Almost a decade old, it is a venture committed to bring together a varied range of traditional crafts and techniques of dyeing, weaving, printing and hand embroidery. The founders have dedicated their life to promote Indian Block Prints and provide employment and Hand-Embroidery training to women so that numerous underprivileged women can be empowered.
What you will do:
- Negotiating rates with vendors
- Cancelling orders if required
- Coordinating with vendors to meet in store delivery date
- Maintaining in and out sheet and ensuring that all codes, color references, fabric composition/ descriptions are correct
- Managing vendors and sourcing new vendors if required
- Giving approvals on fabric and trims received
- Making sure that we receive PP samples before bulk
- Getting test reports from labs
- Informing the team of any delays, reporting any under/over deliveries we are facing from the vendors and give suggestions/solutions accordingly
- Debiting vendors for delays in deliveries
- Travelling to vendor units to check production
- Controlling inventory levels by conducting physical counts
- Working with Finance to ensure all invoices are accurate and that the relevant paperwork is processed to allow prompt payments
- Managing internal and external fabric queries/availability/quality issues/shortages
- Managing and updating stock levels on a daily basis ensuring all transfers, deliveries and returns are recorded accurately
- Sending out weekly fabric stock updates to relevant people / departments
- Critical path management
Desired Candidate Profile
What you need to have:- 4+ years’ experience working in a role involving raw material/fabric buying within the same industry
- Good knowledge of block printing, dying, special finishes and extras processes such as washing, mercerisation etc
- Basic understanding of textiles/fabrics and their different traits
- Experience of working with Indian Fabric mills
- Good network of fabric/trim vendors
- Good negotiating skills
- Excellent administration and time management skills
- Strong communication skills and an ability to build strong relationships with colleagues, suppliers and manufacturers
- Excellent Excel skills - ability to create spreadsheets and use basic formulas such as V look up
- Attention to detail, efficiency and ability to work calmly under pressure
- Hardworking Attitude
- Excellent organisational skills
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What you will do:
- Creating cost effective, scalable, agile processes that can cater to increased production requirements
- Creating and executing the production plan
- Collaborating closely with the Business Analyst(s) and the Merchandiser(s) for the same
- Ensuring that the manufactured apparels (both inhouse and at vendor site) meet the quality benchmarks
- Bringing in more robust quality measures to the entire production process
- Motivating and upskilling his teams and ensuring smooth communication and collaboration at all times
- Ensuring complete and timely handoffs amongst teams to ensure the manufacturing is as per plan
- Ensuring that the vendors are able to fulfill the manufacturing requirements on time and that there are no delays on their front because of capacity issues
- Creating stringent processes related to vendor allocation and follow ups to ensure timely delivery
- Partnering with internal teams such as Merchandisers, Technology, Finance, HR, Legal etc
- Ensuring that the processes and their interface with technology stays updated with changing times
- Submitting production cost estimates and ensuring the Purchasing Orders are issued on time
- Ensuring cost optimization and ensuring strong fiscal controls are in place across the production process
- Driving a strong execution culture within his team so as to ensure that delivery is as per the production planned/ launch plan
- Communicating terms and conditions applicable to all external partners related to Production and ensuring adherence to the same
- Introducing best practices to the organization
Desired Candidate Profile
What you need to have:- 10+ years of relevant experience (preferable)
- Planning skills
- Strong excel skills
- Understanding of block prints and supplier/vendor networks- Should also come with his/her own network in place
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- Strong Interpersonal Skills
- Stakeholder management and people management skills
- Vendor Management
- Strong prioritization and organising skills
- Ability to get work done through others
- Ability to multitask
- Prior experience as an Operations/ Production Manager for a manufacturing concern preferably in an ecommerce set up
- Experience in handling large internal teams as well as a large vendor network
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- Developing the procurement strategy and policy for domestic purchases
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- Setting department objectives and monitoring ongoing progress and performance
- Developing and maintaining strategic supplier relationships and managing the development of contracts, contractual relationships and contract management to deliver continuous improvement in delivery of goods and services by the supply base
- Initiating and developing creative and innovative procurement processes
- Negotiating contract terms with key suppliers to ensure value for money, quality standards and delivery terms
- Working closely with Research and Development to source new and alternative raw materials
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Desired Candidate Profile
What you need to have:- 8 years of relevant experience
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