About the Role:
We are looking for a Bulk Merchandiser Activewear who will be responsible for managing day to day garment and raw material sourcing and merchandising efforts in Active wear category.
Roles and responsibilities:
- Create and manage TNA and delivery timelines with buyers raw material suppliers vendors and manufacturers
- Follow up on orders with vendors customers and internal parties to ensure customer satisfaction and ontime delivery
- Create and maintain strong business relationships with vendors for product development and bulk manufacturing
- Negotiate with vendors on costs and payment terms and maintain strong SLAs
- Assist in product development with factory mills. Maintain uptodate mill history and capability
- Maintain performance registry of vendors and constantly seek improvements in timelines quality and costs
- Identify problems along the supply chain to understand and develop solutions to brands suppliers and manufacturers pain points
- Drive secondary research competitive analysis and sift through data to develop sourcing strategy
Key Requirements:
- 5 years of experience in sourcing product development and merchandising roles in large buying house Active wear Sports wear brand manufacturer or a similar startup
- Education background NIFT (top 5) or equivalent
- Deep understanding of and existing network in Sports wear Activewear and Sleepwear categories
- Strong business & problem solving acumen; possess an analytical mind
- Understanding of product development lifecycle and frameworks
- Open to work in all conditions (client offices or factory floors) and all stakeholders
- Very strong communication and stakeholder management skills
- Ability for solutioning through dataled interventions and productfirst approach
Nice to haves:
- Previous experience of working in very fast and high responsibility setups
- Comfort with ambiguity and working across multiple time zones
- Previous experience in fashion apparel manufacturing and supply chain
Benefits:
- Competitive salary we want our early leaders to think like entrepreneurs & grow fast. If you do well we ll create wealth for you.
- Comprehensive health benefits for you and your family
- Relocation support and reimbursements if you are changing cities
- Healthy meal plans and stocked pantry at office
- Career mentorship and guidance from seasoned industry leaders
- Other Professional development support courses books and events passes
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