30 Sep
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BlissClub
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Bengaluru
30 Sep
BlissClub
Bengaluru
About Company:
Blissclub is one of India’s fastest-growing apparel brands, built with a singular mission: to build comfortable and functional apparel for India. We are reimagining the apparel space not just designing products, but building a movement. What started as a community-first D2C brand has expanded into experience-led retail destinations where our Blissqueens don’t just shop, they connect, discover, and belong.
Founded in 2020 by ISB alum Minu Margeret, Blissclub raised its Series A of $15 million in May 2022, led by Eight Roads Ventures and Elevation Capital. This was followed by a Pre-Series B round of ₹33 crore and a Series B round of ₹160 crore, led by Singularity.
Featured on LinkedIn’s Top Startups list in 2022 and 2025, we’re one of India’s fastest-growing D2C brands redefining comfortable apparel for India.
Job Location: HSR Layout, Bangalore (in office)
Materials Sourcing & Development Lead
- Strong expertise in synthetic knits and woven with wide network of mills across SWA and SEA
- Develop and strengthen the sourcing ecosystem to support business sourcing objectives, ensuring access to competitive, innovative, and scalable material and component solutions.
- Build and manage strategic partnerships with Tier 1 and Tier 2 suppliers, driving material and component development aligned with product, quality, cost, and speed-to-market requirements.
- Lead commercial negotiations for materials and components to achieve optimal quality, pricing, lead times, and supply security while supporting margin objectives.
- Monitor supplier performance, capacity, and technical capabilities, implementing development plans to elevate quality standards, innovation, and operational excellence.
- Collaborate cross-functionally with Product Development, Design,Merchandising, Quality,
and Supply Chain teams to ensure material strategies support business growth and customer expectations.
- Proactively identify sourcing risks and implement mitigation strategies to ensure continuity of supply, compliance, and long-term business resilience including local availability of fabrics.
Innovation & R&D; Leadership
- Drive material and product innovation by identifying emerging technologies, benchmark global market trends, fabrics, trims, and manufacturing processes that create a competitive advantage for the brand.
- Establish and maintain comprehensive digital and physical material libraries, ensuring visibility of available developments, innovations, and sourcing opportunities across the organization.
- Build a structured R&D; pipeline focused on performance, comfort, sustainability, cost optimization, and consumer-centric innovation.
- Lead concept-to-commercialization initiatives, ensuring successful translation of innovation into scalable and profitable products.
- Drive rapid prototyping, material validation, and wear-testing programs to accelerate product development and reduce time-to-market.
- Develop strategic innovation partnerships with mills, suppliers, research institutes, and technology providers to create a sustainable innovation Ecosystem.
Key Focus Areas
- Strategic Material Sourcing
- Material Innovation & Trend Forecasting
- Cost Optimization & Commercial Negotiation
- Localization & Supply Chain Resilience
- Quality & Compliance Excellence
- Speed-to-Market Enhancement
What You Need to Succeed
- 10 year and above of experience in Fabric Development & Sourcing.
- Strong knowledge of knitting, weaving, dyeing, and finishing.
- Expertise in synthetic, cotton, jersey, and woven fabrics.
- Experience in fabric development, sourcing, costing, and negotiations.
- Strong supplier management and collaboration skills.
- Passion for innovation, R&D;, and market trends.
- BTech in textile
www.blissclub.com
📌 Fabric Development Manager (Bengaluru)
🏢 BlissClub
📍 Bengaluru