We operate in the Apparel & Fashion Retail sector, designing, sourcing, and delivering seasonal ready-to-wear collections for domestic and international markets. The role focuses on translating design concepts into commercially viable assortments, controlling costs, and ensuring on-time delivery across the product lifecycle.
This is an on-site merchandising role based in India focused on end-to-end product and vendor management for garment lines.
Role & Responsibilities
- Own seasonal assortment planning: define line architecture, SKU counts, pricing bands, and assortments to meet sales and margin targets.
- Create and maintain accurate tech packs, size charts, and production specifications; follow up with vendors to resolve pre-production queries.
- Manage vendor relationships: source suppliers, negotiate commercial terms, monitor lead times, and enforce quality and delivery standards.
- Perform costing and margin analysis to recommend cost-saving opportunities while protecting product integrity.
- Coordinate production follow-up and in-line inspections; drive corrective actions for quality, fit, and compliance issues.
- Collaborate cross-functionally with design, planning, inventory, and sales teams to optimize launch readiness and inventory flow.
Skills & Qualifications
- Must-Have
- Merchandise planning
- Assortment planning
- Vendor management
- Costing
- Tech pack creation
- Garment construction
- Size grading
- MS Excel
- Preferred
- PLM systems
- ERP (SAP)
- Adobe Illustrator
Benefits & Culture Highlights
- Hands-on, cross-functional team with rapid decision cycles and direct exposure to product and sourcing strategy.
- Opportunity to work on varied product categories and international seasonal collections.
- Structured learning and on-the-job mentoring to deepen technical merchandising and sourcing expertise.
Skills: merchandise planning,sourcing,vendor management,merchandising,seasonal,adobe illustrator
