Angel Hair - Fair Trade Initiative

connecting sources with women entrepreneurs

In “Angel Hair” we target on buying specific products of traceable quality directly at the source in their respective countries of origin and providing said products in high quality and at very competitive cost to a new generation of young women entrepreneurs in Africa, Europe and South America, allowing both producers or sourcing partners and women resellers to get a fair and transparent share in their respective areas.

Our business is active since 2002. We operate under several entities and brands in the area of Global Sourcing & Procurement and Entrepreneurial/Corporate Business Development. Our Procurement network encompasses 50 000 professional buyers across industries and regions. We assess, recruit and train Procurement professionals worldwide and transform existing or develop new business ventures via the setup of multinational teams and ecosystems with relevant skills. We operate in and for private and public sectors and are engaged on social, societal and sustainable entrepreneurship.

“Angel Hair” should allow both “sourcing partners” and “new women entrepreneurs” to develop and grow their respective businesses, increasing their ability to better support their respective families and communities in a more sustainable way.

The first range of products concerns the beauty sector, in particular natural woman hair and any natural hair and skin treatment products. We are looking to develop a few selected long-term partnerships with supply sources in Asia and Southeast Asia (India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Cambodia, Myanmar, Vietnam, Thailand or other countries) while simultaneously developing a network of women entrepreneurs and non-profit associations across Africa, Europe and the Middle East who will sell products from the a.m. sources.

In a first stage our focus on the sourcing partners side is to

  • Identify and establish contacts with professional reliable and motivated sources positioned at a very early stage in the process of natural hair collection & treatment or development of hair/skin treatment

  • Gather relevant information (e.g. partner information and history, product origin, quality, quantity, packaging, pricing, MOQ, ..) and order samples for the defined products to evaluate grading and quality

  • Check product coherence and sourcing sustainability with Product Management and establish a sound relationship basis with qualified sources based on a common understanding and sharing of the principles and targets of the initiative

  • Organize a visit at the supply partner’s site, visit facilities and share capacities, meet the principal contact people to establish a personal link between the people and the business initiative

  • Discuss and implement supply agreements and place first larger sample and/or bulk orders – while monitoring and ensuring the achievement of defined QCD targets

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