Senior Manager - Fabric Sourcing

About the Company:

Rattha Group || Woven Apparel Export Division - (ROVERCO) – headquartered in Chennai - specializing woven is looking for leaders who brings their whole self to work, loves big picture thinking, and thrives in an entrepreneurial fast paced environment. We pride ourselves on our commitment to delivering excellence in every garment we produce for the global market.

For more details, please visit our website URL: www.rattha.com

Job Overview:

The Sr. Manager - Fabric Sourcing in the Woven Apparel Exports Division oversees the sourcing process for fabric within the division specializing in woven apparel exports. This role involves strategic planning, coordination with various departments, monitoring supply chain activities, and ensuring timely delivery of materials to support production schedules. Additionally, you will be involved in identifying new sourcing opportunities, staying updated on market trends, and implementing best practices to enhance efficiency and competitiveness in the woven apparel export business.

Key Responsibilities:

• Sourcing Fabric from different manufacturing sectors in India/Abroad, Coordinating with suppliers for timely deliveries of the same.
• To lead and direct the entire course of fabric & accessories sourcing, development, technical, quality control, production and delivery.
• Negotiating price & contract terms for continuous & in time supply of the materials. Supervise every negotiation and provide guidelines to prepare documents for purchasing and making a contract.
• Proficient in both technical aspects and procurement expertise pertaining to woven fabrics.
• To give actionable direction and communicate/train customer initiatives to other members of business partner.
• Evaluation of quality of raw materials so that right quality materials is sourced.
• Perform and analyse forecasting report to ensure and maintain acceptable inventory level.
• Awareness and implementation of various requirements of different renowned customers in terms of analyzing fabric for physical properties and decide approval/rejection etc.
• Evaluation of mill infrastructure and calculation of mill capacity.
• Monitoring fabric development, Coordinate with Designers, Merchandising team, Product development, production planning and inventory team, for existing/new product developments and trends forecasting. Coordinating with Fabric producing mills, vendors and suppliers for quality and timely delivery of fabrics/Trims/Accessories.
• Lead, Organize & conduct daily/weekly/monthly inspections of fabric production related activities.
• To follow up in all stages of fabric production with mills from sourcing, approvals to bulk fabric production, quality assurance & control, testing, inspection dispatch & issue for garmenting production.
• To keep close contact with central store to know the actual In-house status of all relevant production materials and inform the same to factory Management in well ahead.
• Drawing up the master schedule to establish production sequence and lead time of each production to meet export dates according to customer orders.
• Exploring production specifications and maintaining the factory capacity data.
• To improve the production and distribution process applying the knowledge of supply chain and distribution management.
• Preparing a plan and schedules workflow for each department.

Qualifications:

• Master's / Bachelor's degree in Textile Engineering, Fashion Technology, or related field.
• Proven 10+ years of experience in fabric purchase & production management within the textile manufacturing industry.
• Good knowledge and understanding of woven fabrics, quality, production, finishes, and inspection system.
• Proficiency in software and tools, ERP systems, WFX and Microsoft Office Suite.
• Good at costing, sourcing, negotiating, and buying skills.
• Technical and quality assessment of fabric manufacturing, dyeing and finishing, testing’s etc.
• Able to travel domestic & international for meeting vendor & customer.
• Excellent inter personal skills & sourcing skills.

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