Job Title: Associate Manager - Manufacturing Partnerships

Location: Bangalore

Employment Type: Full time

About Agrizy:

Agri-food tech startup Agrizy, founded in 2021 by Saket Chirania and Vicky Dodani, is dedicated to transforming the agrifood processing sector. By leveraging cutting-edge technologies, Agrizy addresses the common challenges encountered by FPOs and MSME agrifood processors. Through Agrizy, the underutilized capacities of MSME agrifood processors are linked with the customized processing needs of major buyers in both domestic and global markets. Additionally, Agrizy assists these processors in sourcing raw materials from farm-gate aggregators and FPOs, standardizing their operations and processing facilities through technology, obtaining quality certifications, and enabling access to working capital from formal lenders at competitive rates.

Role Overview:

We are looking for an experienced Associate Manager - Strategic Sourcing & Manufacturing Partnerships to identify, evaluate, and onboard manufacturing partners across food, beverages,



and functional ingredients. The role involves supplier evaluation, commercial negotiations, project coordination, and cross-functional collaboration to support new product development and commercialization. The ideal candidate should have strong experience in strategic sourcing, contract manufacturing, and stakeholder management, with a focus on optimizing cost, quality, delivery, and building long-term manufacturing partnerships.

Key Responsibilities:
- Identify, evaluate, and onboard manufacturing partners based on customer requirements across food, beverages, and functional ingredients.
- Assess manufacturers for technical capability, certifications, quality systems, production capacity, regulatory compliance, and commercial viability.
- Develop and maintain a robust database of qualified manufacturing partners across multiple product categories.
- Negotiate pricing, MOQs, lead times, payment terms, and commer

📌 Associate Manager Manufacturing Partnerships (Bengaluru)
🏢 Agrizy Ventures
📍 Bengaluru