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ReadySetGo: Vendor Management
21 Mar 2023
US Eastern Standard Time (UTC-05:00)
Vendor Selection and Management: A Modern Guide
Tuesday, March 21st from 6:00pm – 8:30pm CET / 1:00pm – 3:30pm EDT
The vendor selection and management game has changed dramatically in the past two years. Improvements and proliferation of localization technology, increasingly unique buyers’ needs, and the dynamic vendor landscape means that old thinking around vendor selection and management is just that…”old”.
The Efficiency Mashup
Vendor Selection and Management have traditionally been viewed as separate tasks. Learn how these two tasks can dovetail to save your team time and aggravation.
Target Audience
- Localization Managers of all experience levels
- Managers whose responsibility touches on localization
- Buyer Procurement Personnel
- Vendor Sales, Operation, and Marketing Personnel
About Your Instructor
Tim Arata is a Partner at Locale Solutions. Immediately prior to co-founding Locale, Tim worked for eleven years at Apple. He joined Apple six months before the first iPhone was launched. He then spent 1.5 years managing Localization and Content at WhatsApp. Much of the course’s foundation is built upon questions Tim and his partners have been asking buyers, industry peers, corporate departments, and vendors over the course of 18+ years in localization..
Starting Locale finally enabled them to put this training together. Tim and his partners consider this course part of their greater mission to build bridges between buyers and suppliers so that a.) the industry moves forward as efficiently as possible, and b.) higher value-add thinking and conversation can supplant mistrust, useless bickering, and continued misunderstandings.
Testimonials
The topics were really “topical” and let me feel more into the buyer’s shoes, to see what is important for them, especially regarding the budget, quality measurements, the idea of having a language lead. I like how Tim is also not forgetting the human factor, I think it’s perfect in combination with the technical and practical aspects of localization. Good things must be shared: this class was worth every minute.
Krista Irbe,
Customer Success Manager, Nordext
I really liked the class. So much information in only two and a half hours! A fresh look at vendor recruitment and management. I liked that Tim explained everything in an understandable, easy-to-digest way. I like how he conveys the idea (without directly saying it) that everybody needs to stay professional no matter if you are a vendor or a buyer, for example asking the right questions, determining the right requirements, looking for and establishing a quality relationship with the vendor, etc. I really enjoyed it.
Julia Sunnikova
Localization Quality Program Manager and Vendor Manager
Degreed