译员招聘管理助理 Associate Vendor Manager

Position Summary: The position of the Associate Vendor Manager is responsible for providing support to the Vendor Management department through daily assistance with linguist recruitment and testing, database maintenance and daily support to sales and production teams with vendor-related issues and questions.

Position responsibilities: Provide on-the-job support to the Vendor Management team

Proactively recruit new resources to expand the company’s database of external linguists

Test recruited linguists according to specialized skill sets and the company’s testing process

Negotiate preferred rates with recruited linguists according to company, department or project needs

Promote newly recruited and tested linguists to the appropriate production teams

Assist production and sales teams on a daily basis with vendor-related issues and questions

Establish and maintain excellent relationships with contract translators, proofreaders, production staff and internal Quality Managers globally

Strategize with direct manager to find a viable means of making processes more efficient

Attend trade shows and conferences as needed

Proactively seek additional tasks and duties to benefit TransPerfect Translations as a whole

Research and understand all industries that TransPerfect Translations markets to, including industry leaders, current events and any other pertinent data

Be knowledgeable in the translation industry, including leaders, competitive data, proposal formats, competitive rates, and marketing strategies

Essential skills and experience required:

Excellent written and verbal English communication skills

Minimum Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Excellent problem solving and analytical skills

High sense of urgency

Experience in negotiating and persuasion

Customer service experience

Strong interpersonal skills

Effective time management

Proactive attitude