Fabric Development Manager

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 (on-site)

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