Roles and Responsibilities:

• Develop and execute the annual sourcing strategy for yarn, knit fabrics, trims, accessories, and packaging in alignment with business plans, order book, production capacity, and cost objectives.
• Build, evaluate, and maintain a reliable local and international supplier base covering trim and accessory suppliers, and other strategic material sources.
• Lead strategic negotiations on pricing, MOQ, payment terms, lead times, capacity, and commercial agreements to achieve competitive landed cost while maintaining quality and supply reliability.
• Drive alternate sourcing, supplier diversification, localization, make-or-buy decisions, bulk purchasing, and value-engineering initiatives to optimize cost and mitigate supply-chain risks.
• Monitor global fiber, fabric, and material market trends and provide strategic recommendations on sourcing, costing, forward buying, and cost volatility.
• Establish supplier performance management systems covering cost, quality, capacity, compliance, financial stability, responsiveness, and delivery performance.
• Develop and execute buyer acquisition and business growth strategies across key international markets, including EU, USA, UK, Australia, Middle East, and Japan.
• Identify, approach, and develop new buyers, brands, and retailers while strengthening senior-level relationships with existing customers to increase business volume, profitability, and long-term account value.
• Lead buyer negotiations, RFQs, strategic account reviews, buyer visits, trade fairs, and business development initiatives.
• Present competitive product, costing, capacity, lead-time, sustainability, and manufacturing propositions aligned with buyer requirements.
• Drive market intelligence on fashion, knitwear, consumer, material, sustainability, and product trends to strengthen the company's product and market positioning.
• Lead seasonal collection and product presentation initiatives in collaboration with Design, Product Development, Sourcing, and Merchandising teams.
• Provide strategic direction to the merchandising function across costing, sampling, order confirmation, TNA planning, production follow-up, quality, approvals, and shipment.
• Ensure effective alignment of buyer requirements, sourcing plans, production capacity, material availability, and delivery commitments throughout the order lifecycle.
• Review and approve key costing, order, development, and pre-production packages to ensure commercial viability and execution readiness.
• Monitor order book, capacity utilization, TNA milestones, material readiness, and on-time shipment performance; proactively address risks and implement mitigation plans.
• Ensure accurate and timely commercial and shipment documentation in coordination with Commercial, Logistics, Finance, and other relevant functions.
• Lead end-to-end sourcing and development of trims and accessories, including labels, hangtags, buttons, zippers, elastics, tapes, drawcords, patches, packaging, and other garment components.
• Ensure all materials and accessories comply with buyer specifications, approved standards, technical requirements, quality parameters, sustainability expectations, and applicable regulatory requirements.
• Review tech packs, BOMs, artwork, specifications, and approved standards to ensure accurate and commercially viable sourcing.
• Oversee supplier development, sample submission, approvals, purchase orders, production, inspection, and bulk delivery of trims and accessories.
• Develop innovative and sustainable material solutions in line with customer expectations and organizational sustainability objectives.
• Ensure all sourced materials meet required quality, technical, testing, social, environmental, chemical, and buyer compliance standards.
• Lead supplier audits, performance reviews, corrective actions, and development initiatives in collaboration with Quality, Compliance, Technical, and other relevant functions.
• Ensure timely availability of yarn, fabric, trims, and accessories to support knitting, dyeing, garment production, and shipment schedules.
• Establish contingency sourcing strategies and proactively manage material shortages, quality issues, capacity constraints, and critical supply risks.

Academic Qualifications:

• Master of Science (MSc)
• Concentration/Major: MSc in Textile Engineering or Related

Professional Certifications:

Others Requirements:

1. Age: 35 - 45 years
2. Gender: Male
3. Training/Course: MS Office
4. Area of Expertise: Marketing and merchandising
5. Additional Requirements:
   • Strong analytical & leadership ability and work as a strategic thinker
   • Positive work ethics and result oriented for assigned responsibilities
   • Self-driven to work under pressure and self-motivated to take new initiatives
   • Ability to maintain good interpersonal relationships and good team work
   • Ability to work independently with minimal supervision

Experience and Skills:

1. 10 - 15 years
2. Marketing and merchandising
3. Area of Business: Garments, Group of Companies, Multinational Companies

Workplace: Work at Office

Salary/Compensation: Negotiable

Other Benefits:

• Festival Bonus: 2
• Salary Review: Yearly
• Attractive Salary Package with Benefits, Insurance, Medical Allowance, Mobile bill, Others Benefits as per company Policy, Partially Lunch

Last Date of Application: 14 Nov, 2026