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I Need an Ongoing China Procurement Team

Use a monthly procurement desk without building a China team from scratch.

A procurement team coordinating supplier communication and order documents

Situation

For companies with recurring China sourcing, sample, quote, order and shipment tasks that need a retained local desk instead of scattered one-off coordination.

China-side actions

  1. Create one China-side project queue across suppliers, samples and orders.
  2. Maintain supplier contact records, quote status and approval owners.
  3. Follow production and inspection calendars for active orders.
  4. Coordinate freight, consolidation and document review handoffs.
  5. Send weekly updates and monthly management summaries.

Client materials

  • Monthly sourcing priorities
  • Supplier and order list
  • Approval owners
  • Reporting cadence
  • Freight and inspection preferences

Deliverables and gates

1Monthly scope agreedMonthly workroom tracker
2Weekly queue reviewedSupplier queue
3Order risk escalatedSample and order log
4Monthly report acceptedInspection calendar

Typical timing

Starts with a 3-month minimum retainer and can continue month to month.

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