Location: Gurugram (in office, vendor and market travel) | Experience: 7–12 years

About Zavya

Zavya is a fast-scaling contemporary silver jewellery brand with strong presence across D2C, marketplaces and quick commerce. Our next stage of growth depends on launching the right products faster, at better margins, from a stronger vendor base.

The Role

You will build and lead Zavya's Buying & Merchandising function. You'll decide what gets developed, at what price, weight and margin, and through which vendor. You'll also build the team and systems that deliver it. This is a function-leadership role, not a senior merchandiser role.

What You'll Do

Product & Assortment Strategy

· Build the annual and seasonal development roadmap with Business and Design.

· Turn channel, customer and category data into development priorities.

· Define category architecture and price-point gaps, and plan evergreen, seasonal and event-led launch calendars.

Buying & Commercials

· Own product costing and target margins.

· Set target weights, costs, MOQs and vendor commercials for every category.

· Drive cost engineering and margin improvement across the portfolio.

Vendor Strategy

· Build a resilient vendor base and reduce dependency on any single vendor.





· Develop vendor capability for new categories.

· Negotiate terms, capacity and lead times.

· Run vendor scorecards on quality, cost, OTIF and innovation.

Development & Launch

· Own the full sampling and development funnel and prioritise critical launches.

· Ensure every design is commercially viable and manufacturable before it scales.

· Work with the D2C, marketplace and quick commerce teams on channel-specific assortment.

· Track post-launch performance and feed the learnings back into development.

· Build a fast test-and-scale mechanism for new products.

Team & Systems

· Lead merchandisers, buyers and sampling resources.

· Build SOPs for sampling, vendor allocation, costing, approvals and launch readiness.

· Run weekly development reviews and dashboards.

You Should Have

· 7–12 years in jewellery buying, merchandising, product development or sourcing.

· Experience owning a category or a significant product portfolio.

· Strong command of costing, margins and jewellery manufacturing.

· A proven record of building and negotiating with vendors.

· Team leadership experience.

· Exposure to D2C, organised retail or contemporary jewellery, strongly preferred.

📌 Manager / Senior Manager – Buying & Merchandising (Gurugram)
🏢 Zavya
📍 Gurugram