Sourcing Consultant – Contractor

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🕒 April 1

🏛️ District of Columbia, Washington – Remote

🏛️ District of Columbia – Remote ☕ Washington – Remote

⏳ Contract/Temporary

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

🛒 Procurement

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Breakout

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1 - 10 employees

🤝 B2B

⚡ Productivity

🧘 Wellness

B2B • Productivity • Wellness

Breakout is a company focused on enhancing team connectivity and productivity through continuous team-building activities. Specializing in creating meaningful experiences, Breakout offers personalized programs and diverse activities designed to foster camaraderie, boost morale, and improve employee retention. By providing a seamless, year-round approach to team building, Breakout ensures robust team dynamics with minimal logistical hassles. Their services also include detailed reporting for tracking team engagement, sentiment, and return on investment, making team building more strategic and effective.

📋 Description

• Working with our Operations team to learn our event kits and help identify procurement methods for materials that can be sourced more efficiently. • Researching and liaising with prospective suppliers that can meet Breakout’s specific criteria in terms of quality, quantity, delivery, and cost of materials. • Preparing proposals, requesting quotes, ordering samples, and negotiating purchase terms and conditions. • Ensure vendor and product quality assurance. • Develop best practices for sourcing and managing perishables. • Provide regular updates, analysis, and recommendations to the Operations team. • Advise Operations team on best practices, vendor management, negotiations and ensuring compliance with all laws, policies, procedures, and regulations.

🎯 Requirements

• 5+ years in sourcing, procurement and purchasing, especially in China. • Experience working in Alibaba is strongly preferred. • Experience with international shipping is strongly preferred. • Experience with sourcing and managing perishable goods is required. • Experience working with 3PLs is a plus. • Strong knowledge of the procurement market, supply chain, trends and processes. • Fluent in English with excellent verbal and written communication skills, plus a comfortability with negotiation. • A self-starter with the ability to work in a team environment. • Strong skills in the areas of organization, time management, efficiency, and attention to detail are a must. • Experience working with small remote teams is a plus.

🏖️ Benefits

• Remote work options