Category Manager – Fashion Sourcing

About Zoop

Zoop sells fashion through live auctions. We own our supply: factory outlet stock and excess and liquidation inventory from brands and manufacturers. Our in-house studios and creators sell it live, every day. We are based in New Delhi and backed by Peak XV Partners (Surge) and Lumikai.

The role

You will own the supply that goes into every Zoop live, across men's and women's fashion. You find the stock, negotiate the price, get it into our warehouse, and make sure it sells.

Every show depends on your buying, so the quality, price and depth of what we sell sits with you.

You will report to the founders and work closely with the live studio, creator and operations teams. The role comes with ESOPs, so you share in what you help build.

What you'll do

- Source supply. Build a pipeline of brands, manufacturers, exporters and surplus aggregators with excess, old-season and liquidation stock in men's and women's apparel.
- Buy well. Evaluate lots, negotiate price and terms, and buy at a cost that leaves margin at the price lots actually transparent in our auctions.
- Plan the mix. Decide what to buy by category, size and price point, based on what sells, what clears slowly and what our shows need next.
- Keep supply flowing. Make sure the studios always have enough live-ready stock for the shows scheduled ahead.
- Manage inventory health. Track sell-through and stock age, and decide when slow stock gets re-run, bundled or liquidated in bulk.
- Control quality and provenance. Set inward QC standards, collect proper invoices and documentation for every lot, and drop suppliers who don't meet them.
- Manage suppliers. Build repeat relationships, track supplier quality and returns,



and avoid depending on a few suppliers for most of our stock.

Who we're looking for

- 3–8 years in fashion sourcing, buying or category management, across men's and women's apparel.
- An existing network of brands, manufacturers, exporters or stock traders you can call on day one.
- Strong negotiator who knows landed cost, margin and how to price a lot before buying it.
- Can judge fabric, finish and quality in person, and knows the common defects in surplus stock.
- Comfortable in spreadsheets: tracking buys, sell-through, stock age and supplier performance.
- Willing to travel to factories, warehouses and trading hubs.
- Fluent in Hindi and English.

Preferred

- Category or supply experience at a marketplace or commerce company in fashion or value fashion.
- Experience buying or selling liquidation, excess, export surplus or off-price inventory.
- Knows the surplus trade in hubs such as Delhi NCR, Tirupur, Ludhiana, Jaipur, Surat or Mumbai.
- Understands what documentation makes surplus stock safe to sell, including invoice chains and brand authorisations.

How we'll measure success

- Buy cost as a share of clearing price, by category and supplier.
- Sell-through at 30, 60 and 90 days, and how much stock ages past 90 days.
- Days of scheduled lives covered by live-ready stock.
- QC rejection, return and quality complaint rates by supplier.
- Number of active, repeat suppliers, and how much of our stock comes from the top three.
- Share of lots with full provenance documentation.

Role details

Location: New Delhi, with regular travel to sourcing hubs

Type: Full-time

Reporting: Founders

Compensation: competative salary + ESOPs To apply, send your CV and a short note on the best lot you've bought or sold: what it cost, what it sold for, and how fast it moved.

📌 Category Manager (New Delhi)
🏢 Zoop - India's Live Bazaar
📍 New Delhi