Responsibilities

• Collaborate with Sales Operations, Product Development and factory on new product development for customer special items

• Attend customer buyer meetings in HK and immediate sample and quote follow up, as needed

• Request factory for sample and quotation revisions and price negotiation as partner with Sales Operations team

• Handle sample request from customer / Sales team.  Create mock up packaging and ensure samples can meet customer's due date, if needed

• Cooperate with Sales Ops in preparing samples and quotations for customer's meeting, final selections, and planning

• Make sure samples and pricing can be reached to customer before communicated deadline

• Collaborate with Shipping staff to handle purchase order including shipment schedule, initial packaging and sewn in label with Arts team, approval sample sign off, and inspections for all on-time shipment

• Understand the audit, testing and inspection requirements of assigned customers. Organize factory samples for lab testing submission and customer approval on production and packaging samples

• Work with Quality Manager and customer for 3rd party audit, product lab testing and testing plan can be accepted in order to save company's cost

• Work with the customer’s design house for artwork processing, as required 

• Maintain files for product specifications per customer's requirement

• Track and monitor the production critical path, to ensure each milestone is processed as planned.

• Attend customer's meeting and training sessions, as requested

• Work closely with PD team and factory on new “standard line” product development including searching for materials, sample arrangement and obtain quotations

• Ensure showroom samples being ordered and work with US PD team to monitor showroom display

• Work with Arts team and factory on packaging development and mock up packaging for samples

• Perform ad hoc assignments as required

Requirements

• DSE / Form 5 or above

• A minimum of 6 years of experience in merchandising and sourcing, extensive knowledge in Seasonal, Gift Premium, Toys, Home Decor or Sundries items are preferable

• Strong analytic and thinking skills

• Experienced problem solver

• Highly organized with forward thinking on follow-up and details

• Strong Excel capabilities, especially knowledge on pivot table and VLOOKUP creation and manipulation

• High level of communication, internally, externally and cross-functionally

• Demonstrate the ability to work well independently with little direction, but also must be a strong team player

• Strategic thinking and commercial awareness of the industry and customers

• Solid experience in US retail market preferable

• Fluent English, Cantonese & Mandarin.  Showing strong spoken and written skills

• Some travel may be required 

Interested parties, please send your resume with expected salary to [email protected]. You can also click on the website www.easyjobhk.com for more details about the company