Purchasing Manager (China)

Company: Revyline Location: Moscow REVYLINE is an international manufacturer of premium oral hygiene products. The company was founded in 2013 by a dentist. We are number one in the Russian and CIS markets. We are looking for a proactive purchasing manager in China who does not limit themselves to waiting for responses from suppliers, but independently seeks new opportunities: new manufacturers, alternative solutions for price and quality, new development paths.

• Supplier Sourcing and Selection: Monitoring the Chinese market: 1688, Alibaba, Taobao, Made-in-China, industry exhibitions (Canton Fair, Yiwu, etc.)
• Searching for factories (not trading companies) for specified product categories
• Initial supplier qualification: checking licenses, auditing production capacities, requesting commercial offers
• Analysis and Negotiation: Comparative analysis of offers (price, MOQ, lead times, quality)
• Conducting negotiations on improving terms: price reduction, free samples, deferred payment, exclusivity
• Product cost analysis
• Procurement, order placement
• Managing production timelines and preventing delays
• Quality Control: Organizing inspections at the production site (by a third party or in-house)
• Resolving issues with defects and claims

Experience: 3 to 6 years

• English Language: Intermediate/Upper-Intermediate. Fluent. Ability to negotiate with technical specialists and factory owners
• Experience and Knowledge: Over 3 years of experience in procurement from China. Understanding of production processes: knowledge of production cycles in a specific niche
• Logistics Knowledge: understanding of Incoterms, cargo handling schemes, customs clearance. Analytical skills: ability to work with Excel/Google Sheets, calculate unit economics of a product

Technical Skills:

• Advanced proficiency in search engines and platforms: Alibaba, 1688, WeChat, Baidu
• Skills in communicating with suppliers via WeChat
• Personal Qualities: stress resistance
• Cross-cultural communication: understanding mentality, negotiation etiquette, and 'saving face'
• Proactivity: not just waiting for a response, but 'pushing' the factory to speed up the process
• Attention to detail: noticing an error before production begins
• Time management: ability to manage 5–10 projects in parallel

• Full-time employment, office-based work near Cherkizovskaya metro station
• Official employment according to the Labor Code of the Russian Federation, timely salary payment
• Voluntary medical insurance with dental coverage
• Fitness expense reimbursement (membership)
• Young and ambitious team
• Financial stability of the company