Your dedicated sourcing office in Asia and Latin America.
Your own sourcing and production team on the ground in Vietnam, Mexico, or wherever your supply chain lives. One monthly retainer covers supplier sourcing, factory relationships, production monitoring, quality control, and logistics, with no commissions and no markups. Pricing starts at $2,500 a month.
What it is
Your own team where your products are made.
A Dedicated Sourcing Office, also called a buying office, is your on-the-ground team in the country where your products are made. Instead of hiring us project by project, you keep a permanent team that manages your factory relationships, oversees production and quality, coordinates shipping, and handles daily communication for you. It is a permanent extension of your business in Asia or Latin America, without the cost and risk of opening your own office abroad. Read our full guide to what a buying office does.
What it covers
What your buying office handles.
One team, accountable for your whole supply chain in the region, from finding factories to landing the container.
Supplier sourcing and vetting
We find, audit, and qualify new factories as your range grows, and keep a vetted backup ready for every product that matters.
Factory relationships and negotiation
Your team runs daily factory communication, places and tracks purchase orders, and negotiates pricing, terms, and tooling on your behalf.
Production monitoring
We track every order in production and flag delays before they cost you, so you have one point of contact instead of chasing factories across email, WhatsApp, and WeChat.
Quality control and inspections
In-line and pre-shipment inspections, factory audits, and corrective action when something is off, so problems are caught on the floor, not after the container lands.
Logistics and consolidation
We coordinate freight and consolidate shipments from several factories into a single container, then manage delivery to your warehouse, FBA, or final destination.
Weekly reporting
A clear weekly summary covering production status by purchase order, any quality issues flagged, logistics timelines, and anything that needs a decision from you.
On the ground
A real team where your products are made.
Your buying office is not a remote inbox. Our people are on the ground in Binh Duong, Vietnam and Nuevo Leon, Mexico, walking factory floors, sitting in on production, and catching problems in person.
Same time zone as your suppliers, same language, same handshake. That is how issues get solved in a day instead of a week of back-and-forth email.
Is it right for you
Is a dedicated sourcing office right for you?
Not everyone needs one. If you are placing your first orders or working with a single supplier, our project-based sourcing packages are the better fit. A dedicated office starts to pay for itself when managing factories one project at a time becomes the bottleneck.
Why Cosmo
Why run your buying office through Cosmo.
The same fixed-fee, transparent model as the rest of Cosmo Sourcing, built for ongoing production instead of one-off projects.
Asia and Latin America under one office
Most buying offices are locked to China. We run yours across Vietnam, Mexico, and the wider region, which makes China Plus One and nearshoring a single relationship instead of three.
One fixed monthly fee
No commissions, no markups on factory quotes, no per-order surprises. You see the factory's original pricing and pay us one predictable retainer.
You own everything
Every quote unaltered, every factory contact in your hands, open book throughout. If you ever move on, you keep your suppliers.
American company, teams on the ground
A US-incorporated company with American management and enforceable contracts, backed by on-the-ground teams in Vietnam and Mexico.
A head start you inherit
We set up in Vietnam in 2014 and Mexico in 2023, so your office plugs into deep factory networks and a decade of relationships from day one.
Sourcing plus production
We do not just find factories. Your office stays with the work through sampling, production, quality, and freight, so nothing falls between the cracks.
How it works
From first call to a team running your supply chain.
Usually within a few weeks of our first conversation.
Consultation
A free call to understand your products, your factories, and where you want to grow.
Scope and team
We assign the team and countries that fit your supply chain and agree on a monthly retainer.
We run it
Your office takes over sourcing, factory management, production, quality, and logistics, reporting to you every week.
Scale up or down
Add factories, products, or countries as you grow. The retainer flexes with your scope.
Simple monthly pricing
One retainer that covers the whole office.
No commissions, no markups, no hidden charges.
Your retainer scales with the size of the job, mainly how many factories we manage, how often you order, and how spread out your suppliers are. You always see the factory's original quotes, and you never pay a commission or a markup. Factory visits and specialized inspections are quoted separately, so you only pay for what you use.
If a monthly retainer is more than you need right now, start with a one-off sourcing project instead and scale up to a buying office later.
The entire experience has been life-changing for me. I know I couldn't have tackled it without your help.
Client results
Teams that source with us, again and again.
A few of the brands and companies we have helped take their product direct and keep it moving.
Paradax Golf
A golf brand that found its manufacturer in Ho Chi Minh City and brought its product to market.
Read the case study →Automotive Precision Components
Sourcing and vetting precision parts where tolerances and quality control leave no room for error.
Read the case study →Construction Products
Diversifying a construction products supply chain across new manufacturing countries.
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From the founder
Why I built Cosmo this way.
I am Jim Kennemer, and I started Cosmo Sourcing in 2012 because too many brands were getting burned by agents who hid their factories and padded their invoices. A buying office should work for you, not skim off your spend.
That is why every office we run uses a fixed monthly fee, keeps every factory relationship in your hands, and is staffed by our own people on the ground. I still get on planes to check on factories myself, but your day-to-day team sits in Vietnam or Mexico, close to your suppliers and held to the standard I built this company on.
Common Questions
Dedicated Sourcing Office FAQ.
A Dedicated Sourcing Office, also called a buying office, is your own on-the-ground team in the country where your products are made. It manages your factory relationships, oversees production and quality, coordinates logistics, and handles daily factory communication, operating continuously as a permanent extension of your business rather than project by project.
A sourcing package is a one-time project: we find and quote factories for a specific product, then hand you the contacts. A Dedicated Sourcing Office is ongoing: a permanent team that manages your existing factories, runs production and quality, and handles logistics month after month. Many clients start with a package and move to an office once they are ordering regularly.
Supplier sourcing and vetting, factory negotiation, purchase order management, production monitoring, quality control and inspections, freight and shipment consolidation, and weekly reporting. In short, your whole supply chain in the region under one accountable team.
Pricing starts at $2,500 a month. The retainer scales with the size of the job, mainly the number of factories we manage, how often you order, and how spread out your suppliers are. There are no commissions and no markups on factory quotes. Factory visits and specialized inspections are quoted separately.
We run buying offices across Vietnam, Mexico, China, and the wider region including Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, Taiwan, and the Philippines. We have on-the-ground teams in Vietnam and Mexico and work across the region from there, which makes us a strong fit for China Plus One and nearshoring at the same time.
Setting up your own office means a legal entity, local hiring, payroll, management, and a long ramp-up, all in a country you may not know well. With Cosmo, you get an experienced team on the ground from day one for a fixed monthly fee, with no entity to set up and no staff to manage.
Yes. You see every quote unaltered, you hold the factory contacts, and we work open book. If you ever decide to bring the office in house or move on, your supplier relationships go with you.
Yes. You can add factories, products, or countries as you grow, or scale back during slower periods. The retainer flexes with the scope of work, so you are not locked into a fixed headcount.
Put a team on the ground.
Tell us what you make and where, and we will map out what a dedicated sourcing office would handle for you and what the monthly retainer would look like. The consultation is free, with no obligation.
Teams on the ground in Vietnam since 2014 and Mexico since 2023. You own every factory relationship.