External Consulting Specialist, Tietoevry Tech Services

As a part of our HR team in Riga, Tietoevry Tech Services is building up a new team for handling external consultant administration and purchasing.  This team will work closely with local country experts and will run many different activities connected to administration and purchase of external subcontractors into our businesses and projects. 

As an External Consulting Specialist, you will collaborate with a team of professionals to support our global operations, focusing on managing external consultants who contribute to our projects, business initiatives, and customer engagements. The work will be a combination of working with our suppliers and internal stakeholders, finding new consultants and running mini-competitions, negotiating terms and conditions, ensuring compliance, renewing and extending current assignments, maintaining data and systems and financial administration. 

About you: 

You like to work in a large corporate company, enjoy a dynamic work atmosphere, like speaking English all day, relate to colleagues in many different countries with different cultures and have a special talent for making good deals through creative bargaining and negotiations. 
You preferably have experience with procurement and negotiations and a keen eye for detail. You are proactive, resourceful and able to work independently as well as part of a team.  

With us you will be responsible for: 

• Effectively coordinate and communicate with both internal and external stakeholders
• Identify, evaluate and nurture relationships with suppliers
• Negotiate terms and conditions for external consultants with our suppliers 
• Engage in agreement work, sometimes together with our Sourcing team 
• Conduct comprehensive searches to source qualified candidates for various consulting roles
• Negotiate competitive rates with suppliers and private entrepreneurs to secure cost-effective solutions
• Manage external resources in compliance with company policies and legal regulations
• Ensure accuracy and adherence to established processes and procedures
• Take initiative and full responsibility for your work 

We expect you have: 

• Negotiation experience: terms & conditions, solve challenges with our suppliers 
• Language: fluent in English and Latvian, both oral and written (for communication with foreign colleagues and clients)
• Excellent communication skills: ability to engage effectively with diverse stakeholders
• Attention to detail: strong focus on accuracy and detail-oriented work
• Process orientation: ability to adhere to established procedures and guidelines
• Team collaboration: capable of working collaboratively within a team and independently
• Driven and curious: a relentless drive to achieve results coupled with a curious mindset
• Flexibility: willingness to learn new processes and embrace innovative ways of thinking

We offer:

• Working experience on an international level in a leading global IT company 
• Professional and personal development opportunities, growth opportunities 
• Modern office environment in the new office premises VERDE
• Flexible working hours and hybrid work model
• Salary from 1600 to 2000 EUR monthly/gross and benefits package (premium health insurance which covers sports, dentistry, massages, medical treatments, etc., additional days off and a lot more)  

*Monthly salary offer will be defined based up on the candidate’s professional competence compliance with job demands. The salary is a part of the remuneration package provided by Tietoevry Tech Services Latvia, that includes additional bonuses and opportunities (health insurance, additional holidays, professional development etc.

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Tietoevry Tech Services is a leading transformation and managed services provider focusing on Nordic based customers across various industries. With our full scope of digital solutions, including applications, multi-cloud, data-driven services and security, we help businesses to thrive and keep the Nordic societies running. We are a global team of more than 7 000 experts representing over 50 nationalities, delivering services to our customers by combining global capabilities with Nordic proximity. Our annual revenue is approximately EUR 1 billion.

Learn more about us HERE!