CG0092TIMProduct Development and Sourcing Executive (Chinese Speaking)

£20-22K • Full time • London, United Kingdom

Company Information

Our client is a rapidly growing enterprise, working with premium brand owners in the development, sourcing and supply of their promotional, merchandising and premium requirements. It is by definition a consumer led business, constantly seeking insight based ideas to optimise clients’ brand strategies at point of sale or image development.

Job Description

Project managing the development, sourcing and production of promotional merchandise solutions for brand owning clients.

• Duties will include all activities related to procurement, finding, evaluating and engaging suppliers of goods and services
• Obtaining competitive pricing for all products sourced and preparing and accurate quote for clients, based on all known costs from suppliers whilst maintaining quality and delivery times at all times
• Obtaining sales orders from clients and ensuring the accurate preparation of purchase orders for those procured products.
• Taking briefs, working on briefs including new product design concepts and existing items, sourcing products globally, processing orders and monitoring project progress.
• Maintain effective lines of communication with both customers & suppliers.
• To ensure that all costs are accurately charged to clients.
• Organise and monitor Safety Testing and Quality Control Procedures for all products
• Help to ensure factories comply to all ethical and environmental procedures
• Ensuring production schedules are in line to meet shipping deadlines
• Maintain the order records and production schedules with accurate information.
• To support the team in all aspects of identifying new clients, making contact with them
• To ensure that the correct artwork is supplied to manufacturers where applicable.
• Co-ordination of samples and designs for Client meetings.
• Sending Pre-production samples to the client for approval using the appropriate forms and ensuring samples are approved.
• Keeping a record of all documentation between ourselves, the factory and the client so that all legal paperwork is accounted for.
• Requesting production samples and ensuring that samples are sent and received.
• Instructing factories when pre-production samples have been approved and tested to ensure they manufacture to the standards and timeframe we require.
• Ensure that shipments are made by the factory and goods arrive to deadlines
• Ensure all import and export documentation is produced to meet all customs requirements.
• Assisting with the physical dispatch of parcels from the office when required. 

Required Skills

The ideal applicant will have experience in Far East procurement, preferably in gifting and high quality promotional items.

Language  : Excellent English and Mandarin is essential.

This job was created on 02/09/2011.