Daniel Bao Email & Phone Number

Greater Atlanta Area

• Manage product sourcing, costs, and vendors performances.

Greater Philadelphia Area

• Manage direct sourcing of both new and existing products across departments of Stationery, Toys/Games, Tote Bags, Beach Bags, Blankets and Scarves, Fashion Craft, Fashion Accessories, Jewelry, Wood Craft.
• Negotiate prices and terms with vendors. Manage vendor production assignment and allocation. Work closely with cross functional teams - product development, supply chain, and divisional merchandise categories.
• Develop and maintain productive business relationship with overseas vendors. Direct company’s China Office on sourcing, production, QC inspections, and on-time shipping.
• Frequently travel overseas to attend trade shows, visit, approve, and audit vendors.

Irving, Texas (Greater Dallas Area)

• Private Brands product sourcing across multiple product categories of wood products, glassware, candles, crates and baskets, unfinished surface products, and seasonal products.
• Managed a network of sourcing agent service providers in Asia.
• Developed and maintained a vendor matrix through identifying, evaluating and building vendor relationships that supported category needs. Leveraged the matrix across the company to provide the best "cost" and "value".
• Managed cost negotiations, RFQ/ bid process, vendor production assignment and allocation.
• Key link between all internal and external stakeholders including Category Management, Private Brand Management, Quality Assurance, Logistics, Vendor Relations, Finance, Supply Chain, Legal, Inventory Management.
• Significant overseas travels to identify, evaluate, and audit vendors.

Fresno, California

• Managed company’s international vendors of paint and glue products. Identified and developed new overseas vendors, negotiated product costs, ensured product quality, and managed vendors’ performance.
• Managed company’s QC and sourcing team in China.
• Worked closely with R&D to ensure all regulatory requirements were met.
• Key member of the cross-functional team for new product development (NPD Team).
• Developed the overseas vendors of fabric paints, tie-dyes, body paints, fashion accessories, etc.
• Led company’s China Sales Program to penetrate China’s craft market. Managed company’s China Ceramic Studio Project to open contemporary ceramic studios in China (Shenzhen). Participated in planning the China market.