PD & Sourcing Specialist - Furniture

The position is responsible for developing and following through the initial production process of new products to be added to the current furniture product lineup by contacting and qualifying suppliers in line with the overall Company Supplier strategy as well as defining product specifications for use in production and quality control.

These responsibilities include:

• Developing and maintaining new furniture programs.

• Research, identify and qualify new suppliers based on company defined sourcing strategies and objectives and supplier guideline qualifications.

• Conduct preliminary supplier qualification and evaluation, including the supplier management team, full due diligence, operating capacity, capability, and constraints, quality systems, financial strength, competitive profile and throughput effectiveness.

• Document and provide recommendations on potential new suppliers.

• Negotiate and confirm preliminary pricing and supplier terms and conditions for prospective suppliers.

• For approved suppliers, identify new products for production and confirm product specifications, technical specs, manufacturing requirements, quality standards and delivery timeframes, etc.

• Work with head office to approve all samples prior to production.

• Evaluate supplier performance after first production run and discuss and document areas for improvement along with, sourcing and PD Supervisor, QC Supervisor and assigned QC specialist.

• Maintain and keep updated the supplier database.

• Minimum 5 years experience in furniture products development in a trading company.

• Self-motivated, able to manage complex situations, negotiate price, terms and conditions with minimum supervision.

• Demonstrated experience with purchase aggregation, supply chain management techniques, supplier quality systems, and supplier performance measurements.

• Good understanding of supplier evaluation, selection processes and manufacturing processes. Should have good familiarity with materials, material specifications and grades.

• Excellent negotiating and interpersonal skills. Good written and verbal communication skills and communicates information on a timely basis.

• Well-developed organization, planning and follow-up skills are critical to success.

• Good understanding of the customers needs, ability to do root problem analysis for customer and factory issues. Working with buyers like Costco or Home Depot a plus.

• General understanding of logistics and distribution processes and techniques a plus.

• Fluent in Chinese, good English skill in speaking and writing.

• PC skills, including use of the Internet for communication, excel spreadsheet analysis, and word-processing.

• Willingness to travel.