Associate- Merchandiser (Sourcing)

Location

Mumbai | India

Job description

About Us:

The Souled Store is a homegrown youth casual-wear brand started in 2013. We are one of India's largest online merchandising platforms with licenses like Disney, Warner Bros; WWE, IPL, Viacom18 to name a few. Apart from selling products with themed designs such as superheroes, movies, TV shows, and cartoons, the brand also is at the forefront of the latest youth style and fashion trends. In addition to core men and women wear apparel categories, we have also expanded to new categories and introduced new product lines like activewear, supima products, innerwear, personal care products like perfumes etc. We have also launched footwear and kidswear recently.

Although we are primarily an online brand, we've expanded in the offline retail space as well and have offline stores in Mumbai, Bangalore, Delhi, Pune and Indore.

We're now a 'Great Place to Work' certified organization which boasts of our fantastic employee culture and policies.

The Souled Store was born out of the idea of loving what you do, from the soul. We believe that people do their best work when they love what they do. There are too many Monday mornings and you can't go dreading every single one of them. Over the years, we have built a strong team of like-minded people that work smart, own their work, and think like leaders. If you identify with what we do and are interested in being a part of an aggressively growing brand, we would love to have you on board.

Responsibilities:

• Issue purchase orders on time to the vendors.
• Should be well versed with production, processes, like pp, proto, shoot samples etc
• Need to follow up on delivery and all processes with vendors
• Should be inquisitive to learn and unlearn new products and processes.
• Update and monitor the warehouse inwards .
• Be agile to proactively visit vendors
• Able to manage all interdepartmental communications like design, category, media etc.

Competencies and Abilities:

• Proven work experience as a Sourcing Manager or Procurement Manager
• Familiarity with sourcing and vendor management and relevant software
• Understanding of market dynamics and sound business judgment
• Strong project management and leadership skills
• Ability to negotiate and sustain networking relationships
• Comfortable with figures and in collecting, analyzing and interpreting data
• Solid judgment with ability to make good decisions

Education & Experience:

• A bachelor's degree or an equivalent qualification
• 0 to 1 years of experience in similar role

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