Fabric Development & Sourcing Executive
Naukri · Delhi · onsite · Posted 28d ago
Undisclosed2–7 yrsfulltimeSourced from
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About this role
Roles and Responsibilities :
- Source and develop new and trending fabrics based on market demand and customer requirements.
- Identify and build relationships with fabric manufacturers, mills, suppliers, and vendors across textile hubs such as Surat, Ahmedabad, Mumbai, Panipat, etc.
- Have strong knowledge of different fabric types, compositions, constructions, finishes, GSM, width, dyeing, printing, and processing.
- Research market trends, new textile developments, colours, textures, and fabric innovations.
- Source and evaluate fabrics based on quality, price, availability, MOQ, lead time, and commercial viability.
- Coordinate with suppliers for samples, swatches, lab dips, colour matching, quality approvals, and bulk requirements.
- Negotiate pricing and commercial terms with suppliers.
- Maintain a database of suppliers, fabrics, prices, specifications, and samples.
- Work closely with the sales and e-commerce teams to identify gaps in the existing product range and develop new collections.
- Visit textile markets, exhibitions, mills, and manufacturing units when required.
- Monitor competitor products and market offerings to identify new sourcing opportunities.
- Ensure consistency in fabric quality and specifications before bulk procurement.
Job Requirements :
- Strong knowledge of fabrics and textiles is mandatory.
- Good understanding of woven, knitted, denim, jacquard, cotton, linen, viscose, modal, polyester, silk, RFD, greige and other textile fabrics.
- Candidate should be CAD qualified.
- Knowledge of fabric manufacturing, dyeing, printing, finishing and processing will be an advantage.
- Good understanding of fabric quality parameters and testing.
- Strong supplier/vendor network in the textile industry will be preferred.
- Good negotiation and communication skills.
- Ability to identify good-quality fabrics and commercially viable products.
- Willingness to travel to textile markets and supplier locations when required.
- Graduate/Diploma in Textile, Fashion, Apparel or related field preferred.
Sourced from naukri
Skills
fabric manufacturersKnitsWeavingGarment SourcingApparel SourcingCADSourcingFabric SourcingFabric DevelopmentTextileDyeingFabrics
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Naukri
Internet
2.7k+
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1996
30 years old
Noida, Uttar Pradesh
IN
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This is the flagship brand and India's largest online job website. Its business model depends on job listings and employer branding or visibility advertisements, on the one hand, and resume database access, on the other. Additional features of the website include: job seeker services such as candidate services which are free for job seekers; value-added features such as resume writing, highlighting, etc, for job seekers; and tools to search the database of resumes and job application screening programs for employer and recruitment consultant customers. Google Ad sense and mobile revenues contribute to the revenue as well.As of March 31, 2016, naukri.com had a database of about 46 million registered job seekers and an average of about 12,000 resumes were added daily while about 195,000 resumes were modified daily during Q4 FY 2015-16 and 61,000 unique corporate customers (including hiring consultants/firms) availed of services such as database access, advertising/listing on the site, amongst others during the 2015-16. The website continued to gain market share in terms of user traffic.To retain its leadership position, the company constantly invests in product development and improved user experiences through search tools and better site response. The search mechanism has been significantly improved for job search. The online platform is supplemented by a mobile application for iOS and Android platforms. The mobile medium is continually gaining traction. The cloud SaaS-based career site manager is now being used by 1,600 clients and helps them manage process flow of applications for recruiters, and is used to launch mobile ready career sites at a fraction of cost. It includes an application tracking system. The referral hiring platform is now being used by 350 corporates.Going forward, the vision is to reposition naukri.com as a complete recruitment partner by consolidating all products into a Naukri Hiring Suite that caters to almost all the recruitment needs of customers.
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