Procurement

• Own factory-level relationships across Asia, serving as the primary point of contact for vendor communication, negotiations, issue resolution, and performance alignment
• Build trusted partnerships with factory ownership and leadership teams to support quality, cost, delivery, compliance, and long-term sourcing goals
• Conduct regular factory visits across China and other key Asian manufacturing regions to assess operations, resolve risks, and reinforce expectations
• Lead vendor onboarding, factory evaluations, supplier development plans, corrective action follow-up, and performance improvement initiatives
• Identify, evaluate, and qualify new factory partners that meet capacity, quality, compliance, costing, and operational requirements
• Maintain vendor scorecards, factory capability matrices, certifications, audit records, and supplier performance documentation
• Support negotiations for materials, trims, cut-make-trim production, full-package production, and related cost structures
• Monitor production milestones from development through final shipment, flagging risks early and driving practical solutions with factory and internal teams
• Partner with Product Development, Technical Design, Quality Assurance, Operations, Logistics, and Global Sourcing teams to support production readiness and on-time delivery
• Provide clear reporting on production status, vendor performance, factory risks, sourcing opportunities, and regional market conditions

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