International Relations Specialist

Desciption

The International Relations Specialist shall coordinate and assume responsibility for the end-to-end procedure for receiving, verifying, and paying invoices from external suppliers, including processing them in the 1C system and ensuring that payments are made on time. They shall conduct partner due diligence, participate in various processes for establishing and maintaining business relationships with external suppliers, negotiate with new and existing suppliers, and organize the process of signing contracts and other documents with both internal and external stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Establish and maintain efficient business relationships with existing and potential suppliers; act as the primary liaison between the Company and international service providers
• Maintain high-level contacts with suppliers, compile their requirements and discuss them with internal stakeholders and the management, negotiate with suppliers in accordance with Company interests. Respond quickly to issues and develop solutions in collaboration with internal and external stakeholders; communicate with suppliers about them
• Conduct partner due diligence in accordance with the procedures established by the Company. Compile required documents from the founders, shareholders and other involved persons of the partner company in accordance with the established procedure, and submit them to relevant internal departments
• Negotiate and agree on contracts on commercial, legal and other provisions, monitor the quality of services provided, renegotiate the terms of existing contracts
• Manage the end-to-end contracting process
• In case of disputes, actively participate in resolving them, make decisions that will be in the interests of the Company, maintain full communication with suppliers on these issues
• Submit requests to the 1C system for invoices to be paid on a daily basis after receiving required approvals; issue statements, ensure seamless processing of invoices from providers, validate them, process them in the system, and make payments based on relevant agreements
• Maintain the agreements reached after disputes, conduct negotiations as needed to find more effective ways of cooperation
• Cooperate with relevant teams of the Company to find more effective ways to work, as well as to identify potential issues
• Conduct risk assessment for each area of cooperation, actively working with the Legal, Billing and Finance units
• Compile requirements of internal stakeholders, identify suppliers based on them, ensuring the seamless bilateral transfer of information about the given products, conduct the procurement process as needed
• Cooperate with various departments of the Company to ensure the seamless flow of work
• Compile reports on the work performed, performance criteria, submit them to the management, indicating areas for improvement and/or optimization
• Perform other duties as assigned by their immediate supervisor, arising from the duties of the position
  

 Requirements

• Higher Education in International Relations, Economics or related fields 

• At least 1+ years of work experience in the commercial field 
• Excellent knowledge of Russian and English, knowledge of another foreign language will be considered as an advantage 

• Excellent communication and negotiation skills 
• Ability to organize the work independently
• Reporting and analysis skills 
  
• Ability to plan and prioritize tasks effectively
• Keen attention to detail
• Ability to work in stressful situations and high sense of responsibility 
  
• Ability to collaborate effectively within a team