Head - Sourcing & India Supply Base, Exports F&L;
Location: Mumbai, India
About the Role
Reliance Retail's Fashion & Lifestyle Exports organisation is built on a robust, reliable India manufacturing base. As Head - Sourcing & India Supply Base, you will own the creation and management of this vendor ecosystem, reporting to the Head - Fashion & Lifestyle Exports.
You will be responsible for vendor qualification, capacity allocation and compliance onboarding across garment, textile and allied manufacturers (footwear, beauty, home décor), and for structuring JV and co-manufacturing partnerships wherever dedicated export capacity is required. You will align the vendor capacity pipeline with buyer order book commitments coming from Sales & Key Accounts and Category Management, and drive productivity, technology adoption and quality upgradation across the supply base.
As the F&L; business grows through acquisitions, you will also manage supply-side readiness for integrating acquired exporters, including vendor base alignment and capacity rationalisation.



You will maintain vendor scorecards and capacity dashboards, and partner closely with Quality, Regulatory & Compliance on factory qualification and quality systems. This is a builder's role at the heart of India's export manufacturing capability.
Key Responsibilities
Build and manage the vendor ecosystem as a structured export supply base across garment, textile and allied manufacturers
Own vendor qualification, capacity allocation and compliance onboarding
Structure and negotiate JV and co-manufacturing partnerships for categories requiring dedicated export capacity
Align the vendor capacity pipeline with buyer order book commitments from Sales & Key Accounts and Category Management
Drive productivity, technology adoption and quality upgradation across the vendor base
Own factory qualification and quality systems in partnership with Quality, Regulatory & Compliance
Manage supply-side readiness for acquired exporter integra

📌 Head - Sourcing & India Supply Base, Exports F&L (Mumbai)
🏢 Reliance Retail
📍 Mumbai