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In France the title office manager is used mostly by start-ups, scale-ups, agencies and the French branches of international groups. The role sits between facilities, HR administration and executive support.

On a given week you might renegotiate the cleaning contract, order equipment for three new hires, plan their onboarding day, chase the landlord about a broken air conditioning unit, prepare the quarterly team event and update the register of visitors. You are often the first point of contact for suppliers and the person who knows where every contract is kept. In smaller companies you also handle expense reports, meal voucher orders and the link with the payroll provider. Good office managers make the workplace feel organised without anyone noticing the effort.

Resume example

[First name Last name]

Office Manager | Facilities, Onboarding and Supplier Management for a Tech Start-up

[City] · [phone] · [email]

Profile

Office manager with [x] years in fast-growing companies. I run facilities and supplier contracts, coordinate onboarding and offboarding with HR and IT, manage the office budget and organise internal events for teams of up to [x] people.

Experience

Office Manager, [Company], [City]

[month year] to present

  • Managed the office for a team that grew from [x] to [x] employees over [x] months
  • Renegotiated cleaning and coffee contracts and tracked the office budget monthly with the CFO
  • Coordinated the move to new premises, from floor plan to the first day in the building
  • Built an onboarding checklist shared with HR and IT so laptops and badges were ready on day one
  • Organised the yearly offsite for [x] people, including transport and accommodation

Resume headlines

  • Office Manager | Facilities, Onboarding and Supplier Management for a Tech Start-up
  • Office Manager and HR Admin | Paris Office of an International Group
  • Office Manager | Workplace Experience, Events and Budget Follow-up

Summaries for your profile

Entry level

Business school graduate with an internship as office manager assistant at a [x]-person start-up in [City]. I organised onboarding for new hires, managed office supplies and helped plan a move to new premises. Fluent in French and English.

Experienced

Office manager with [x] years in fast-growing companies. I run facilities and supplier contracts, coordinate onboarding and offboarding with HR and IT, manage the office budget and organise internal events for teams of up to [x] people.

Career change

Former events coordinator for a hotel group moving into office management. I bring supplier negotiation, budget tracking and on-site logistics, and I have since trained in HR administration and French employment paperwork.

Tips

  • State team size and growth for each job. Running an office of fifteen and one of two hundred are different jobs.
  • Show the budget or contracts you were responsible for, using placeholders if you cannot share figures.
  • Name the HR and finance tools you used; French start-ups often rely on Lucca, Payfit, Spendesk or Swile.
  • Highlight one project: an office move, a new supplier, an onboarding process.
  • Mention your English level if you apply to international companies, where the role often involves foreign headquarters.

Mistakes to avoid

  • Describing the job as 'making coffee and ordering snacks', which undersells it.
  • Listing events without saying for how many people or with what budget.
  • Leaving out the HR admin side, which many French office managers carry.
  • Calling yourself office manager on a CV aimed at a traditional company that recruits 'assistant de direction'.

Working as an office manager in France

Office manager is not a regulated job in France, and the English title is used as is in French job ads. Recruiters expect a Bac+2 to Bac+5 in business, management or office administration (BTS Support à l'action managériale, licence pro, business school). Fluent French is needed in most roles because you deal with landlords, suppliers and administrative bodies, and you often handle French HR admin such as meal vouchers, the mutuelle or appointments with the occupational health service (médecine du travail). Search for 'office manager', 'responsable des services généraux', 'chargé des services généraux' and, in traditional companies, 'assistant de direction'.

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Frequently asked questions

Is office manager the same as assistant de direction?

They overlap but differ. An assistant de direction mainly supports one or several executives: diary, travel, files. An office manager looks after the workplace and the whole team: facilities, suppliers, onboarding, events. Traditional French companies use the first title, start-ups and international firms the second.

Should I include workplace experience or employee experience?

If you organised rituals, welcome days or internal communication, yes. Some companies now advertise 'office and happiness manager' or 'workplace experience manager' roles. Describe what you actually did rather than relying on the label, which varies a lot between companies.

How technical should my IT section be?

You are not expected to be a system administrator. List the tools you managed accounts on, the hardware you ordered and set up, and any IT provider you coordinated with. Small companies often rely on the office manager for first-level support.

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