Global Sourcing Specialist

Job Description

WE’RE HIRING: SENIOR GLOBAL SOURCING MANAGER – HARDLINES

JEM International is looking for a sourcing person to join our team.

We need someone who lives and breathes product sourcing — someone who knows how to find the right factory, negotiate aggressively, move quickly, solve problems, and get products developed and produced at the right cost.

This is NOT a passive sourcing role.

We are looking for someone who will be sourcing every single day across China, India, the United States, and other global markets — constantly building new factory relationships, finding better costs, discovering new capabilities, and bringing new product opportunities to our team.

Our primary Hardline categories include:

• Pet

• Housewares

• Food Storage

• Storage & Organization

• Beach & Outdoor

WHAT WE NEED:

• Strong experience sourcing consumer products / hardlines directly from factories

• Deep understanding of manufacturing, costing, MOQs, tooling, packaging, lead times, and production

• Ability to identify and qualify new factories quickly

• Excellent negotiation skills — you should be extremely comfortable pushing for better pricing and terms

• Strong factory relationships and an established sourcing network are a major advantage

• Ability to take a product idea, image, sample, or retailer request and find the right factory to execute it

• Extremely organized and able to manage many projects at the same time

• GREAT Excel skills are a major plus

• Mandarin-speaking is a BIG PLUS

• Experience sourcing in China is strongly preferred; India, U.S., and additional sourcing markets are a plus

Most importantly, we want someone HUNGRY.

You should be the type of person who doesn’t stop after finding one factory. You find five.

You don’t accept the first price. You understand the product, break down the cost, negotiate, and find a way to make the program work.

You should be highly responsive, move with urgency, and understand that global sourcing means being accessible when factories overseas are working — including communication outside normal U.S. business hours when necessary.

You will be joining an experienced and fast-moving product development and sourcing team working across major U.S. retailers.

If you are extremely strong at sourcing, factory development, negotiation, and getting product made — we want to hear from you.

JEM International Inc.

Please apply or message me directly with your sourcing background, categories of expertise, countries you source from, and examples of major retailers or programs you have worked on.