Buying & Sourcing Specialist - Bags

Neara; Jaipur; On-site; INR 1,800,000 - 2,400,000; Full time

Job summary

Aramya is launching handbags, a new category, and you will own the vendor and sourcing engine behind it. You’ll build the vendor base end-to-end, negotiate terms, and ensure consistent, high-quality delivery as we scale this category from the ground up.

You will build the vendor base from scratch, onboard factories, and manage the full lifecycle to hit cost and quality targets, ensuring multi-vendor resilience for bags.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in bags category.
• Hands-on procurement, sourcing and vendor management end-to-end.
• Experience identifying and onboarding bag vendors.
• Experience owning quality standards and inspection processes.
• Background from FDDI or NIFT in bags.

Responsibilities

• Build the vendor base from scratch for bags — identifying, evaluating, and onboarding the right factories/suppliers.
• Own the full vendor lifecycle: sourcing, negotiation on cost/MOQ/lead time/terms, and ongoing relationship management.
• Hold at least two vendors for every core line so the category is never single-sourced.
• Run the end-to-end sourcing process — from vendor discovery to first production run.
• Negotiate pricing, terms, and timelines to hit cost and quality targets.
• Ensure on-time, on-quality delivery from vendors, holding them accountable to commitments.

Skills

Vendor management

Procurement

Sourcing

Negotiation

Quality standards

Education

FDDI graduate

NIFT graduate

Job description

About Aramya

Our vision is to build some of the world's most loved fashion and lifestyle brands and enable people to express themselves. We are well-funded, with $20M raised from marquee investors like Accel, Z47, and industry veterans.

Aramya is a 300 Cr ARR fashion & lifestyle company backed by Accel and Z47. We're building a customer-led portfolio: Aramya (daily wear), Tavira by Aramya (festive), and a new brand in stealth, going live in H2 2026.

Current Retail Footprint: 19 stores total — 16 in Bengaluru, 2 in Hyderabad, and 1 in Ahmedabad, with a few more set to go live soon. Opening next: Hyderabad and Chennai. Pune, Ahmedabad, and Mumbai are in the pipeline.

Website: https://aramya.in/ Our Team: https://shorturl.at/l6u

About the Role

Aramya is launching handbags — a new category, being built from zero, and you would own the vendor and sourcing engine behind it.

You’ll build the vendor base end-to-end, negotiate terms, and ensure consistent, high-quality delivery as we scale this category from the ground up.

Key Responsibilities

• Build the vendor base from scratch for bags — identifying, evaluating, and onboarding the right factories/suppliers
• Own the full vendor lifecycle: sourcing, negotiation on cost/MOQ/lead time/terms, and ongoing relationship management
• Hold at least two vendors for every core line so the category is never single-sourced
• Run the end-to-end sourcing process — from vendor discovery to first production run
• Negotiate pricing, terms, and timelines to hit cost and quality targets
• Ensure on-time, on-quality delivery from vendors, holding them accountable to commitments

Key Skills & Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience specifically in the bags category
• Strong, hands-on experience in procurement, sourcing, and vendor management — end-to-end
• Proven ability to independently identify, evaluate, and onboard vendors for bags
• Experience owning quality standards and inspection processes
• Background from FDDI, NIFT, or a bags-focused educational/professional pedigree