Assistant Manager - Trims Sourcing

Aditya Birla Insulators; India; Remote; INR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Aditya Birla Insulators is seeking a senior professional to lead woven fabric sourcing operations in India, ensuring on-time in-full delivery while meeting predefined quality and cost targets. The role drives seasonal planning, vendor development, and continuous cost improvements across multiple fabric sources globally.

You will coordinate with Design Product teams, oversee SOPs, and implement QA controls at vendor locations to maintain consistent quality and supply chain efficiency.

Qualifications

• Ensure fabric sourcing on time with predefined quality and targeted costs.
• Seasonal / Annual Sourcing Planning aligned to business calendar.
• Budgeting and cost negotiation to realize GP.
• Coordinate with Design teams to plan fabric requirements.
• Source fabrics locally and globally.
• Plan, source, and monitor delivery of fabrics on time in adherence to calendar.
• Develop SOPs for sourcing operations.
• Implement QA controls at vendor locations to ensure quality.

Responsibilities

• Map fabric/fashion trends and price movements; identify interventions.
• Identify global suppliers and document vendor capabilities.
• Organize mill week for brand product/category requirements.
• Drive continuous fabric development and fashion content across categories.
• Provide operational support to internal customers (Design Product Team).
• Develop subordinates and ensure quality work environments; monitor performance; improve workflow.

Skills

Sourcing Operations

Vendor Development

Cost Optimization

Quality Assurance

Inventory Management

Cross-functional Collaboration

Job description

Job Summary

Managing Sourcing Operation function in line with business requirements of ensuring On Time In Full woven fabrics (trousers, suits blazers) efficiently and effectively with MFL quality norms at targeted costs. Supporting Business working capital by improving inventory, fabric innovation improving quality of product, VPQI scores MH post purchase.

Job Context Major Challenges

LBRD Brands being the top brands in India plays in Men s category of premium mid segment price apparel market. It operates through various channels (EBO, Retail, DS and Trade). This position has to lead, manage and drive the Woven Fabrics Sourcing Operations effectively and efficiently in line with business requirements Seasonal / Annual Sourcing Planning and ensuring Quality Cost Effective Sourcing in line with product and category requirements. Effective Vendor development and relationship management is very critical which also requires Technical support to vendors for improving quality levels, efficiency and cost optimization. Another aspect being Continuous Improvement in Sourcing efficiencies and costs.

Major challenges

• Handling managing very Complex mix of products, variety wide reach of fabric sources from overseas, domestic supplies and special category fabric supplies.
• Identifying Vertically integrated fabric production units to align to our business-working requirement.
• Reduce / Maintain the fabric prices in-spite of the growing RM / input costs.
• Managing Strong Vendor Relationships for mutual growth Information system management practices improvement at vendor locations and linking it to HO Map fabrics trends in the market and identify suppliers globally who have the capability to deliver.
• To work closely vigorously with suppliers on process improvements resulting in cost advantage.
• Maintaining database of potential long-term vendors

KRA1

• Ensure LBRD brands-Fabric Sourcing is available on time with predefined quality and at targeted costs for conversion.
• Seasonal / Annual Sourcing Planning and ensuring Quality Cost Effective Sourcing in line with business requirements
• Budgeting, Monitoring Control of Sourcing- Fabric Costs effective cost negotiation to ensure right product costs and GP realization
• Coordinate with Design Product teams to plan requirement for all fabrics for woven products and in adherence to business calendar
• Source fabrics locally and globally
• Plan, Source, Monitor Control delivery of fabrics on time in adherence to business Calendar for all categories and ensure Contingency Measures in case of a fabric delay or rejection
• Formulate SOP and Systems for effective and efficient Sourcing Operations.
• Develop and Implement Quality Assurance Control Systems for Fabric Vendor Locations to ensure quality supplies and ensure practices in conjunction with suppliers to ensure quality standards are met and consistency maintained.

KRA2

• Vendor Development Relationship Management
• Ensure MG expectations w.r.t quality and future plans are communicated to the vendor from time to time
• Ensure Technical support to vendors for improving quality levels, efficiency and cost optimization
• Build an effective working relationship with manufacturing vendors to ensure that business objectives are met.

KRA3

• Map fabric / fashion trends, raw material prices and relevant knowledge / domain trends in the market and note necessary interventions, actions or adaptation to be done so as to ensure sourcing functions effectiveness
• Identify suppliers globally and document an exhaustive vendor database with relevant information on capability and capacity
• To be a part of organizing mill week customized to brand product /category requirements
• Ensure Continuous fuelling of new developments, value addition, fashion content and product improvements with respect to fabrics across categories
• Functional Operational support and facilitation to internal customers- Design Product Team.

KRA4

• To ensure planned development of subordinates and ensure quality work and environment processes in sourcing function
• Monitor and review team and individual performance, Provide Feedback.
• Monitor and improve workflow

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