Production Merchandiser

Fynd is a frontier technology company. We started at the intersection of technology and retail because that is where technology was the least available. Over the years, we became one of Indias largest retail technology platforms. But retail was the entry point, not the boundary.

Today, Fynd builds intelligent software that runs business operations. Not tools that help people work faster, but systems that absorb entire functions: manufacturing, marketing, logistics, commerce, quality control. We sit inside our customers businesses, harvest deep domain context, and build AI systems that operate autonomously. We are expanding from retail into manufacturing, generative media, physical AI, and healthcare.

Fynd Create is Fynds AI-powered, end-to-end fashion manufacturing platform that enables brands to go from trend insights to finished products at speed. It integrates design, sourcing, manufacturing, and cataloging to help brands reduce go-to-market timelines and costs while maintaining quality.

What will you do at Fynd?:

- Plan & Track: Convert confirmed Tech Packs into executable production plans, load them into the vendor portal with critical path, capacity, and MOQ checks.

- Vendor Coordination: Drive daily WIP reviews with factories (India, Bangladesh, Vietnam), escalating exceptions through our internal tools.

- Data-Driven Decisions: Monitor line-side feeds and BI dashboards to identify bottlenecks; trigger corrective actions that pull lead-time.

- Cost & Sustainability Optimisation: Negotiate trims, fabric, and freight to achieve FOB savings while ensuring Higg Index / ZDHC compliance and LCA targets.

- Digital Sampling & 3D Prototyping: Anchor sampling calendars using Browzwear/CLO 3D to reach high sampling hit rate and reduce physical iterations.

- Quality Gatekeeper: Align inline and final AQL 2.5 standards; collaborate with cross functional teams and factory partners to hit 98% first-pass quality.

- Stakeholder Reporting: Publish weekly Exec Dashboards on OTDP, CM1, WC days; drive cross-functional war-rooms when milestones slip.

Some Specific Requirements:

- 5 - 8 yrs production merchandising in export or omni-channel retail supply chains.

- Proven mastery of any enterprise LM/ERP and advanced knowledge of Excel / Google Sheets.

- Strong understanding of garment construction, costing sheets, critical-path management and Lean manufacturing.

- Working knowledge of sustainability frameworks (Higg FEM/FSLM, GHG Protocol, BCI, GOTS).

- Excellent vendor-side negotiation & communication skills; comfortable with multi-culture, multi-time-zone collaboration.

Preferred Extras:

- Exposure to trend-forecasting tools, 3D CAD (Browzwear, Clo 3D) for virtual prototyping.

- Familiarity with export, shipping & logistics domain.