Buyer - Lingerie

As a Sourcing person you will be working on :

Supplier Mapping and Supplier Relationship Management :

- Create Supplier data base of all potential suppliers for our needs

- Lead RFQs, audits and prototyping process to create business case for the shortlisted supplier(s)

- Responsible to present the final business case proposal, including Risk Assessment / Gap Analysis and plans to close these actions to Steering Group ensuring supplier start up decision is taken.

- Identify the clusters for supplier base and prioritize clusters - both domestic & international

Cost Management :

- Responsible to work with Cost Break Down models for all products

- Responsible to drive cost improvement initiatives and deliver constant savings

- Benchmark cost data with market to deliver cost improvements

Associations and Collaborations :

- The work of a Sourcing manager involves collaboration with the Quality, Operations and Finance teams to ensure a holistic outcome at the product delivery. The engagement of multiple stakeholder in functional domain within

- It enables sourcing manager to focus on various initiatives of cost improvement, product quality and create a deep sense of ownership at every stage of work.

Qualifications and Experience :

- B.Tech/MBA

- 6-8 years experience in Sourcing in Apparels Category

- Excellent verbal and written communication with interpersonal skills

- Strong understanding of technology and business

- Ability to connect with people across teams & levels

- Strong bias for Action - works at a very rapid pace

- Strong in costing and negotiation.

- Willing to Travel