Vendor Acquisition & Onboarding Executive – Fashion

About the role

• SUTR connects buyers who need clothing made with suitable designers and
• manufacturers. We’re hiring someone to build our initial network of reliable
• fashion vendors through daily outreach, follow-up, qualification, and
• onboarding.
• This is a hands-on calling and relationship-building role. Success means
• bringing in vendors who are ready and able to quote on real buyer requirements.

Requirements

Field visits: Approximately 4 per month; locations will be discussed during the

interview

Responsibilities

• Find and contact designers,
• custom garment makers, boutiques, and clothing manufacturers through
• calls, WhatsApp, referrals, online research, and field visits.
• Explain SUTR clearly, answer
• questions, and follow up until suitable vendors complete onboarding.
• Learn and record each
• vendor’s categories, location, minimum order quantity, production
• capacity, typical pricing, lead time, customization options, and sample work.
• Identify vendors suitable
• for individual custom orders and manufacturers suitable for batches of 100
• to 1,000+ pieces.
• Check vendor details and
• flag gaps in quality, reliability, pricing, or delivery capability before
• recommending them for a buyer request.
• Keep an accurate outreach
• pipeline showing contacts, conversations, follow-ups, qualified vendors,
• and vendors ready to receive requests.
• Help obtain quotes from
• suitable vendors when a buyer requirement comes in, and report recurring
• buyer and vendor needs to the founder.
• Ideal candidate
• Experience in fashion,
• apparel, garment manufacturing, sourcing, or marketplace vendor
• acquisition preferred.
• Comfortable making outbound
• calls and following up consistently.
• Able to ask practical
• questions about production capacity, pricing, timelines, and garment
• quality.
• Strong communication and
• relationship-building skills in the languages used by the target vendors.
• Existing contacts among
• designers or manufacturers are an advantage.