About RWS:
RWS Holdings plc is a unique world-leading provider of technology-enabled language, content and intellectual property services. Through content transformation and multilingual data analysis, our unique combination of technology and cultural expertise helps our clients to grow by ensuring they are understood anywhere, in any language. Our purpose is unlocking global understanding. By combining cultural understanding, client understanding and technical understanding, our services and technology assist our clients to acquire and retain customers, deliver engaging user experiences, maintain compliance and gain actionable insights into their data and content. Our clients include 90 of the globe’s top 100 brands, the top 20 pharmaceutical companies and 19 of the top 20 patent filers worldwide. Our client base spans Europe, Asia Pacific and North and South America.  We work in the automotive, chemical, financial, legal, medical, pharmaceutical, technology and telecommunications sectors, which we serve from 80+offices across five continents.
Founded in 1958, RWS is headquartered in the UK and publicly listed on AIM, the London Stock Exchange regulated market (RWS.L).
For further information, please visit: www.rws.com 

SUMMARY: 

To a team that is fully dedicated to one client – a global technology company – we are currently looking for an experienced professional to act as Vendor Relations Manager. This is an independent role – you’ll be responsible for your own set of languages, owning the whole cycle of vendor management from recruitment and onboarding to capacity and performance management. You will work closely with our language quality managers and colleagues from the production teams to achieve the best possible delivery. Although the role is independent and you’ll need to be able to make your own decisions, there is a great team of colleagues to back you up when you need it!

WHAT WOULD YOU DO: 

•    Identify, attract, hire, and onboard suitable language vendors both individual translators and larger language agencies. To achieve that, you will also act as a business partner to our internal teams which are responsible for delivery of translations to our clients. You will need to clearly understand the requirements for these vendors - in other words, what kind of translators and language service providers we are looking for. 
•    You will be responsible for keeping good relationships with your vendors but also for negotiations related to the volumes of work and related margins. 
•    You will be responsible for performance management of dedicated vendors.
•    Focus on vendor support and coordination: Occasionally, you will be helping our vendors to onboard into our systems and processes and keep contact with them. We will also need you to keep all information on your vendors up-to-date in our systems for the other members of the vendor management team. 
•    Effective support for the client and clear communication are key as well.

WHAT YOU SHOULD HAVE: 

•    Proven experience in vendor management in localization
•    Experience with web-search, preferably with sourcing candidates / vendors via various channels and social networks 
•    Good communication skills 
•    Ability to establish and to keep long-lasting relationships with business partners, both internal and external 
•    Process-oriented and improvement-focused mindset 
•    Fluency in English, both spoken and written
•    Analytical skills and advanced skills in MS Office, Excel in particular
•    Ability to multitask and meet deadlines while working under pressure

WHAT WE HAVE FOR YOU: 

•    An exciting company — we work with some of the most innovative brands in the world, and our employees are true professionals with unique skills.
•    Potential for career growth — we have senior opportunities available in the department.
•    A great team of people who are fair, open-minded, and friendly — and always ready to support you as much as possible.
•    International, English-speaking environment and pleasant offices in the center of Brno or remote cooperation.
•    Interesting challenges, trainings, and other internal opportunities to support your growth.
•    Fair compensation, bonuses, and a comprehensive benefits package.
         
Life at RWS - We work hard together to deliver for our customers; our expertise, professionalism and determination to never let others down drives us to be passionate and serious about what we do, deliver customer value, yet always adding a human touch.

RWS embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunity, we are an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind. RWS is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions at RWS are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to race, religion, nationality, ethnicity, sex, age, disability or sexual orientation. RWS will not tolerate discrimination based on any of these characteristics.
Recruitment Agencies: RWS Group PLC does not accept agency resumes.  Please do not forward any unsolicited resumes to any RWS employees.  Any unsolicited resume received will be treated as the property of RWS and Terms & Conditions associated with the use of such resume will be considered null and void.