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Kirin

Global beverages, pharmaceuticals, and biotech conglomerate

Hardware Sourcing Manager

Procurement & SourcingConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeNo salary listed

About the Job

Requirements

  • Based in Shenzhen or the Greater Bay Area and able to travel frequently across Shenzhen, Dongguan, Guangzhou, Zhuhai, Foshan, and nearby cities.
  • Have hands-on sourcing experience in consumer electronics, smart hardware, Internet of Things, wearables, components, tooling, or assembly.
  • Be able to independently source vendors, run requests for quotation, negotiate terms, conduct factory visits, and coordinate projects.
  • Have working knowledge of prototyping, bills of materials, design for manufacturing, engineering validation test, design validation test, and production validation test.
  • Have strong Chinese and working English for client updates, written summaries, and meetings.
  • Be organized, responsive, and comfortable managing multiple clients and changing priorities.

Responsibilities

  • Visit hardware factories, assembly plants, tooling shops, component suppliers, and equipment vendors.
  • Source suppliers against each client's product requirements, budget, quality standards, and timeline.
  • Collect quotes, specifications, certifications, capacity, minimum order quantities, lead times, and payment terms, then produce clear comparisons in English and Chinese.
  • Coordinate non-disclosure agreements, requests for quotation, prototypes, engineering validation, factory audits, pilot runs, mass production, quality inspections, packaging, and logistics.
  • Inspect samples and production lines in person and document findings with organized photos, videos, and written updates.
  • Run several client projects in parallel and track owners, risks, decisions, deadlines, and next actions.
  • Communicate with clients, engineers, industrial designers, factory managers, and logistics partners.

Desired Qualifications

  • Have an existing network of hardware factories, electronics markets, tooling, surface-mount technology, assembly, or equipment suppliers in the Greater Bay Area.
  • Have experience taking a product from concept and prototype through mass production and delivery.
  • Be familiar with quality systems, factory audits, product certifications, import and export, or cross-border logistics.

About the Company

Kirin

Global beverages, pharmaceuticals, and biotech conglomerate

Kirin is a diversified global group that uses its fermentation heritage to run beverages, health science, and pharmaceuticals. It combines fermentation expertise with biotechnology via Kyowa Kirin for cancer and rare-disease therapies and produces functional ingredients like LC-Plasma to support immunity. The company differentiates itself with a strong R&D focus, a mixed portfolio of consumer beverages and biotech medicines, a large manufacturing/distribution network, and ESG leadership including 100% recycled PET and net-zero goals, backed by the Kirin Health Innovation Fund. Its goal is to create long-term value by aligning nature, science, and industry to deliver health solutions and sustainable products.

Company size
201-500
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Tokyo, Japan
Founded
1907

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