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Comtrad Strategic Sourcing was founded in 1977 to tap into the potential of Asian manufacturing. They started their overseas sourcing and multi-sourcing relationship as a chair casters and small parts sourcing agent with relationships begun in Asia. With nearly 40 years of experience, they are the market leader in offering an innovative approach to outsourced manufacturing. They service a wide range of industries, offering a variety of OEM manufacturing disciplines.In my position of… Show more Comtrad Strategic Sourcing was founded in 1977 to tap into the potential of Asian manufacturing. They started their overseas sourcing and multi-sourcing relationship as a chair casters and small parts sourcing agent with relationships begun in Asia. With nearly 40 years of experience, they are the market leader in offering an innovative approach to outsourced manufacturing. They service a wide range of industries, offering a variety of OEM manufacturing disciplines.In my position of Vice President of Strategic Sourcing , I am integrally involved with daily operation of the company and responsible for sourcing of product to meet customer’s requirements. We do that by focusing on three fundamentals:★ Information: Comtrad needs to understand your business and the market you compete in.★ Insight: By determining the key issues and uncovering the hidden problems, we can help make this run more smoothly.★ Ideas: By leveraging our experiences and global contacts to help you create new products and cost effective opportunities.This is Big Picture Sourcing.We believe that the customized Big Picture Sourcing model is the best way for OEM’s to outsource their manufacturing and focus more of their effort on what they do best.If you would like to learn more about this position, please contact me. Show less

Comtrad Strategic Sourcing was founded in 1977 to tap into the potential of Asian manufacturing. They started their overseas sourcing and multi-sourcing relationship as a chair casters and small parts sourcing agent with relationships begun in Asia. With nearly 40 years of experience, they are the market leader in offering an innovative approach to outsourced manufacturing. They service a wide range of industries, offering a variety of OEM manufacturing disciplines.In my position of… Show more Comtrad Strategic Sourcing was founded in 1977 to tap into the potential of Asian manufacturing. They started their overseas sourcing and multi-sourcing relationship as a chair casters and small parts sourcing agent with relationships begun in Asia. With nearly 40 years of experience, they are the market leader in offering an innovative approach to outsourced manufacturing. They service a wide range of industries, offering a variety of OEM manufacturing disciplines.In my position of Purchasing Manager, I was involved in the purchasing of all products from Asia as well as helping with company operations as growth continued. If you would like to learn more about this position, please contact me. Show less

Comtrad Strategic Sourcing was founded in 1977 to tap into the potential of Asian manufacturing. They started their overseas sourcing and multi-sourcing relationship as a chair casters and small parts sourcing agent with relationships begun in Asia. With nearly 40 years of experience, they are the market leader in offering an innovative approach to outsourced manufacturing. They service a wide range of industries, offering a variety of OEM manufacturing disciplines.I got this… Show more Comtrad Strategic Sourcing was founded in 1977 to tap into the potential of Asian manufacturing. They started their overseas sourcing and multi-sourcing relationship as a chair casters and small parts sourcing agent with relationships begun in Asia. With nearly 40 years of experience, they are the market leader in offering an innovative approach to outsourced manufacturing. They service a wide range of industries, offering a variety of OEM manufacturing disciplines.I got this position, Warehouse Manager, right out of high school. I was unloading containers, making deliveries, and doing whatever else was required as company was just starting out.If you would like to learn more about this position, please contact me. Show less