Project Manager
Eileen has lived in Auckland since 2016 and joined Epic Sourcing's project team in 2025. She works in Mandarin and English, turning what a Kiwi client wants into terms a factory can build to.
Project management like Eileen's is part of these services. Every enquiry starts with a discovery call, and we will sort out who from the team supports you.
Book a discovery callEileen Gao is a Project Manager at Epic Sourcing, based in Auckland, New Zealand. She onboards new clients after their first discovery call, translates what they want into terms a factory can work to, and keeps them updated as the project moves.
Role
Project Manager
Based
Auckland, New Zealand
Languages
Mandarin and English
At Epic Sourcing since
2025
Specialisation: project management, finding suppliers, translating client requirements into manufacturing terms, guiding sourcing tours, and helping clients understand what mass production actually requires.
I have always had a strong interest in supply chain management. I see the supply chain as the lifeblood of the global economy. It connects nations and people, and it is one of the cornerstones of how the world works.
I am drawn to the backend of a business, the part most people never see. I want to keep exploring that side of things and understand how successful brands are built.
Right now my focus is simple. Do the job well, deliver good results for my clients, and help them build their own brands.
Every new client starts with a discovery call. Once that has happened, the project is handed to Eileen to onboard. She listens closely to what the client needs and passes that brief to the sourcing team so they can start looking for suppliers. When the team comes back, she is the one who explains what they found, answers the client's questions, and keeps the updates flowing in both directions. Where a project calls for it, she also travels with clients on sourcing tours.
A lot of the job is translation, and not only between Mandarin and English. What a client pictures in their head and what a factory needs on a specification sheet are rarely the same thing. Eileen names empathy as one of the things she is good at, which in this job means understanding what someone means when the words are not quite getting there.
End to End Sourcing
From idea to delivery, managed as one project so you deal with one team.
Guided Sourcing Tours
Boots on the ground in Asia, with factory visits and trade fairs arranged for you.
Manufacturer Prospecting
We find and verify factories that can make what you have in mind.
Our Process
How a sourcing project runs at Epic Sourcing, from first call to delivery.
Eileen Gao is a Project Manager at Epic Sourcing, based in Auckland, New Zealand. She joined the company in 2025 and works in Mandarin and English, onboarding new clients, briefing the sourcing team, and managing projects through to delivery.
It depends on how complex the project is. Buying an existing product with no customisation is the fastest. Customised projects take longer, because they have to allow for MOQ alignment, sampling, and changes along the way. MOQ means minimum order quantity, the smallest number of units a factory will agree to produce. Complex products may also need compliance testing and certification before they can be exported to New Zealand or Australia.
Because the factory probably does not have it sitting in a warehouse. Buying an existing product does skip the slowest part, which is making the mould and producing samples, since the tooling already exists. But most manufacturers do not hold stock of every item, so your order still needs a fresh production run.
Project management and guiding sourcing tours. She also finds suppliers and translates client requirements into terms manufacturers can quote and build to.
Project management like Eileen's is part of our End to End Sourcing and Guided Sourcing Tours. Book a call and we will talk through what your project involves, and who from the team will run it with you.
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