About the role
SUTR connects buyers who need clothing made with suitable designers and manufacturers. We’re hiring someone to build our initial network of reliable fashion vendors through daily outreach, follow-up, qualification, and onboarding.
This is a hands-on calling and relationship-building role. Success means bringing in vendors who are ready and able to quote on real buyer requirements.
Requirements
Field visits: Approximately 4 per month; locations will be discussed during the interview
Responsibilities
- Find and contact designers, custom garment makers, boutiques, and clothing manufacturers through calls, WhatsApp, referrals, online research, and field visits.
- Explain SUTR clearly, answer questions, and follow up until suitable vendors complete onboarding.
- Learn and record each vendor’s categories, location, minimum order quantity, production capacity, typical pricing, lead time, customization options, and sample work.
- Identify vendors suitable for individual custom orders and manufacturers suitable for batches of 100 to 1,000+ pieces.
- Check vendor details and flag gaps in quality, reliability, pricing, or delivery capability before recommending them for a buyer request.
- Keep an accurate outreach pipeline showing contacts, conversations, follow-ups, qualified vendors, and vendors ready to receive requests.
- Help obtain quotes from suitable vendors when a buyer requirement comes in, and report recurring buyer and vendor needs to the founder.
Ideal candidate
- Experience in fashion, apparel, garment manufacturing, sourcing, or marketplace vendor acquisition preferred.
- Comfortable making outbound calls and following up consistently.
- Able to ask practical questions about production capacity, pricing, timelines, and garment quality.
- Robust communication and relationship-building skills in the languages used by the target vendors.
- Existing contacts among designers or manufacturers are an advantage.
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