Sr. Director, Global Strategic Sourcing (Shenzhen, China)

About BDA

BDA is a premier global merchandise agency renowned for partnering with iconic brands to create impactful custom product solutions. Our strength lies in our people – entrepreneurial, ambitious, and driven individuals who bring energy and bold ideas. We are committed to fostering a vibrant, inclusive culture where diverse talents thrive and contribute to delivering innovative, compliant, and high-quality products to our clients.

Location

• This role is based in Shenzhen, China.
• Requires onsite work 4 days per week, with 1 day remote.
• Must live within commuting distance for regular in-person collaboration.

Role Summary

As the Sr. Director, Global Strategic Sourcing — China, you will lead and enhance our sourcing execution strategy from our China hub. Your responsibilities include building and developing a high-performing sourcing team, expanding supplier networks, improving vendor performance, strengthening manufacturing readiness, and ensuring sourcing excellence across key metrics.

You will play a critical role in optimizing BDA’s global sourcing capabilities by identifying business improvement opportunities, developing supplier improvement roadmaps, assessing manufacturing capabilities, and ensuring supplier partners meet our high standards for product quality, regulatory compliance, and client delivery. The ideal candidate possesses deep sourcing leadership experience in China, strong negotiation and supplier development expertise, and the ability to collaborate effectively across various departments.

Core / Key Responsibilities

• Build, lead, and develop a high-performing sourcing execution team, fostering a culture of accountability, continuous learning, operational discipline, and improvement.
• Identify business optimization opportunities and drive sourcing excellence through global industry knowledge, vendor negotiation, resourcing strategy, cost benchmarking, and supplier performance insights.
• Drive continual improvement and innovation across sourcing activities, including vendor management, cost engineering, portfolio optimization, value optimization, supplier governance, and process efficiency.
• Evaluate manufacturing readiness by conducting supplier capability assessments, identifying production risks, and developing supplier improvement roadmaps.
• Drive scalability, speed, agility, and resource optimization across the sourcing execution model and supplier network.
• Expand and strengthen supplier networks across China while proactively identifying, assessing, and sharing relevant industry trends, product innovation, supplier capabilities, and market opportunities.
• Ensure supplier compliance with product manufacturing standards, product safety standards, regulatory requirements, and applicable FDA, USDA, international equivalents, and other consumer product compliance expectations.
• Apply knowledge of Consumer-Packaged Goods supply chain dynamics to optimize sourcing decisions, supplier selection, production planning, quality expectations, and risk mitigation.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with sourcing, vendors, quality assurance, product, operations, merchandising, sales, and business leaders to improve tools, processes, handoffs, and operational efficiency.

Experience Requirements

• Minimum 15 years of China-based manufacturing and sourcing/supply chain experience.
• A degree in Business Administration or equivalent.
• Strong supplier negotiation, vendor management, cost benchmarking/engineering, and supplier performance management experience.
• Proven experience building, leading, and developing high-performing sourcing, procurement, supplier management, or supply chain teams.
• Experience evaluating manufacturing readiness, conducting supplier capability assessments, identifying production risks, and building supplier improvement roadmaps.
• Strong understanding of supplier compliance, product manufacturing standards, product safety standards, regulatory requirements, and Code of Conduct.
• Experience working with FDA, USDA, international regulatory equivalents, and/or consumer product safety standards.
• Knowledge of Consumer-Packaged Goods, product-based supply chains, custom product manufacturing, retail, merchandising, or related product environments.
• P&L ownership/experience.

Requirements

• Strong aptitudes for observation, analysis, design, and implementation of materials management processes and controls.
• Strong Leadership skills and ability to develop and communicate vision.
• Superior ability to educate, delegate, and motivate direct reports.
• Independent problem-solving expertise, with tenacious enthusiasm to meet goals with a sense of urgency.
• Ability to communicate clearly and effectively with coworkers, vendors, and internal customers, and present to external clients.
• Ability to recognize and act upon trend information.
• Expertise in various business technology programs.
• Self-motivator and detail-oriented.
• Proven autonomy through high responsibility and results-driven planning.

Why Join BDA

BDA offers a unique opportunity to directly influence the strength, scalability, innovation, and compliance of our sourcing engine in China. As Sr. Director, Global Strategic Sourcing — China, you will shape supplier strategy, elevate vendor performance, improve sourcing execution, and strengthen manufacturing readiness, supporting BDA’s continued growth. This is an excellent opportunity for a sourcing leader passionate about team building, process improvement, developing supplier partnerships, and making a measurable impact across a global business.

Our Core Values:

• BDA is a Team and a Family
• Always Strive to Be The Best
• Entrepreneurial Spirit
• Tigger Attitude
• Work Hard, Play Hard
• Make It Happen the Best Way
• Total Client Affinity & Advocacy

Compensation & Benefits

• Base Salary Range: ¥750,000 - ¥800,000 RMB.
• Additional opportunities for company/performance bonus.
• Robust PTO: vacation, paid volunteer day, holidays, and summer Fridays.
• Comprehensive Benefits: medical, dental, vision, life, and AD&D insurance.
• 401k with tuition reimbursement.
• Mental health and financial wellness programs.
• Professional development opportunities, including tuition reimbursement.

Additional Information

• BDA Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to creating an inclusive workplace.
• Must be 18 years or older to apply.
• Connect with us for general consideration if not ready to apply.