Supply Manager

Non-Venue, Supply Manager (Vendor Partnerships)

Location: City-based (Bangalore / Delhi)

About the Role

At The Wedding Company (TWC), we are building Indias most trusted wedding marketplace. The Non-Venue, Supply Manager will be responsible for building, managing, and scaling the vendor ecosystem in a city across categories like decorators, photographers, makeup artists, florists, logistics providers, and other required vendors as per the business needs.

This role sits at the core of our marketplace engine - combining vendor acquisition, relationship management, and commercial negotiations to drive high-quality event fulfillment.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Supply Acquisition & Onboarding

• Identify, source, and onboard 100200 high-quality vendors per city
• Build strong pipelines across categories, including decorators, photographers and videographers, makeup artists, florists, and transport and logistics providers.
• Evaluate vendors based on quality, pricing, and reliability
• Ensure structured onboarding through portfolio validation, pricing alignment, and contract closure.

2. Vendor Activation & Marketplace Fulfillment

• Ensure onboarded vendors are actively fulfilling orders
• Work closely with internal teams (sales, planners, and operations) to match vendors to client requirements and improve vendor utilization.
• Maintain a healthy active vendor base (not just signed vendors)

3. Commercial Negotiation & Pricing

• Negotiate competitive pricing and margins with vendors
• Set and standardize category-wise pricing benchmarks, commission structures, and payment terms.
• Continuously optimize unit economics at city level

4. Vendor Relationship Management

• Build long-term relationships with top vendors
• Act as the single point of contact for key partners
• Handle escalations, disputes, and service issues
• Drive vendor satisfaction while protecting TWCs interests

5. Quality Control & Performance Management

• Monitor vendor performance through client feedback, delivery quality, and timeliness.
• Ensure high-quality vendor pool aligned with TWC brand
• Remove or downgrade underperforming vendor

6. City-Level Supply Strategy

• Develop category-wise supply depth based on demand trends
• Identify supply gaps and proactively fill them
• Build a tiered vendor network with premium vendors, mid-tier vendors, and backup or long-tail supply.

Experience

• 3-5 years of experience in: Supply acquisition / vendor partnerships / Business development / marketplace roles.
• Experience in the event or wedding ecosystem with strong commercial exposure.

Must-Have

• Strong negotiation and commercial skills
• Proven ability to onboard and manage large vendor bases
• High ownership and execution speed
• Comfortable working in fast-paced and unstructured environments
• Existing vendor network in the city is an added advantage
• Understanding of the wedding/event industry is preferred
• Experience in pricing or category management is a plus
• This is a field-intensive role involving regular travel for vendor onboarding, partnership development, and commercial discussions.

What Success Looks Like (First 6 Months)

• Built a network of 100+ quality vendors
• Achieved 90%+ vendor activation
• Established pricing benchmarks across categories
• Contributing meaningfully to city GMV and fulfillment reliability

Why Join TWC

• Build the supply backbone of Indias fastest-growing wedding platform
• High ownership role with direct impact on revenue and customer experience
• Opportunity to scale from city to regional / national leadership roles

Feel free to reach us at:

Email : careers@theweddingcompany.com

Website : https://www.theweddingcompany.com/