Sourcing Manager (home décor, hardline)

- Oversee, direct the activities of the designed sourcing unit and communicate the overall sourcing strategy for products. Organize daily meetings with staff to coordinate timetables and schedules. Review staff reports on the status of trips with buyers, visit trade fairs, or Company client needs. Reset priorities are required to meet business needs.
- Constant interaction with Company management on business objectives, sales trends, and other country merchandise category expansion plans. Oversee market conditions that impact sourcing requirements. Conduct top-level negotiations on the best price for merchandise in conjunction with company buyers.
- Optimize resources for these business trips and coordinate foreign buyer participation at shows and manufacturer or factory visits. Analyze productivity of shows and subsequent orders. Participate in new vendor and manufacturing site visits as required.
- Decisions involve coordination with Company Executives and managers on long-term company strategy for sourcing brands and price negotiations with suppliers, vendors, or agents. Evaluate sourcing opportunities in domestic or other countries and make recommendations to management. Evaluate vendor performance and solve problems that could negatively impact order fulfillment or shipment of goods. Approve the selection of new vendors or manufacturers.
- Develop new products and promote to customer to meet sales target and quotation. Negotiate on purchasing terms and cost with vendors/suppliers to meet buyer's requirement.
- Evaluate and select potential suppliers by reviewing capability and facility. Product presentation through samples and display to buyers during their visits.
- Ensuring team members compliance with department goal and strive to achieve together. Cooperation with Quality and Order Control Department.
- Develop staff members' skills & knowledge. Build rapport with all types of people & able to encourage them to contribute to plans & goals.