Founding Business Development Associate – Fashion Partnerships

We're Hiring | Founding Business Development Associate – Fashion Partnerships

Company

Wumn

Location

Mumbai (Remote + Field Visits)

Experience

0–3 Years

Job Type

Full-time

Salary

₹10,000/month

About Wumn

Wumn is an early-stage fashion-tech startup building a social fashion marketplace that brings together independent fashion designers, emerging fashion brands, boutiques, studios, and customers.

We're building a platform where fashion businesses can showcase their collections, connect with customers, offer personalized and custom-fit fashion, and grow their sales.

Our vision is to transform fashion from simply buying clothes to discovering, connecting, and co-creating fashion.

About the Role

We're looking for an ambitious, outgoing, and entrepreneurial Founding Business Development Associate to help us build Wumn's fashion partner network.

Your primary responsibility will be to discover fashion designers, labels, boutiques, and studios, establish relationships with their founders or owners, convince them of Wumn's value, and successfully onboard them onto our platform.

You'll work directly with the founding team and play a key role in growing Wumn from the ground up.

This is a hands-on business development and sales role focused on acquiring and activating fashion partners.

Key Responsibilities

Fashion Partner Acquisition

Identify and research independent fashion designers, emerging fashion labels, boutiques, studios, and homegrown fashion businesses.

Build a pipeline of potential fashion partners, primarily across Mumbai.

Reach out through Instagram, WhatsApp, LinkedIn, phone calls, emails, and in-person meetings.

Sales & Relationship Building

Connect directly with fashion designers, brand founders, and boutique owners.

Pitch Wumn's value proposition and explain how the platform can help their businesses grow.

Conduct product demonstrations, understand partner challenges, and build trust.

Handle objections, follow-ups, and commercial discussions to convert prospects into partners.

Negotiate within approved partnership terms and close onboarding agreements.

Partner Onboarding & Activation

Guide partners through registration and onboarding.

Help partners understand catalogue uploads, pricing, customization, and order management.

Coordinate with internal teams to get partner collections live on Wumn.

Ensure newly onboarded partners are active and ready to receive customer orders.

Business Growth & Market Insights

Maintain an organized pipeline of leads, meetings, follow-ups, and conversions.

Collect feedback from designers and brands to help improve Wumn's product and business strategy.

Identify partnership opportunities through fashion exhibitions, networking events, and designer communities.

Contribute ideas to improve seller acquisition and onboarding conversion.

Required Skills

0–3 years of experience in business development, sales, partnerships, or customer acquisition.

Freshers with strong communication and sales skills are welcome.

Excellent communication, persuasion, negotiation, and relationship-building abilities.

Confidence in approaching business owners and conducting sales conversations.

Basic understanding of fashion brands, boutiques, designers, and the retail ecosystem.

Comfortable using Instagram, WhatsApp, LinkedIn, Google Sheets, and CRM tools.

Strong ownership, follow-up discipline, and ability to work independently.

Fluency in English and Hindi; Marathi is an added advantage.

Good to Have

Existing connections with fashion designers, boutiques, or emerging fashion brands.

Experience in B2B sales, marketplace seller acquisition, or brand partnerships.

Familiarity with Mumbai's fashion ecosystem.

Previous experience with fashion startups, e-commerce platforms, or retail businesses.

Experience with lead generation, cold outreach, and consultative selling.

What Success Looks Like

Building a strong and consistent pipeline of qualified fashion partners.

Converting designer and brand conversations into successful onboarding.

Ensuring partners complete their catalogue setup and become active on Wumn.

Maintaining meaningful long-term relationships with onboarded partners.

Helping Wumn expand its network of quality fashion businesses.

Who We're Looking For

A natural communicator

Someone who enjoys meeting people and building relationships.

A persuasive salesperson

Someone who can confidently explain the value of a new product and convert interest into action.

A self-starter

Someone who takes initiative without constant supervision.

A problem solver

Someone who can handle objections, rejection, and challenges creatively.

A startup enthusiast

Someone excited to build a business from its earliest stage.

Why Join Wumn?

Founding Team Exposure

Work directly with the founders and contribute to early business decisions.

Real Ownership

Take ownership of fashion partner acquisition and onboarding.

Entrepreneurial Learning

Gain hands-on experience in sales, partnerships, marketplaces, and startup growth.

Industry Network

Build direct relationships with fashion designers, brand founders, and entrepreneurs.

Career Growth

Opportunity to grow into larger business development and partnership responsibilities as Wumn scales.

How to Apply

Send your resume and a brief introduction explaining why you'd be a good fit to

mangesh@wumn.in

Website

https://wumn.in

Wumn - Fashion. People. Possibilities.

Work Location

Remote