Associate - Sourcing

Associate - Sourcing www.myntra.com

Roles And Responsibilities

• Executes seasonal and short-term sourcing plans, utilizing knowledge of apparel sourcing to
  
  

meet line financial, customer service, quality, aesthetic, safety and terms-of-engagement

requirements.

• Must communicate capacity and price requirements to meet line margin and delivery
  
  

requirements.

• Must be able to provide alternatives to merchandising/design teammates to meet commercial
  
  

requirements at the most competitive cost. Identify and enable opportunities to leverage library of

components, fits, and sources.

• Must closely review the capacity plan & production schedule to optimise capacity and utilize
  
  

available vendors.

• Would be involved in product execution from sketch to delivery, including fabrication alternatives,
  
  

garment engineering, sample management.

• Develops, manages and coaches a high-performing vendor team, ensuring current and future
  
  

business needs are met.

• “Go to Market” Accountability: Responsible for accurately tracking adoption rates, delivery of
  
  

proto/shoot/catalogue/PP samples to meet required targets.

• Responsible for driving team to meet GTM deadlines. Able to negotiate and influence Design
  
  

and buying/Merchandising partners to achieve GTM milestones.

• Analyse and calculate costs of procurement and suggest methods to decrease expenditure.
  
  

Qualifications & Experience

• 2-4 years of proven work experience in Sourcing – Product Development.
• Familiarity with sourcing and vendor management and relevant category.
• Understanding of market dynamics and sound business judgement.
• Ability to negotiate and sustain networking relationships.
• Comfortable with figures and in collecting, analysing and interpreting data.
• Demonstrates a “can-do” approach in being proactive with work assignments.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office suite including Power Point, Excel, and/or other relevant analytical tools.
• Degree in garment textiles is good to have.
• Flexible to travel.