Job Description
- Recruitment, screening, selection, qualification, and development of external resources according to required specializations, verticals, and budget constraints.
- Recruitment of new specialized vendors in order to create and expand multilingual and dedicated resource supply databases to accommodate clients' needs.
- Have clear communication with the PM Team in terms of initiated requests and deliver feedback about the linguists.
- Assess and define requirements for external resources and identify resource solutions
- Define appropriate test procedures for resource qualification, and handle test translations and other work samples.
- Support for the resource requirements of tenders and quotations.
- Negotiate terms and conditions for purchased services.
- Compile and maintain vendor data and documents to ensure we have the most current information on file.
- Setting up, following up, and maintenance of contracts
- Work closely with the Finance team in order to fulfill payments for Vendors and finalizing the contracts.
- Support and monitor vendor integration and development by building partnerships, fostering usage of new vendors, and monitoring of resource availability.
- Act as an escalation point for vendors. Create vendor partnerships with a focus on vendor utilization, cost control, quality, and commitment to projects.
- Follow developments in the industry and language professionals community: benchmarking. Liaise with local professional organizations and universities to promote talent management.
Skills and Qualifications
- 6+ months of experience in the localization field will be a plus
- Excellent written and verbal English communication skills
- Minimum Bachelors degree (languages and translation is preferred )
- Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills
- Experience in negotiating and persuasion
- Strong interpersonal skills
- Effective time management
- Proactive attitude
