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Global eBrand (part of A.N. Associates) Remote, India · Full-time Night Shift . Timings: 9pm to 6am About Us We build and run a portfolio of 50+ direct-to-consumer online stores selling to customers in the US and Canada. We test products fast, kill the losers, and scale the winners hard. Small team, no bureaucracy, a lot of ownership per person. THE ROLE You own everything between "we want to test this product" and "the product is landing on customers' doorsteps at a cost that makes us money." You find the suppliers, get the samples, do the cost maths, negotiate the price down, and keep our winning products in stock and on quality. WHAT YOU'LL OWN Sourcing new products. Given a product brief, find 3-5 credible suppliers (Alibaba, 1688, Global Sources, agents, or domestic where it makes sense), get quotes, MOQs, lead times and sample pricing, and come back with a recommendation — not just a list. Samples. Get samples ordered and delivered quickly, then check them honestly against the photos and claims on our website. If the real product doesn't matchwhat the ad promises, you flag it before we spend money on traffic. Landed cost. Unit price + shipping + duties + payment fees is the number that decides whether a product is viable. You keep it accurate for every product andfeed it into our profit tracking. No guessed numbers. Negotiation and cost reduction. Once a product starts scaling, go back and take the price down — volume breaks, better payment terms, cheaper packaging, or a better shipping mode. Every dollar you cut is a dollar of profit. Shipping decisions. Choose between express, air freight and sea per product based on margin and urgency, and manage the freight forwarder or agent. Quality and reliability. Set simple quality checks, track defect and complaint rates by supplier, and keep a scored supplier list. Every scaling product needs a backup supplier; a supplier going dark on a winning store is unacceptable. Stock cover. Work off our advertising plans so winners never go out of stock and losers don't leave us sitting on inventory. Risk screening. No counterfeit, trademarked or IP-infringing goods, and flag anything with product-safety or certification requirements before we buy. WHAT SUCCESS LOOKS LIKE IN YOUR FIRST 6 MONTHS Product brief to sample in hand in under 14 days, consistently. Landed cost accurate and up to date on every active product. 10%+ cost reduction on our top-selling products. Zero stockout days on any product we're actively advertising. A backup supplier identified for every scaled product. WHAT YOU NEED 2-4 years sourcing or import/export experience for e-commerce, retail or a trading company— ideally buying from China for Western markets. Confident negotiating in written English with overseas suppliers over WhatsApp, WeChat and email, including outside your working hours. Comfortable with the financial side: unit economics, margins, duties, and shipping terms (EXW / FOB / DDP). Genuinely strong with spreadsheets, and quick to pick up new software and AI tools—we run on them. Ownership. You chase suppliers who go quiet, you tell us when a number looks wrong, and you send a short status update before we have to ask. NICE TO HAVE Existing agent or supplier contacts in China. Experience with private-label or custom-branded packaging. Experience with 3PLs or fulfilment centres shipping into the US or Canada. WORKING SETUP Fully remote. You'll need a reliable internet connection and a backup, and some flexibility on hours to overlap with suppliers. How To Apply Apply here with your CV. Shortlisted candidates get a short intro call, then a practical work sample — a real sourcing brief where you find suppliers, cost it out and give us a recommendation — then a final conversation with the founder. We hire on what you can actually do, not on your CV. Pay: Php500,000.00 - Php750,000.00 per year Application Question(s): How much of your experience is directly related to product sourcing or procurement? Which type of sourcing experience best matches your background? - E-commerce / D2C - Retail - Manufacturing - Trading / Import-Export - General Procurement - No relevant experience Which platforms have you used to source products? - Alibaba - 1688 - Global Sources - Sourcing agents - Other Which market have you primarily sourced products for? - United States - Canada - United Kingdom - Australia - Philippines - Other Which shipping terms are you comfortable working with? - EXW only - FOB only - DDP only - EXW + FOB - EXW + FOB + DDP - None Which shipping methods have you managed? - Express - Air freight - Sea freight - Air + Sea - Express + Air + Sea - None Which supplier-related activities have you personally handled? - Supplier identification - Price negotiation - Sample ordering - Quality checks - Shipping coordination - All of the above What type of supplier relationship have you primarily managed? - Local suppliers - International suppliers - China-based suppliers - Both local and international suppliers - Sourcing agents only Which best describes your experience with landed-cost calculations? - No experience - Basic product + shipping calculation - Product + shipping + duties/taxes - Full landed-cost calculation including fees, duties and shipping Which tools have you primarily used for sourcing and procurement? - Excel - Google Sheets - ERP/procurement software - Excel/Google Sheets + procurement software - None Which best describes your supplier negotiation experience? - No negotiation experience - Negotiated occasionally - Regularly negotiated prices and terms - Regularly negotiated prices, MOQ, payment terms and shipping Are you comfortable working in night shift? Work Location: Remote
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