Buying And Sourcing Specialist - Bags

About Aramya
Our vision is to build some of the worlds most loved fashion and lifestyle brands and enable people to express themselves. We are well-funded, with $20M raised from marquee investors like Accel, Z47, and industry veterans.

Aramya is a 300 Cr ARR fashion & lifestyle company backed by Accel and Z47. Were building a customer-led portfolio: Aramya (daily wear), Tavira by Aramya (festive), and a new brand in stealth, going live in H2 2026.

Current Retail Footprint: 19 stores total — 16 in Bengaluru, 2 in Hyderabad, and 1 in Ahmedabad, with a few more set to go live soon.
Opening next: Hyderabad and Chennai. Pune, Ahmedabad, and Mumbai are in the pipeline.

Website: https://aramya.in/
Our Team: https://shorturl.at/l6u

About the Role
Aramya is launching handbags — a new category, being built from zero, and you would own the vendor and sourcing engine behind it.

Youll build the vendor base end-to-end, negotiate terms, and ensure consistent, high-quality delivery as we scale this category from the ground up. 

Key Responsibilities

• Build the vendor base from scratch for bags — identifying, evaluating, and onboarding the right factories/suppliers

• Own the full vendor lifecycle: sourcing, negotiation on cost/MOQ/lead time/terms, and ongoing relationship management

• Hold at least two vendors for every core line so the category is never single-sourced

• Run the end-to-end sourcing process — from vendor discovery to first production run

• Negotiate pricing, terms, and timelines to hit cost and quality targets

• Ensure on-time, on-quality delivery from vendors, holding them accountable to commitments

Key Skills & Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience specifically in the bags category

• Strong, hands-on experience in procurement, sourcing, and vendor management — end-to-end

• Proven ability to independently identify, evaluate, and onboard vendors for bags

• Experience owning quality standards and inspection processes

• Background from FDDI, NIFT, or a bags-focused educational/professional pedigree