Serves as the liaison between Vistatec's production teams and localization suppliers with guidance from more senior team members. They are responsible for recruiting, qualifying, and onboarding new language suppliers, ensuring alignment with production requirements and quality standards. This role focuses on managing relationships with language suppliers and ensuring they meet project goals and that all suppliers are sourced in accordance with our Localization Supplier Qualification process.
Main Duties & Responsibilities
* Manage targeted recruitment drives that arise for specific locales and / or specific verticals working with the Account team(s) and Supply Chain Managers.
* Identify suppliers who meet targeted requirements, negotiate rates and other work arrangements with new and existing suppliers and identify opportunities to develop strategic pricing models.
* Ensure all new suppliers complete and sign the Vistatec Non-Disclosure Agreement and Service Level Agreement and documents are completed correctly, signed, and saved in the corresponding profile folder together with the completed and signed Supplier Qualification Form.
* Perform background checks and store results in the corresponding profile folder in Plunet as required.
* Maintain awareness of industry standards, practices, tools and resources regarding suppliers and propose revisions to company direction, operation and policies accordingly.
* Work closely with staff in other departments to meet account, departmental and company Supply Chain needs.
* Attend and actively participate in Account/Sales/Production meetings, as required with a senior team member.
* Provide input to Account teams on supplier selection and assignments.
* Monitor vendor performance and quality on a company-wide level and work alongside other departments to ensure a solution is implemented.
* Evaluate and maintain data integrity of supplier databases, records, templates, instructions, training materials, procedures and other documents relating to new and existing suppliers.
* Remove any barriers to progress related to suppliers for account teams.
* Monitor supplier performance and report regularly for all accounts.
* Provide weekly status reports to line manager.
* Complete any assigned compliance relevant tasks / actions in a timely manner (e.g. training completion, document reviews, complaint handling etc).
Requirements
* Degree in Translation, Localization, Supply Chain or a similar field.
* 1 years + experience in supplier management or localization.
* Strong project management and communication skills.
* Multilingual abilities, with proficiency in English and one additional language.
Location
Europe/LATAM
Department
Supply Chain Management
Job Title
Translation Supply Chain Coordinator
Experience
1 Years +
Country
Europe/LATAM