Sourcing
Put your own sourcing team on the ground in South Asia
Access sourcing specialists, merchandisers, quality control inspectors, supplier coordinators, procurement professionals, and factory liaison personnel who support vendor management, quality assurance, compliance, and supply chain operations. Meteors is the legal employer. They report to you.
Direct reporting line Conflict of interest clauses standard Field-ready contracts
How we help sourcing and supply chain teams
Sourcing works when the people checking your goods answer to you and nobody else. We make that structure possible without opening an office.
A team that reports only to you
Your inspectors and merchandisers are employed for your business alone. No buying house margin, no shared loyalty, no reporting line that runs through someone with a stake in the outcome.
Conflict of interest written in
Anti-bribery, gift acceptance, outside employment, and supplier relationship clauses in every contract, enforceable under local law. The terms that protect inspection integrity are the ones generic templates skip.
Field-ready employment terms
Travel between factories, site-based work, expense reimbursement, and mobile working arrangements handled properly in the contract rather than improvised later.
Continuity in your supplier base
Directly employed staff stay with your account. You keep the relationships, the factory knowledge, and the history instead of restarting whenever an agency rotates people.
Oversight you can rely on
Sourcing decisions rest on what your people report. The employment structure behind them decides how much that reporting is worth.
Of sourcing contracts include conflict of interest, anti-bribery, and confidentiality provisions drafted under local employment law. Inspection integrity starts with the terms your people sign.
From signed offer to onboarded team member. Contract generation, authority registration, and benefits enrollment run in parallel, so you have coverage before your next production window.
Compliance violations to date. Our Meteors Corporate Compliance Architecture keeps contracts, filings, and payroll records complete and retrievable across every market we operate in.
Your own team, not a buying house
Third-party sourcing agents serve several clients and take a commission on your volume. Directly employed staff serve one interest. Meteors makes direct employment possible without a local entity.
- ✓Full control over who you hire, how they work, and what they report
- ✓No agency commission layered onto your unit cost
- ✓Supplier knowledge and factory relationships stay with your business
Contracts built for field-based work
Inspectors and merchandisers work across factory sites, not from a desk. Standard employment templates assume an office and break down on the terms that matter.
- ✓Travel time, site-based duties, and mobile working defined in the agreement
- ✓Expense reimbursement, allowances, and per-diem structured for local tax treatment
- ✓Working hours and rest entitlements tracked for staff who move between locations
Integrity protection as standard
The value of a quality report depends entirely on the independence of the person writing it. That independence has to be contractual, not assumed.
- ✓Anti-bribery, gift acceptance, and facilitation payment clauses in every agreement
- ✓Outside employment, supplier relationship, and disclosure obligations defined
- ✓Post-employment restrictions covering supplier and competitor engagement
We’ve got your sourcing operation covered
Field-ready contracts
Employment agreements drafted for site-based work, with travel, allowances, and conflict of interest provisions included as standard.
Payroll in local currency
Base pay, travel allowances, and reimbursements calculated each cycle and paid on schedule. One consolidated invoice.
Benefits administration
Health insurance, retirement contributions, gratuity, transport allowances, and statutory leave managed end to end.
Background and reference verification
Employment history, references, and any prior supplier relationships checked and documented before onboarding.
Dedicated account management
A named account manager who knows your supplier base, your production calendar, and your team on the ground.
Clean offboarding
Notice periods, final settlements, statutory payouts, and handover of supplier records handled correctly.
Roles we hire and manage
South Asia is one of the world’s largest sourcing regions for apparel, textiles, footwear, leather, and consumer goods, with deep experience across the buyer-side supply chain.
Quality Assurance & Inspection
Merchandising & Product
Sourcing & Procurement
Supplier & Compliance Liaison
Get to know us better
Straight answers on independence, integrity, and field-based employment.
Ask us directly →A buying house serves multiple clients and earns commission on your volume, which means their interests and yours are not identical. Through Meteors, the person inspecting your goods is employed for your business alone, reports to your team, and carries no financial relationship with your suppliers. You keep the factory knowledge and relationships rather than renting them.
Yes. Meteors becomes the legal employer in each market. We register with local authorities, run payroll, file taxes, and carry the employment liability. Your company doesn’t incorporate, appoint a local director, or open an in-country bank account. See how our Employer of Record service works.
Every sourcing contract includes anti-bribery, gift acceptance, facilitation payment, outside employment, and supplier disclosure clauses drafted to be enforceable in the market where the employee works. Prior supplier relationships are checked during verification, and post-employment restrictions cover supplier and competitor engagement.
Contracts define site-based duties, travel time, and mobile working rather than assuming a fixed office. Travel allowances, per-diem, and expense reimbursement are structured for correct local tax treatment, and working hours and rest entitlements are tracked for staff moving between locations.
Yes. There is no minimum headcount and no entity to establish, so you can place one person in a production hub, see how the arrangement performs, then expand across markets or product categories. Scaling down carries no wind-down cost either.
Let’s talk about your sourcing team.
Tell us your product categories, your supplier locations, and the roles you need on the ground. We’ll walk you through contract structure, integrity provisions, and cost per hire.
No commitment. No sales pitch unless you ask.