About the role

A large part of our supply chain runs through China — moulds and tooling, machinery, materials, coating systems and components. Those relationships currently move slowly, because every technical discussion has to cross a language gap and a business-culture gap at the same time.

We need someone who closes both.

You'll sit between our engineers and our Chinese suppliers: in mould trial discussions, coating line troubleshooting, quality disputes, quotations and negotiations. You'll be the person who understands what a supplier actually meant, not just what they said.

This is not a translation role

We want to be explicit about this, because the difference decides whether the hire works.

A translator converts words. What we need is someone who conveys
intent, technical meaning and commercial position
across two languages and two business cultures.

Concretely, that means:

Technical Chinese is its own vocabulary.
General fluency isn't enough. You need to be comfortable with 模具, 注塑, 试模, 喷涂, 良品率, 打样,



交期 and the rest of the working language of a tool room and a moulding floor — the terms an engineer uses, not the ones a dictionary offers. This vocabulary is acquired on a shop floor, not in a classroom, which is why we're asking for manufacturing experience alongside the language.

You need to read what isn't said.
When a supplier says something is 有点难, that's usually a no. When a delivery date is agreed too readily, that's usually a problem arriving later. A literal interpreter passes these through unchanged; we need someone who flags them.

You'll hold positions, not just relay them.
In a negotiation on tooling cost, MOQ, lead time or a quality claim, you're representing us — pushing back, holding a line, and knowing when a concession buys something worth having.

Relationships are the actual asset.
Chinese supplier relationships are built over time and sustained through consistent personal contact, largely on WeChat and largely outside formal channels. S

📌 China Supplier Liaison (Delhi)
🏢 SB eCommerce Solutions
📍 Delhi