Project Coordinator/cs Representative Hybrid for

**NOTE: This position can be done in our Arequipa office or remotely. Hours are 7am - 4pm EST/6am - 3pm PET**

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Position Overview: *

As part of both the Client Solutions and Operations teams within Questel’s Language Solutions department, this hybrid role is responsible to support the group’s Legal, Localization, and Life Sciences verticals by generating pricing estimates for clients, coordinating project requirements and setup, and providing support to project management teams from project launch through delivery.

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Principal Duties & Responsibilities**:
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Client Solutions: *
- Price and quote client estimates in order to win new projects while maintaining standard profit margins
- Responsible for accurately conveying client demands and requests to the Operations team
- Respond to inquiries in a timely and service-oriented manner, both internally with sales and project managers, and externally with clients
- Consult project managers to examine job details and goals of a project, and sales to understand client requirements and project scope
- Maintain and strengthen relationships with existing and past clients through regular communication, outstanding customer service, providing quick and accurate project estimates.
- Track win/loss ratios and use data to improve sales strategies and processes
- Attend and participate in weekly department meetings
- Work on special projects and other duties as assigned by management

**Operations**:

- Assist Operations team with launching new projects
- Work collaboratively across multiple teams to communicate and manage expectations during the project lifecycle, including client specifications and any rush requests
- Preprocess files before delivery to translator to ensure complete, organized files are sent
- Conduct post-production quality assurance checks, and clearly communicates any issues to the project manager
- Source translation teams, administer tasks, and monitor progress on behalf of the project manager
- Prepare final delivery packages
- Maintain accurate, up-to-date project records
- Support Operations team with other tasks, as needed (i.e., importing/exporting files)
- Coordinate with vendors to ensure all projects have been accepted
- Communicate to project manager any issues that might impact Questel’s relationship with clients
- Responsible to ensure profitability of projects and to meet monthly revenue goals
- Work on special projects and other duties as assigned by management

**Q**ualifications & Skills: *
- To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential function._

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Education and Experience:

- Bachelor’s degree. In addition, any combination of education, experience and training which provides the following knowledge, skills, and abilities:

- Track record using proven closing skills and the ability to build client relationships
- A combination of business development and account management skills required
- Able to qualify, identify, and clarify client needs through effective questioning and listening
- Able to analyze and synthesize information and evaluate external client needs as they correlate to Questel’s services
- Strong attention to detail and ability to maintain accurate records
- Strong interpersonal, customer service, and telephone skills, and ability to maintain, strengthen, and develop relationships externally and within the organization
- Strong problem-solving and negotiation skills
- Excellent written and oral communication skills, using professional tone and language; tactful and diplomatic with a clear, straightforward, courteous, and cooperative manner when dealing with others
- Detail-oriented, thorough, accurate, and able to work quickly and steadily in a focused manner
- Possesses initiative, persistence, ability to problem solve, and enthusiasm for learning
- Able to deal with frequent changes, delays, interruptions, and unexpected events
- Strong ability to multitask, prioritize, and work independently with mínimal supervision
- Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and decision-making abilities
- Excellent planning and organizational skills
- Participate in a culture of responsiveness to strengthen relationships and ensure the needs and time of others are met and respected
- Willing to work occasionally during non-standard hours
- Fluent in English
- Fluency in another language, other than English, preferred but not required

**Supervision Received**:
Supervision is provided by the supervisors within the project management organization in coordination with the Associate Director of Client Solutions

**Supervision **Exercised**:
None

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Physical/Sensory/Mental Demands: *
- The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an e