Job Description:
Base Location: Bangalore
Preferred Experience: 8 - 10 Years
Minimum Qualification: NIFT Graduate / Textile Engineer
Preferred Industry: Retail, Textile & Apparel
Key Result Areas
Supporting Actions
Ensure implementation of sourcing plan
- Assess and align vendor base to meet the Demand requirements.
- Plan purchase and monitor supply of FG on time and in full
- Guide the team in ensuring that the quality standards are met, and consistency maintained.
- Assess vendor performance through vendor evaluations.
- Review existing processes and continuously improve processes.
- Review payment disbursals as per the plan
- Review account reconciliation
Formulate sourcing plan to ensure availability of desired raw materials satisfying OTIF norms
- Coordinate with customer/Supply plan interface teams to plan requirement
- Assess the current sourcing facilities
- Review order execution process and incorporate necessary changes
- Forecast the future developments in terms of FG products and align supply base for the same.
- Keep abreast with new product, service and technology developments
- Continuously monitor the sourcing plan to ensure high standards of execution
Order Execution
- Prepare a detailed supply plan against the seasonal Demand plan of Brands.
- Ensure Validation and then release of orders in line with delivery and cost requirement.
- Seasonal capacity planning: Arrive and align vendor capacities to meet Demand requirement.
- Submission of Seasonal Supply plan to Brands and alignment of Brand and sourcing to the final supply plan.
- Monthly Delivery commitment to Brands & Weekly ORM updates to supply plan teams.
- Provide Sourcing Inputs for PPM activity: Pipeline orders, Rolling Plan etc.
- Provide monthly reconciliation of supply vs demand in terms of delivery performance, shortages & drops.
- Conduct weekly ORMs with teams to review delivery status.
Cost engineering
- Work closely with suppliers on process improvements resulting in cost advantage
- Negotiate with suppliers to ensure optimum cost procurement along with strategic sourcing teams.
- Plan with vendors offering product re-engineering ideas for better costs.
Sourcing Strategy for Denims
- Identify & Develop vendor base to meet the needs of Brands for new categories.
- Align vendor Mix to provide Design Inputs, Product Expertise, Product Development inputs, Flexibility to service smaller lots and scalability.
- Realign internal processes to meet the needs of these categories: Introducing core model.
- Design and product update through ties ups with Best-in-class Indian suppliers & International Suppliers.
Sourcing Strategy for dyeing and washing across brand and categories.
- Identify & Develop washing vendor base to meet the needs of Brands / Manufacturing for casual garments (cotton trouser, shirts, jackets etc.)
- Cost negotiation and recipe standardization across all vendor base.
- Sustainable recipe development through exploring new technologies at vendor base like E soft, Laser, G2, etc.
- Applying patent for new product and process for the organization.
Qualifications:
Undergraduate
Minimum Experience Level:
8-10 Years
Report to:
Officer