Responsible for driving Hunter’s growth by ensuring successful production and delivery of complex gifting and packaging products. Heading and managing a team that has responsibility for development, production, quality, and logistics within China. This is a full-time role, working exclusively for Hunter. You will be based in our Shenzhen office with regular travel to manufacturing facilities in Shenzhen/Dongguan.

This role reports to the Head of Operations at the UK Head Office.

JOB ROLE

Management of all China business operations to include:

• Provide leadership and management of the Operations, QC team and functions within China
• Create and maintain strong working relationships at all levels of seniority, both with external organisations and internal personnel
• Active participation within the development process to ensure projects are within budget and ensure production maintains the agreed delivery timings and shipment dates.
• Ensure quality assurance and control throughout development and production
• Provide visibility to UK office on status of production and shipment to ensure customers are kept up to date with correct information.
• Problem solve issues in conjunction with team members in both China and UK Head Office
• Ensure partner factories conform to Hunter social compliance requirements.
• Build relationships with key personnel to improve conditions for Hunter and for factory.
• Identify reliable, cost competitive new suppliers to give Hunter advantage over competitors and create new opportunities.
• Ensure Hunter receive a top-quality service from Logistic partners.
• Establish and improve processes for carrying out the role effectively and efficiently
• Business Documentation & facilities management of China office.

REQUIREMENTS

• Ability to communicate well in English, both verbally and in writing.
• Excellent knowledge of manufacturing and quality requirements for the production of packaging and gifting products.
• set precedence in your leadership skills by creating strong working relationships and influencing, developing and encouraging and your team to produce the best results.
• Extremely motivated and results-driven have excellent business sense, financial management and negotiation skills.
• Expertise in quality requirements and manufacturing, ensuring all expectations met and exceeded.
• Ability to manage numerous projects at one time.
• Understanding of Social and Ethical Compliance especially in relation to safe working conditions and practices within factories
• Excellent knowledge of export procedures and international freight forwarding

ABOUT US

We are an award-winning supplier of innovative gifting and packaging products. Established in 2001, our industry experience and creative resource help some of the world’s best brands connect with consumers.

Our team is a handpicked bunch of experts spread across the globe. You will be reporting to our Head of Operations in the UK Head Office by providing leadership and direction to our China-based team. If you have the skills and experience to hit the ground running, we’d love to hear from you!