Job expirat
The linguists manager will work to reduce translation costs by lowering the rates of suppliers used by the project managers through various means:
- recruiting more linguists (find, test and negotiate with new translators)
- ensuring that we extract maximum value from our existing resources
- identifying language combinations where there are opportunities to use less expensive suppliers, and recruiting such suppliers
- ensuring that all suppliers have an up to date and accurate grading (for measures including quality and performance)
- ensuring that all suppliers have an up to date and accurate rate(s)
- a university degree, preferably in languages, and ideally involving English.
- excellent spoken and written English (German, in addition, would be a distinct advantage) and experience using English in a business context.
- excellent computer literacy (MS Office, Internet, Email, typing). Experience of translation technology (e.g. Trados etc.) would be a small advantage
- excellent organisational skills, and negotiation skills. You will be friendly, level-headed, self-motivated, independent, trustworthy, ambitious, committed and a very strong team player
- a passion for languages and accuracy in translation. Experience as a translator or in the translation industry would be an advantage.
- experience dealing with customers in English (and other languages)
Salary:
Will depend on experience, but will be competitive and rewarding.
Hours:
There will be some flexibility on hours, but the main working hours will correspond to UK working hours.
Translation services
Lingo24 is a growing and respected UK translation company with major global accounts. It has full-time employees throughout the UK, in Europe, in New Zealand, in China and in Panama. The company has over 60 staff in Timisoara and over 80 staff worldwide.