Supplier Account Manager - British Chamber of Commerce in China

Closing Date: 2022-04-15Company: KinyuLocation: Tianjin

This position is offering the applicant to play a key role in the expansion of an innovative UK company within the furniture and household goods sector.

This is a full-time position based in Tianjin.

Furniture Box is looking to hire a Supplier Account Manager to handle local operations with its key suppliers in Tianjin and surrounding areas. The candidate will be a key point of contact for existing suppliers and projects, whilst engaging with new opportunities in product and supply chain. This is an exciting opportunity to worth with a close-knit UK team, who value hard work and an open office environment. The candidate will be hired under Kinyu’s China Desk model, which ensures a secure working environment and local employee engagement.

Overview of the role and responsibilities

Existing supply chain management

Help to manage the company’s supply portfolio in China/Asia, assisting with managing communications with supplier network.
Cooperate with stakeholders to ensure full and clear co-operation with suppliers.
Working with the global product sourcing manager on forecasting, purchasing and compliance teams to ensure production schedules are on time and products are ready for new markets/compliant.
Help our global product sourcing manager to oversee product quality control through engagement with factories and quality inspectors.
Monitor, implement and inspect factory/product improvement processes.
Help to ensure the efficiency of product lifecycle and help development of new product ranges.
Liaise with and manage relationships with existing network of 3-party co-operative contacts E.g Freight forwarders, QC & audit companies, photography studios, document printers.

Diversification and expansion of supply chain

Discover, analyse, and partner with trustworthy new vendors and suppliers.
Conduct assessment of pricing, factory standard, product quality and operational factors when choosing or changing suppliers. Feedback reports of findings to global product sourcing manager.
Gaining an understanding of and staying up to date with Chinese supply conditions and the potential impacts on business.
Research and report findings on local market material prices and labour costs.

Delivery and execution of China based projects

Implement and oversee new project initiatives.
Work towards introducing more environmentally friendly and sustainable practices throughout our supply chain.
Execute technical improvements and innovation of product and practices.
Ensure that new projects are fully understood by supplier network and integrated to supply chain function as permanent changes.

Skills and Qualifications

3-5 years’ proven experience within the manufacturing industry, preferably within the furniture sector.
Ability to assess and improve factory processes and quality of manufactured goods.
Experience in product development/new product sourcing.
Understanding of product materials and design.
Good level of fluency in English and Chinese, both in verbal and written form.
Understanding of the evolving Chinese market.
Competent in Microsoft Office – particularly excel.
Very good organisational skills.

Desired Qualities

Willingness to work flexible working hours.
Strong management and leadership potential.
Comfortable with figures and in collecting, analysing and interpreting data.
Solid independent judgement ability and integrity enabling good and fair decisions to be made.
Strong interpersonal skills.
Reliable and trustworthy individual.
Ability to travel – travel to factories and suppliers will be required.
Willingness to travel internationally.
Ability to establish and sustain networking relationships with global contacts across the far/middle east.

Benefits