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Operations & Supply Chain

Planning, sourcing, making and moving. The functions that decide whether a product business actually works.

Practice overview

This is a commerce and industry practice. We hire across supply chain and planning, procurement, logistics, manufacturing, quality and business operations for consumer and FMCG, luxury and retail, industrial, healthcare, technology and logistics businesses.

Hong Kong’s long history as a sourcing and trading hub means merchandising, product sourcing and vendor management remain distinct disciplines here, and we treat them as such rather than folding them into generic procurement.

What we hire

Roles we fill

Supply Chain & Planning

  • Head of supply chain
  • Demand planning
  • Supply and production planning
  • Sales and operations planning, S&OP and IBP
  • Inventory and materials management
  • Network design and optimisation
  • Customer service and order to cash
  • Distributor operations

Procurement & Sourcing

  • Chief procurement officer
  • Procurement and sourcing director
  • Strategic sourcing
  • Category management
  • Direct and raw materials procurement
  • Indirect procurement
  • Supplier management and supplier quality
  • Contract and vendor management

Logistics & Distribution

  • Logistics and distribution management
  • Warehouse and distribution centre operations
  • Freight forwarding and transport
  • Import, export and customs
  • Trade and regulatory compliance
  • Third-party logistics management
  • Returns and reverse logistics
  • Last mile and fulfilment

Manufacturing & Quality

  • Plant and operations director
  • Production management
  • Process and industrial engineering
  • Maintenance and reliability
  • Continuous improvement, Lean and Six Sigma
  • Quality assurance and quality control
  • Quality systems, ISO and GMP
  • Health, safety and environment

Merchandising & Product Sourcing

  • Head of merchandising
  • Merchandising manager
  • Buying and assortment planning
  • Product development
  • Materials and fabric sourcing
  • Vendor and factory management
  • Costing and negotiation
  • Technical and quality control

Business Operations

  • Chief operating officer
  • Operations director and manager
  • Business operations
  • Project and programme management
  • Transformation and change
  • Service delivery
  • Facilities and workplace
  • Business continuity
Where we hire

Sectors we cover

Industrial & ManufacturingConsumer & FMCGLuxury, Fashion & RetailLogistics & ShippingHealthcare & PharmaTechnology & HardwareE-commerceEnergy & UtilitiesAviationReal Estate & PropertyTelecomProfessional Services
What clients say
“They set a realistic timeline, then beat it, and the market feedback along the way was more useful than the shortlist itself.”
Regional Operations DirectorIndustrial
How we work

A partner, not a vendor

Step IBrief and map

We take the time to understand the skills, the team and the working style, then map the market properly.

Step IISearch and screen

Database, direct search, referrals and international partners, followed by competency-based interviews.

Step IIIShortlist and support

A short, considered list with candidate reports, referencing, and follow-up at one and three months.

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