Job Description – Woven Fabric Merchandiser

Position: Woven Fabric Merchandiser
Location: Bangalore, Karnataka
Industry: Garment Manufacturing / Apparel Export
Department: Merchandising / Sourcing
Experience: 2–6 years
Employment Type: Full-time

Job Summary

We are looking for an experienced Woven Fabric Merchandiser to manage fabric sourcing, development, costing, order follow-up, and coordination between fabric suppliers, garment production teams, buyers, and internal departments. The candidate should have good knowledge of woven fabrics and garment manufacturing processes.

Key Responsibilities

- Handle woven fabric sourcing and merchandising from development through bulk production.

- Develop fabrics according to buyer specifications, including composition, construction, GSM, width, finish, color, and performance requirements.

- Coordinate with fabric mills and suppliers for fabric development, sampling, lab dips, strike-offs, and approvals.

- Analyze buyer tech packs, fabric specifications, BOMs, and purchase requirements.

- Obtain and compare fabric quotations, negotiate prices, and support costing.

- Follow up on fabric booking, production planning, delivery schedules, and shipment timelines.

- Coordinate with suppliers to ensure timely submission of quality and testing reports.

- Monitor fabric quality against approved standards and specifications.

- Coordinate with QA/QC, production, sourcing, sampling, stores, and purchase teams.

- Track fabric approvals and ensure comments are closed within agreed timelines.

- Follow up on bulk fabric production, inspection, dispatch, and delivery.





- Maintain accurate records of fabric developments, orders, approvals, lead times, and supplier performance.

- Identify suitable new fabric suppliers and mills based on quality, price, capacity, and delivery performance.

- Resolve issues related to shade variation, GSM, width, shrinkage, colorfastness, defects, and delivery delays.

- Ensure fabric availability in line with garment production and shipment deadlines.

Required Skills

- Strong knowledge of woven fabrics such as cotton, linen, viscose, rayon, polyester, Tencel, poplin, twill, satin, dobby, jacquard, denim, etc.

- Valuable understanding of fabric construction, GSM, yarn count, weave, finishes, shrinkage, and testing parameters.

- Experience in fabric costing and supplier negotiation.

- Good knowledge of garment production and export merchandising.

- Ability to read and understand tech packs and fabric specifications.

- Strong follow-up and coordination skills.

- Good communication and negotiation abilities.

- Proficiency in MS Excel and merchandising/ERP systems.

- Ability to work under pressure and manage multiple developments/orders simultaneously.

Qualification

- Graduate in Textile Technology, Apparel/Fashion Merchandising, Textile Engineering, Fashion Technology, or a related field.

- 2–6 years of relevant experience in woven fabric merchandising/sourcing, preferably with a garment export house or buying house.

Job Snapshot

Updated Date

15-09-2026

Job ID

20262111

Department

Wovens Garmenting Bangalore

Location

Wovens Garmenting - Ecity, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Employee Type

Full Time

📌 Sr. Executive - Merchandising (Bengaluru)
🏢 Arvind Envisol
📍 Bengaluru