Sourcing Manager - Menswear

Aditya Birla Fashion and Retail Limited; Kolkata District; On-site; INR 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Job summary

Aditya Birla Fashion and Retail Limited in Kolkata, India seeks an experienced category sourcing professional to lead strategic sourcing, vendor development, and cost optimization across design, planning, and production teams.

You will drive governance through SOPs, risk management, and performance tracking, ensuring timely PO execution, supplier compliance, and market-responsive sourcing to minimize quality issues and support rapid product cycles.

Responsibilities

• Strategic Sourcing & Sustainability: Implement and adhere to long-term sourcing and sustainability strategies that align with organizational growth, profitability, and environmental/social goals.
• Vendor Management & Development: Identify, onboard, and manage strategic vendor partners; drive vendor consolidation and ensure capacity utilization, compliance, and capability development.
• Cost & Margin Optimization: Lead season-on-season cost negotiations and margin improvement initiatives, including driving PCMRP goals and end-to-end cost visibility.
• Cross-functional Collaboration: Collaborate with Design, Category, Planning, Buying, and Technical teams to ensure alignment on product development, approvals, and timelines.
• Product Development & Sampling: Drive the sample-to-tech pack process, ensuring timely fit approvals, PP meetings, fabric inwards, and sample readiness for buying decisions.
• Operational Excellence: Ensure strict adherence to SOPs, Ways of Working, and weekly ORMs; implement sourcing policies based on international best practices.
• Risk & Compliance Management: Identify key sourcing risks and develop mitigation plans; ensure vendor compliance with quality, social, and environmental standards.
• Order Management & Execution: Ensure timely PO creation, manage daily PO-related issues, and maintain visibility over production and shipment timelines.
• Performance Monitoring & Improvement: Track vendor performance across key KPIs; provide structured feedback, drive corrective actions, and foster continuous improvement.
• Market Responsiveness: Enable agile sourcing practices that support faster response to market trends, fast reordering, and minimization of return due to quality issues.

Job description

Role & responsibilities

• Strategic Sourcing & Sustainability: Implement and adhere to long-term sourcing and sustainability strategies that align with organizational growth, profitability, and environmental/social goals.
• Vendor Management & Development: Identify, onboard, and manage strategic vendor partners; drive vendor consolidation and ensure capacity utilization, compliance, and capability development.
• Cost & Margin Optimization: Lead season-on-season cost negotiations and margin improvement initiatives, including driving PCMRP goals and end-to-end cost visibility.
• Cross-functional Collaboration: Collaborate with Design, Category, Planning, Buying, and Technical teams to ensure alignment on product development, approvals, and timelines.
• Product Development & Sampling: Drive the sample-to-tech pack process, ensuring timely fit approvals, PP meetings, fabric inwards, and sample readiness for buying decisions.
• Operational Excellence: Ensure strict adherence to SOPs, Ways of Working, and weekly ORMs; implement sourcing policies based on international best practices.
• Risk & Compliance Management: Identify key sourcing risks and develop mitigation plans; ensure vendor compliance with quality, social, and environmental standards.
• Order Management & Execution: Ensure timely PO creation, manage daily PO-related issues, and maintain visibility over production and shipment timelines.
• Performance Monitoring & Improvement: Track vendor performance across key KPIs; provide structured feedback, drive corrective actions, and foster continuous improvement.

Market Responsiveness: Enable agile sourcing practices that support faster response to market trends, fast reordering, and minimization of return due to quality issues.