Purchase & Vendor Development Manager

About the Company

We are a rapidly expanding textile export firm specializing in Indian women's ethnic apparel. Our focus is delivering high-quality sarees, lehengas, suits, fabrics, and accessories to global markets. We seek an experienced Purchase and Vendor Development Manager to independently handle procurement and vendor relations, enabling leadership to prioritize business expansion.

Primary Responsibilities

• Source and onboard new manufacturers and suppliers, especially across Surat and other textile hubs.
• Establish and maintain a dependable supplier base for various product categories including textiles and packaging.
• Conduct supplier audits and factory visits to ensure compliance and quality standards.
• Negotiate pricing, payment conditions, minimum order quantities, and production timelines with vendors.
• Issue purchase orders and oversee order fulfillment and cost management.
• Coordinate production schedules, sampling approvals, and resolve delays to ensure timely export readiness.
• Verify product quality against buyer specifications through inspections and proactive quality management to lower rejection rates.
• Plan purchases in alignment with sales forecasts and dispatch schedules, maintaining detailed procurement and vendor performance reports.
• Build and sustain productive, long-term supplier relationships, efficiently resolving any disputes.
• Evaluate supplier performance metrics including quality, pricing, and reliability.

Required Experience and Skills

• 5 to 10 years of experience in textile procurement or sourcing, ideally with ethnic wear or garment products.
• Extensive vendor network in Surat and adjacent textile markets.
• Experience collaborating with export houses is advantageous.
• Expertise in commercial negotiation, textile product knowledge, fabric quality assessment, and vendor development.
• Strong abilities in cost analysis, purchase planning, production monitoring, and documentation.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and excellent communication skills.
• High degree of integrity, transparency, and the capacity to manage multiple suppliers independently.
• Demonstrated capability to negotiate superior commercial terms and maintain rigorous follow-up practices.
• Willingness to travel regularly for factory inspections and supplier management.

Performance Metrics

• Annual savings on procurement costs.
• Percentage of suppliers delivering on time.
• Supplier quality ratings.
• Reduction in production delays.
• Accuracy of purchase orders.
• Supplier responsiveness.
• Number of newly onboarded qualified vendors.
• Timeliness of export shipment readiness.
• Retention and ongoing performance of vendors.

Why Join

This role offers a unique opportunity to contribute significantly to one of India's fastest-growing export enterprises with extensive autonomy, international market exposure, and strong career progression possibilities within a performance-oriented environment.