Sourcing Manager
Yiwu Kuanxu Co. Ltd
Yiwu, Zhejiang, China
We are an export and supply company with a product range starting from Kitchenware, FMCG and dental care to medical devices. A milestone in this race: I started a new division for supply of medical products to public hospitals in Latin America. For this, I developed an internal compliance system and quality control processes (i.e. CAPA management) to meet health and medical regulations for more than 10 Latin American markets.In the day-to-day business I am in charge of:• Managing 9 direct reports in sourcing, quality control, logistics, design and accounting• Day-to-day controlling of more than 80 suppliers across China, India and South-East-Asia. Contract and legal issue management, quality and performance review, supervision on supply-chain objectives and shortening of lead times• Constant market research to source new products to complete and enhance the portfolio. Development and coaching of vendors to meet customer and market requirements• Evaluation of internal and external processes to define value drivers and bottlenecks in supply and lead time. Restructuring of processes and functions for internal departments and external contractors.• Running projects to continuously optimize TCO and cost accounting.