American Furniture Company seeking procurement assistant.
Major responsibilities: - Contact supplier via phone call and email to get supplier and product info - Enter supplier detail and organize file - Follow up orders with vendors, customers, and internal parties to ensure customer satisfaction and on-time delivery. - Able to follow up on quotation, sampling, pricing, order placement, and shipping arrangement effectively by considering customer’s requirements and supplier’s resources. - Maintain strong business relationships with vendors for product development and production - Arrange sample submission to customers for approval - Identify business opportunities by finding new vendors or product ideas to client. - Keep abreast of market trends by visiting both existing and new suppliers. - Work closely with other departments such as Quality Control and Shipping for updating the quality standard and shipment status.
Qualification requirements: - Strong knowledge in material related to furniture products in the US market. - Good network with factories and suppliers - Fluency in both written and spoken English and Mandarin - Independently, responsible, detail-oriented, flexible and good team player. - Effective communication and interpersonal skill to interact with all levels, both external and internal.
Computer Skills · MS Office · Word · Excel · Outlook · Powerpoint · CAD – desired but not required · Photoshop – desired but not required · Intermediate computer skills will definitely be a plus side and highly desired · Chinese and English resume is needed