We are looking for a proactive Footwear Merchandiser who can manage the complete product development and order coordination cycle—from receiving customer requirements and coordinating samples to production follow-up and final dispatch.
Key Responsibilities
- Coordinate with customers/brands for new footwear designs, specifications, colours and development requirements.
- Understand tech packs, sketches, samples and customer specifications and communicate them accurately to the factory team.
- Coordinate sampling, mould development, material requirements and product corrections.
- Follow up with production, quality, purchase and dispatch teams to ensure timely execution.
- Maintain development sheets, sample status, order trackers and production timelines.
- Coordinate colour matching, Pantone requirements, product specifications and packaging requirements.
- Identify and resolve development and production-related issues in coordination with internal teams.
- Conduct regular follow-ups with customers and provide timely updates on development/order status.
- Ensure customer-approved samples are correctly replicated during bulk production.
- Support recent product development and maintain a database of styles, materials, colours and customer specifications.
Candidate Profile
- Graduate with 2–5 years of footwear merchandising experience.
- Experience in EVA footwear / moulded footwear will be highly preferred.
- Good understanding of footwear construction, materials, colours, moulds and production processes.
- Strong communication and follow-up skills.
- Good knowledge of MS Excel and documentation.
- Ability to coordinate independently with customers and internal factory teams.
- Candidates from Sonipat, Rai, Narela, Bahalgarh or nearby areas preferred.
Key Success Measures
- On-time sample development
- Accurate execution of customer specifications
- Faster development-to-production cycle
- Minimum development/production errors
- Solid customer communication and follow-up