Yarn Marketing Manager (Spinning Mills)

Talent Seeds Corporate Solutions; Tiruppur; On-site; INR 1,500,000 - 2,700,000; Full time

Job summary

Talent Seeds Corporate Solutions in Tiruppur is seeking a Yarn Marketing Manager to drive sales and marketing for cotton yarn across domestic and international markets. You will develop strategies, expand the customer base among knitting mills, textile manufacturers, and exporters, and coordinate with production and quality teams to ensure product alignment.

The ideal candidate should have 8–15 years in cotton yarn marketing, a textile technology degree, and preferably an MBA in Marketing, with

Qualifications

• Minimum 8–15 years of cotton yarn marketing experience.
• B.Tech / B.Sc. Textile Technology is required.
• MBA in Marketing is an added advantage.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement marketing strategies for cotton yarn sales.
• Achieve monthly, quarterly and annual sales targets.
• Develop new customers and expand relationships.
• Coordinate with export and domestic teams for orders.
• Monitor yarn price movements and market trends.
• Lead the yarn marketing team and report performance.

Skills

Yarn marketing

Sales leadership

Negotiation

Market research

Education

B.Tech / B.Sc. Textile Technology

MBA in Marketing (added advantage)

Tools

MS Excel

ERP systems

Job description

Position: Yarn Marketing Manager

Job Description

Key Responsibilities

• Sales & Marketing Management
• Develop and implement marketing strategies for cotton yarn sales in domestic and international markets.
• Achieve monthly, quarterly and annual sales volume and revenue targets.
• Develop new customers and expand existing business relationships.
• Identify potential markets, customer segments and business opportunities.
• Drive sales of combed, compact, knitting and weaving yarn.
• Ensure optimum sales realization and contribution margins.
• Monitor market demand, competitor activities and cotton yarn price movements.

Domestic Market Development

• Develop business with knitting units, weaving mills, textile manufacturers and garment exporters.
• Establish strong relationships with yarn dealers, traders, fabric manufacturers and direct consumers.
• Expand customer base in major textile markets such as Tiruppur, Coimbatore, Erode, Karur, Mumbai, Kolkata, Ahmedabad and other textile centres.
• Conduct regular customer visits and market surveys.
• Generate new business enquiries and convert them into confirmed orders.

Export Marketing

• Develop new international customers and export markets.
• Identify potential buyers, importers, textile mills and international sourcing agents.
• Coordinate with export documentation, logistics and commercial departments.
• Negotiate export prices, payment terms and delivery schedules.
• Monitor international cotton yarn market trends and export competitiveness.
• Develop long-term business relationships with overseas customers.

Product & Technical Knowledge

• Develop strong knowledge of cotton yarn specifications and applications.
• Promote different yarn counts and product categories.
• Understand customer requirements relating to yarn quality, count, strength, CSP, U%, imperfections, hairiness and contamination.
• Coordinate with production and quality teams to ensure product consistency.
• Handle customer complaints relating to yarn quality and coordinate corrective actions.

Pricing & Commercial Management

• Prepare competitive yarn pricing strategies based on cotton prices, conversion costs and market demand.
• Monitor daily cotton and yarn market prices.
• Negotiate selling prices with customers.
• Monitor contribution margins and customer-wise profitability.
• Ensure timely order confirmation and commercial documentation.
• Coordinate credit limits, outstanding payments and collections with the finance department.

Order & Dispatch Coordination

• Coordinate with production planning for order execution.
• Monitor customer order booking and pending order positions.
• Ensure timely availability of finished yarn.
• Coordinate with stores, packing, dispatch and logistics departments.
• Track order delivery schedules and ensure customer commitments are fulfilled.

Team Management

• Lead, guide and motivate the yarn marketing team.
• Set individual sales targets and review team performance.
• Develop customer-wise and territory-wise sales plans.
• Monitor daily sales activities and prepare management reports.
• Improve team productivity and market coverage.

Management Reporting

• Submit daily, weekly and monthly sales reports.
• Monitor sales volume, average realization and contribution.
• Prepare customer-wise sales performance reports.
• Analyse market trends and competitor pricing.
• Provide sales forecasts and future business projections to senior management.

The Candidate Should Have Good Knowledge Of

• 100% Cotton Yarn
• Combed Cotton Yarn
• Compact Cotton Yarn
• Knitting Yarn
• Weaving Yarn
• Different yarn counts (Ne 20s to 80s, depending on product portfolio)
• Ring Spun and Compact Spun Yarn
• Yarn quality parameters and testing standards

Required Skills & Competencies

• Strong knowledge of the spinning industry and cotton yarn markets.
• Excellent domestic and export marketing skills.
• Strong customer relationship management capabilities.
• Good negotiation and commercial decision-making skills.
• Knowledge of cotton procurement and yarn price movements.
• Ability to develop new markets and generate business.
• Strong leadership and team management capabilities.

Good communication and presentation skills.

• Proficiency in MS Excel, ERP and sales reporting systems.
• Ability to work under sales targets and business pressure.

Educational Qualification & Experience

• B.Tech / B.Sc. Textile Technology, Textile Engineering or equivalent.
• MBA in Marketing will be an added advantage.
• Minimum 8-15 years of experience in cotton yarn marketing.
• Previous experience in a reputed spinning mill is preferred.
• Experience handling domestic and export yarn customers.
• Proven track record in achieving sales volume and profitability targets.