Business French – What Are Functions in a Business Called in French?

Learn the names of common functions in a French business or enterprise and how these might be organized.

Watch the video as many times as you need, until you feel you can give the French translations as we go!

Now we can see what we’ve learned. Look at the English and see if you can provide the French for the following:

Part 1:

executive management	Show la direction générale
manufacturing	Show la fabrication
production	Show la production
research and development	Show la recherche et le développement
logistics, shipping	Show la logistique

Part 2:

operations	Show les opérations
IT department	Show le département technologique
procurement	Show le service achat
distribution	Show la distribution
finance department	Show le département financier

Part 3:

accounting	Show la comptabilité
payroll	Show le service de paie
human resources (HR)	Show la gestion des ressources humaines (GRH)
personnel adminstration	Show l’administration du personnel
training	Show la formation

Part 4:

commercial department	Show le département commercial
sales	Show la vente
marketing	Show le marketing
demand generation team	Show l’équipe de génération de demande
creative team	Show l’équipe creative

How Are French Businesses Structured?

There are many different ways a business might be structured – but here is an example of one possibility:

More Lessons