QUALIFICATIONS AND JOB DESCRIPTION
Who are we?
Aspect – a full-service translation company, providing international businesses with professional language services. The company was established in 2011; it has branches in Ukraine, Malta & Turkey. Aspect is certified according to ISO 9001:2015 standard. The company has 100+ employees (in-house & remote); we complete 1000+ projects monthly.
The Vendor Manager is responsible for building the quality and capacity of Aspect’s language services.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Plan and implement proactive language professional recruitment campaigns;
- Build and maintain strategic partnerships with language professionals and LSPs (Language Service Providers);
- Conduct price negotiations with language professionals and LSP vendors;
- Maintain language professionals’ database ensuring that it includes accurate and complete information;
- Oversee assessment of language professionals to ensure their quality of services meets Aspect’s standards and service level agreements (SLAs);
- Develop and implement language professionals’ performance grading, monitoring and complaints management processes;
- Coordinate with Account Management team in addressing customer feedback to language professionals and LSP vendors;
- Ensure follow-up and resolution of language and service quality issues.
Employment Requirements:
- University degree in translation or related education;
- Minimum 3 years of relevant experience or a combination of training and experience working in recruitment, project management, account management;
- Experience of work in a culturally diverse environment is preferable;
- English (advanced level) is required; Russian (intermediate level) is preferable.
Competencies:
- Ability to deliver messages clearly, concisely and effectively in both written and oral communications;
- Initiative and leadership, be able to take action and proactively work toward goals;
- Expert level at planning, organizing and coordinating;
- Strong research and analytical skills, ability to search, review and analyze relevant information from various sources;
- Ability to build and maintain relationships with stakeholders or network of contacts;
- Comfortable with meeting deadlines and be driven to achieve deliverables at both individual and team levels;
- Data and records management;
Working Conditions: Full-time remote permanent position