Supply Chain Finance - Manager

Role & responsibilities

• Own the Garment Cost Control charter track Declared Cost sheet vs Actual (fabric, trims, processing, CM, logistics), CM (Cut-Make) cost benchmarking across vendors and geographies, and fabric yield, wastage, and consumption deviations.

• Own the Inventory Control ageing (season-wise and days-wise), stock cover, overstock/understock, broken size-curve, and liquidation risk across DC and stores; track Actual Inventory vs Inventory Norms at style, store, and category level.

• Supervise monthly GP Analysis dashboards Gross Profit at channel, product, and geography level ensuring accurate cost allocation (fabric, trims, CM, logistics) and revenue recognition.

• Provide financial insight for new season launches COGS tracking, margin forecasting, and risk flagging against production and supply chain milestones (SS/AW), quantifying the commercial impact of delays.

• Drive Order vs Sales Gap Analysis — compare order vs actual sales by channel, quantify the financial impact of delayed dispatches, cancellations, and DA ageing, and recommend corrective action to improve conversion and reduce lost revenue.

• Own Working Capital & OTB financial planning — track the inventory–payables–receivables cycle, partner with Buying/Merchandising on Open-to-Buy planning and in-season reforecast and evaluate EOSS/markdown depth vs margin trade-offs.

• Build and maintain strong working relationships with SCM, Merchandising, and Sales stakeholders, acting as a trusted finance partner on supply chain decisions.

• Drive continuous improvement of the SCM finance MIS, dashboards, and reporting cadence, including automation of recurring analysis.

Preferred candidate profile

• Strong data crunching ability — Advanced Excel (macros/Power Query), AI Tool Claude.
• Strong written & verbal communication; ability to build a data-backed narrative for leadership audiences.
• Working knowledge & experience on ERP (SAP) preferred.
• Working knowledge of working-capital and OTB planning concepts (cash conversion cycle, markdown/margin trade-offs).
• Stakeholder management and the ability to influence SCM, Merchandising, and Sales teams without direct authority.
• Strong ownership mindset — able to drive financial and inventory outcomes from idea through implementation and closure without being chased.