Sourcing Manager

Our client is a EU buying office with operation across the globe. Operating across multiple international markets, the Hong Kong office serves as a key sourcing and product development hub for Asia and they now look for a young and energetic sourcing professional to join their team.

Responsibilities:

• Lead end‑to‑end sourcing and product development for cookware items.
• Manage long‑term strategic suppliers in China, ensuring quality, reliability, and timely execution
• Drive product customization based on business needs, guiding suppliers through design, sampling, testing, and approvals
• Coordinate cookware products with high production volumes
• Ensure all items meet required safety, compliance, and quality standards; resolve QC issues with suppliers
• Influence and persuade factories to support project timelines, product modifications, and customization requirements
• Oversee project milestones from concept to mass production, maintaining full visibility through internal systems
• Collaborate closely with merchandising, design, QA/QC, and global retail teams to achieve alignment on specifications and deliverables
• Maintain strong, stable supplier partnerships while continuously improving product performance and execution
• Prepare and present program and vendor updates in team meetings
• Identify risks and provide proactive solutions to avoid production or delivery delays
• Support the Head of Sourcing on category insights, cost scenarios, and program feasibility analysis

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Business, Engineering, or related discipline
• 10-15 years of sourcing or merchandising experience, ideally in cookware/ kitchenware/ Tableware.
• Strong project management capability, able to handle multiple programs simultaneously
• Hands‑on experience working with China‑based vendors and manufacturers
• Comfortable communicating directly with factories and driving them to meet customization and quality expectations
• Confident communicator - able to voice out issues, influence suppliers, and present in meetings
• Detail‑oriented with strong ownership and accountability
• Proactive, energetic, and collaborative; able to work effectively with multicultural teams
• Very fluent in English, Cantonese, and Mandarin
• Candidates with a trade/merchandising/buying office background preferred