A Fabric Manager in the garments or textile industry is responsible for ensuring the right fabric is sourced, tested, delivered, and made available for production on time while meeting quality and cost targets. The role is especially important in export garment manufacturing because fabric is one of the largest cost components.
Typical responsibilities include:
- Fabric sourcing and procurement: Identify and negotiate with mills and suppliers for knitted or woven fabrics.
- Supplier management: Build relationships with fabric mills, dyeing units, knitting units, and processing houses.
- Quality control: Approve lab dips, monitor fabric inspections, shade variation, GSM, shrinkage, color fastness, and other quality parameters.
- Production coordination: Ensure fabric is available according to the production plan to avoid delays.
- Inventory management: Track fabric stock, consumption, wastage, and maintain accurate inventory records.
- Cost control: Negotiate prices, reduce fabric wastage, and optimize fabric utilization.
- Documentation: Maintain purchase orders, inspection reports, testing reports, and ERP records.
- Cross-functional coordination: Work closely with merchandising, production, planning, quality, and logistics teams.
Required skills
- Strong knowledge of knitted and woven fabrics.
- Understanding of dyeing, finishing, printing, and fabric testing.
- Vendor negotiation and procurement skills.
- ERP, Microsoft Excel, and reporting skills.
- Team management and problem-solving abilities.
Typical qualifications
- Diploma or Bachelor's degree in Textile Technology, Textile Engineering, or Fashion Technology.
- Around 5–15 years of experience in fabric sourcing, textile manufacturing, or garment production, depending on the seniority of the role.
Pay: ₹35,000.00 - ₹45,000.00 per month
Benefits:
Work Location: In person
