Vendor & Sourcing Manager – Apparel & Fashion

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HireHawk

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11 - 50 employees

🤝 B2B

🎯 Recruiter

B2B • Recruitment • Human Resources

HireHawk is a recruitment service that specializes in building fully vetted global teams for companies, significantly reducing hiring costs by up to 80%. They provide a comprehensive solution encompassing planning, sourcing, vetting, hiring, payroll management, and compliance, all designed to streamline the hiring process. HireHawk also focuses on optimizing the candidate experience with extensive screening, rapid sourcing, and competitive compensation packages, ensuring that every hire meets the specific needs of their clients.

📋 Description

• Own factory-level relationships across Asia, serving as the primary point of contact for vendor communication, negotiations, issue resolution, and performance alignment • Build trusted partnerships with factory ownership and leadership teams to support quality, cost, delivery, compliance, and long-term sourcing goals • Conduct regular factory visits across China and other key Asian manufacturing regions to assess operations, resolve risks, and reinforce expectations • Lead vendor onboarding, factory evaluations, supplier development plans, corrective action follow-up, and performance improvement initiatives • Identify, evaluate, and qualify new factory partners that meet capacity, quality, compliance, costing, and operational requirements • Maintain vendor scorecards, factory capability matrices, certifications, audit records, and supplier performance documentation • Support negotiations for materials, trims, cut-make-trim production, full-package production, and related cost structures • Monitor production milestones from development through final shipment, flagging risks early and driving practical solutions with factory and internal teams • Partner with Product Development, Technical Design, Quality Assurance, Operations, Logistics, and Global Sourcing teams to support production readiness and on-time delivery • Provide clear reporting on production status, vendor performance, factory risks, sourcing opportunities, and regional market conditions

🎯 Requirements

• Fluent English and Mandarin Chinese communication skills • Must be based in China or Hong Kong, with extensive travel availability throughout China and other key manufacturing regions across Asia • 10+ years of experience in apparel sourcing, production management, factory operations, or supply chain management, with significant Asia-based experience • Deep knowledge of apparel manufacturing, fabric construction, garment production processes, material quality, and factory operations • Strong experience managing factory relationships, vendor performance, costing, negotiation, production planning, and supplier accountability • Experience working directly with factory ownership or senior leadership teams and day-to-day vendor management at the operational level • Established factory network across China and broader Asia manufacturing markets • Experience using PLM, product lifecycle management, product development, or related sourcing and production systems • Experience working with apparel brands, sourcing offices, buying offices, large manufacturers, or global supply chain organizations • Strong market knowledge across Vietnam, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Indonesia, South Korea, and other Asia manufacturing hubs • Nice-to-Have: Bachelor’s degree in Fashion Merchandising, Textile Science, International Business, Supply Chain Management, or a related field • Experience with social compliance, sustainability audits, or factory certification programs such as WRAP, BSCI, SA8000, or similar standards • Proficiency in Vietnamese, Khmer, Korean, or another regional Asian language

🏖️ Benefits

• Access to a **$200K+ perk marketplace** with discounts on 150+ global services. • Option to **withdraw up to 50% of approved earnings** before payday.