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, Crates/Baskets, Décor, Ceramic, and Glassware. • 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" equation.• 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, Vendors and Sourcing Agents. • 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 strategy as a member of the company’s international operation team. • Worked with Chinese partners at the strategic level as a Duncan’s representative.