statements of account as appropriate Prepare manual excel template statements when required Produce copy bills or summary backup if required for clients Requirements Fluency in German. French and Spanish would be an additional advantage Professional services experience Workday experience would be preferred. Finance and/or Credit Control background. Excel skills to a competent level. Supervisory experience of a team. Excellent written and verbal communication skills and ability to present confidently and convincingly to management Strong interpersonal skills with ability to both motivate individuals and deal professionally with performance issues Commitment to delivering exceptional client service to internal and external stakeholders You'll be able to be yourself; we'll recognise and value you for who you are and celebrate and reward your contributions to the business. We're committed to agile working, and we offer every colleague the opportunity to work in ways that suit you, your teams, and the task at hand. At BDO, we'll help you achieve your personal goals and career ambitions, and we have programmes, resources, and frameworks that provide clarity and structure around career development. We're in it together Mutual support and respect is one of BDO's core values and we're proud of our distinctive, people-centred culture. From informal success conversations to formal mentoring and coaching, we'll support you at every stage in your career, whatever your personal and professional needs. Our agile working framework helps us stay connected, bringing teams together where and when it counts so they can share ideas and help one another. At BDO, you'll always have access to the people and resources you need to do your best work. We know that collaboration is the key to creating value for the companies we work with and satisfying experiences for our colleagues, so we've invested in state-of-the-art collaboration spaces in our offices. BDO's people represent a wealth of knowledge and expertise, and we'll encourage you to build your network, work alongside others, and share your skills and experiences. With a range of multidisciplinary events and dedicated resources, you'll never stop learning at BDO. We're looking forward to the future At BDO, we help entrepreneurial businesses to succeed, fuelling the UK economy. Our success is powered by our people, which is why we're always finding new ways to invest in you. Across the UK thousands of unique minds continue to come together to help companies we work with to achieve their ambitions We've got a clear purpose, and we're confident in our future, because we're adapting and evolving to build on our strengths, ensuring we continue to find the right combination of global reach, integrity and expertise. We shape the future together with openness and clarity, because we believe in empowering people to think creatively about how we can do things better.
