Role Overview & Key Responsibilities: • Plan and coordinate vendor production. Work with our production vendors on order planning, schedules and dispatch. Track every order until delivery and flag delays early. • Support machines after production. Help the team fix quality issues, field feedback and rework on machines that have already been built. Find the root cause and close the loop with the vendor. • Buy for production. Raise and follow up on purchase orders for parts and sub-assemblies. Compare quotes, negotiate where you can, and keep lead times and costs visible. • Improve the product with engineering. Share what you learn on the shop floor and in the field with the engineering team, so it turns into design changes, drawing updates and better manufacturability. • Manage vendors and improve the BOM. Keep our vendor base healthy by tracking quality, delivery and cost. Over time, reduce BOM cost and complexity through alternate parts, new vendors and standardisation. Requirements What We’re Looking For: • Experience: 0–2 years​ • Can read engineering drawings and understands common manufacturing processes: fabrication, sheet metal, machining, assembly • Comfortable with Excel. Working knowledge of CAD (SolidWorks or similar) is a plus • Organised and quick to follow up. You don't let orders or open issues slip • Communicates clearly with vendors, both on the phone and on the shop floor • Willing to travel to vendor sites often • Bonus: internship or project experience in production, procurement or a formula/robotics team • Education: B.E./B.Tech in Mechanical, Production or Industrial Engineering • Culture Fit: Integrity, Entrepreneurship, Collaboration, Customer-First, Innovation. • Work mode: Chakan (on-site, with regular travel to vendor sites) Benefits Why join us: • Compensation: Competitive salary in line with industry standards. • Growth Path: Opportunity to scale into Senior Manager - Production and beyond as PadCare expands globally. • Purpose With Impact: Join a mission-driven team transforming menstrual hygiene through sustainable solutions that uplift women’s health, the environment, and sanitation workers' dignity. • Eco-Warrior in Action: Help recycle millions of sanitary pads and actively reduce landfill waste and carbon emissions—real impact, not just buzzwords. • Innovation Meets Heart: Be part of a team that blends empathy with patented 5D recycling tech to build the future of circular economy. • Grow With Us: We’re a fast-growing, venture-backed startup offering real opportunities to scale your career as we scale our impact. • A Culture That Cares: Work in a space where collaboration, inclusivity, and purpose aren’t just values—they’re how we roll every day.​