Sourcing & Merchandising Manager - Protective Gear (HMSM) Hong Kong

Key Responsibilities

  • Lead the sourcing, vendor management, and product commercialization activities for protective gear e.g. helmets.
  • Build and manage strategic partnerships with factories and development partners across Asia.
  • Collaborate with product creation, design, and engineering teams to ensure products meet performance, quality, cost, and delivery objectives.
  • Drive new product introduction (NPI) projects from concept through production readiness, ensuring timelines are achieved.
  • Identify and onboard new manufacturing partners to support innovation, scalability and business growth.
  • Negotiate product costs, supplier agreements, tooling investments, and continuous cost improvement initiatives.
  • Monitor factory performance through KPI management, capacity planning, quality metrics, and on-time delivery.
  • Sourcing strategiesc and risk mitigation programs to enhance supply chain resilience.
  • Work closely with quality and technical teams to resolve development and production issues while maintaining product integrity.
  • Analyze market trends, manufacturing technologies, and supplier capabilities to identify opportunities for product and process improvements.
  • Ensure compliance with company standards, regulatory requirements, social responsibility expectations, and sustainability initiatives.
  • Travel within Asia as required to support factory management, development activities, and supplier performance reviews.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Supply Chain, Manufacturing or a related discipline.
  • 8+ years of experience in sourcing, product development, manufacturing, or supply chain management within sporting goods, protective equipment.
  • Strong knowledge of product development processes, manufacturing operations, materials, and vendor management.
  • Experience working with technical, performance-driven products and multi-country supplier networks.
  • Proven track record of managing factory relationships and leading cross-functional projects from development through production.
  • Commercially minded with strong negotiation and cost management capabilities.
  • Excellent project management, problem-solving, and stakeholder management skills.
  • Ability to work effectively within a global matrix organization and communicate with international teams.
  • Fluency in English is required; additional Asian languages would be advantageous.
  • Willingness to travel regularly within the region.